FALLS CHURCH, Va., Oct. 29, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) today announced that it has entered into an accelerated share repurchase (ASR) agreement with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC to repurchase $1 billion of Northrop Grumman’s common stock.
Under the ASR agreement, Northrop Grumman will receive initial deliveries of approximately 3 million shares on Oct. 31, representing approximately 80 percent of the expected share repurchases under the ASR agreement, based on the company’s closing price of $269.84 on Oct. 26, 2018. The final number of shares to be repurchased will be based on Northrop Grumman’s volume-weighted average price during the term of the transaction, less a discount, and is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2019.
The ASR will be completed under the company’s current share repurchase authorization, under which $2.1 billion remained at Sept. 30, 2018.
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Steve Movius (Investors)
703-280-4575
steve.movius@ngc.com