On March 20, 2023, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. filed a definitive proxy statement soliciting proxies and urged the shareholders to vote against a shareholder proposal, requesting the preparation of a report, updated annually, disclosing: (1) Company policy and procedures governing lobbying, both direct and indirect, and grassroots lobbying communications, (2) payments by the Company used for (a) direct or indirect lobbying or (b) grassroots lobbying communications, in each case including the amount of the payment and the recipient, (3) the Company's membership in and payments to any tax-exempt organization that writes and endorses model legislation, and (4) description of management's and the Board's decision-making process and oversight for making payments described in sections 2 and 3 above, submitted by John R. Chevedden at the Company's annual shareholders meeting scheduled to be held on May 2, 2023.