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CLAIM #37517 · Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) · 2023Q4 earnings call · Jan 23, 2024 · due Dec 31, 2026

And we do have a line of sight and a path to get overall back to 11%, including the absorption of these losses on the MFC classified program, but it's going to be a gradual march back up.

Jay Malave · CFO

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graded after results covering Dec 31, 2026 are reported

How to check this claim

Look at: Total company segment operating margin, full fiscal year 2025

It came true if: FY2025 margin between 10.6% and 10.7% (10.5% base plus 10-20 basis points improvement)

Where: Company income statement / segment operating margin disclosure (10-K or Q4 2025 earnings release)

In context

isit our production cadence at that point in time. But right now, all signs are pointing to our production and delivery restart here in the third quarter. Myles Walton: Okay, thank you. Operator: Thank you. And the next question is from the line of Scott Deuschle from Deutsche Bank. Please go ahead. Scott Deuschle: Hey, good morning. Jim Taiclet: Good morning. Jay Malave: Good morning, Scott. Scott Deuschle: Jay, here to ask on 2025, but at a high level, is the 10.5% total company margin guide for '24, is that the right jumping off point for thinking about 25%, or is it the 11% underlying margin, or is it the 10.8% margin you did in '23, just in terms of identifying jumping off point for thinking about '25? Thank you. Jay Malave: Yes, I think you do have to start at the 10.5% to jump off. And we do have a line of sight and a path to get overall back to 11%, including the absorption of these losses on the MFC classified program, but it's going to be a gradual march back up. And so I wouldn't expect it to snap back in 2025. I would expect there to be in the range of, say, 10 to 20 basis points of improvement starting in '25, and that to continue to grow at that rate until we get back up to 11. Operator: Thank you. And your next question is from Gavin Parsons from UBS Equity Research. Please go ahead. Gavin Parsons: Hey, good morning. Jay Malave: Good morning. Gavin Parsons: Jay, what does the pension contribution schedule look like beyond 2024? And do you have any opportunity to pull that forward or use the balance sheet to offset that? Jay Malave: Yes, a good question. That's something that we've contemplated. Just where we are from a baseline perspective, zero contributions required in 2024. 2025, we're looking at in the range of about $1 billion of require

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SEC filings for LMT · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2023Q4 earnings call.