SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
        Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities
                            Exchange Act of 1934

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                                  TRW INC.
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              (Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


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CERTAIN ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

         In connection with the engagement of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
("Goldman Sachs") and Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation ("CSFB") as
financial advisors, TRW anticipates that employees of each of Goldman Sachs
and CSFB may communicate in person, by telephone or otherwise with certain
institutions, brokers or other persons who are TRW shareholders for the
purpose of assisting in the solicitation of proxies for the annual meeting
of shareholders. Although neither Goldman Sachs nor CSFB admits that it or
any of its directors, officers, employees or affiliates is a "participant",
as defined in Schedule 14A promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or that
Schedule 14A requires the disclosure of certain information concerning
them, Steven M. Heller (Managing Director), David Baum (Managing Director),
Gregory Lee (Managing Director), John Shaughnessy (Managing Director) and
Mark Florian (Vice President) in each case of Goldman Sachs, and Lawrence
Hamdan (Managing Director), Gerald Lodge (Managing Director), Robert Mann
(Managing Director), Craig Oxman (Managing Director) and Jonathan Rouner
(Managing Director) in each case of CSFB may assist TRW in the solicitation
of proxies for the annual meeting.