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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2002

Registration No. 333-          



SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


MOTOROLA, INC.
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
36-1115800
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
   

1303 East Algonquin Road, Schaumburg, Illinois
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

60196
(Zip Code)

Motorola Omnibus Incentive Plan of 2002
Motorola Employee Stock Purchase Plan of 1999, as amended
(Full Title of the Plan)

David W. Devonshire, Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
1303 East Algonquin Road, Schaumburg, Illinois 60196
(Name and Address of agent for service)

(847) 576-5000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)


CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


Title of Securities
to be Registered

  Amount
to be
Registered(1)

  Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per share(2)

  Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price(2)

  Amount of
Registration
Fee(2)


Motorola, Inc. Common Stock
($3 Par Value) (3)(4)
  95,000,000 shares(5)     
$14.96
    
$1,420,725,000
    
$130,706.70

(1)
Plus an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be issued if the anti-dilution adjustment provisions of the plans become operative.

(2)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee, pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)(1), on the basis of the average of the high and low reported sales price of the registrant's Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange—Composite Tape on May 3, 2002.

(3)
Includes preferred stock purchase rights. Prior to the occurrence of certain events, the preferred stock purchase rights will not be evidenced separately from the Common Stock.

(4)
Includes an indeterminate number of interests related to the Common Stock to be issued under the Motorola Omnibus Incentive Plan of 2002, all of which are generally nontransferable, including stock options and stock equivalents.

(5)
45,000,000 of these shares are authorized to be issued under the Motorola Omnibus Incentive Plan of 2002 and 50,000,000 of these shares are authorized to be issued under the Motorola Employee Stock Purchase Plan of 1999, as amended.


PART I—INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

        Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.

PART II—INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

        The following documents filed by Motorola, Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") (File No. 1-7221) are incorporated herein by reference:

        All other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all the shares of the Company's Common Stock offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all the shares of the Company's Common Stock then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; (such documents and the documents enumerated above being hereinafter referred to as "Incorporated Documents"); provided however, that the documents enumerated above or subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act in each year during which the offering made by this Registration Statement is in effect prior to the filing with the Commission of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K covering such year shall not be Incorporated Documents or be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement or be a part hereof from and after the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K.

        Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for this purpose to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of the Registration Statement.


Item 4. Description of Securities.

        The Company's Common Stock to be offered is registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.


Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

        The validity of the securities offered under the Registration Statement is being passed upon for the Company by Carol H. Forsyte, Esq., Vice President, Corporate and Securities, in the Company's Law Department. Ms. Forsyte owns shares of the Company's Common Stock and has options that can be exercised for additional shares of the Company's Common Stock.

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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

        Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law contains detailed provisions for indemnification of directors and officers of Delaware corporations against expenses, judgments, fines and settlements in connection with litigation.

        The Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and its Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance Policy provide for indemnification of the directors and officers of the Company against certain liabilities.


Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

        Not Applicable.


Item 8. Exhibits.

        Reference is made to the Exhibit Index.


Item 9. Undertakings.

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement, or amendment thereto, to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Village of Schaumburg, State of Illinois, on the 6th day of May, 2002.

    MOTOROLA, INC.
         

 

 

By:

 

/s/  David W. Devonshire      

David W. Devonshire
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer


POWER OF ATTORNEY

        Each of the hereby constitutes and appoints Christopher B. Galvin, Edward D. Breen, David W. Devonshire and Anthony M. Knapp, and each of them, as attorneys for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to execute and file any amendments, supplements or statements with attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he or she might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney, or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may or shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement, or amendment thereto, has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date or dates indicated.

Signature                   Title   Date

/s/  Christopher B. Galvin      

Christopher B. Galvin

 

Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

 

May 6, 2002

/s/  David W. Devonshire      

David W. Devonshire

 

Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)

 

May 6, 2002

/s/  Anthony M. Knapp      

Anthony M. Knapp

 

Senior Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

May 6, 2002

/s/  Edward D. Breen      

Edward D. Breen

 

Director

 

May 6, 2002

 

 

 

 

 

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/s/  Francesco Caio      

Francesco Caio

 

Director

 

May 6, 2002

/s/  H. Laurance Fuller      

H. Laurance Fuller

 

Director

 

May 6, 2002

/s/  Anne P. Jones      

Anne P. Jones

 

Director

 

May 6, 2002

/s/  Judy C. Lewent      

Judy C. Lewent

 

Director

 

May 6, 2002

/s/  Walter E. Masy      

Walter E. Masy

 

Director

 

May 6, 2002

/s/  Nicholas Negroponte      

Nicholas Negroponte

 

Director

 

May 6, 2002

/s/  John E. Pepr, Jr.      

John E. Pepr, Jr.

 

Director

 

May 6, 2002

/s/  Samuel C. Scott III      

Samuel C. Scott III

 

Director

 

May 6, 2002

/s/  Douglas A. Warner III      

Douglas A. Warner III

 

Director

 

May 6, 2002

/s/  B. Kenneth West      

B. Kenneth West

 

Director

 

May 6, 2002

/s/  John A. White      

John A. White

 

Director

 

May 6, 2002

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number

  Description

5

 

Opinion and consent of Carol H. Forsyte, Vice President, Corporate and Securities, Motorola Corporate Law Department as to the validity of the securities being issued.

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(a)

The Consent of KPMG LLP.

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(b)

The Consent of Carol H. Forsyte, Vice President, Corporate and Securities, Motorola Corporate Law Department is included in Exhibit 5.

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