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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021

or

For the transition period from to

Commission File number 1-7221

MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

500 W. Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60661

(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)

(847) 576-5000

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

The aggregate market value of voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of July 2, 2021 (the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second quarter) was approximately $33.2 billion.

The number of shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, outstanding as of February 7, 2022 was 168,209,089.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement to be delivered to stockholders in connection with its Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 17, 2022 (the "Proxy Statement"), are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K (this "Form 10-K").

Throughout this Form 10-K we “incorporate by reference” certain information in parts of other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The SEC allows us to disclose important information by referring to it in that manner. Please refer to such information.

“Motorola Solutions” (which may be referred to as the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) means Motorola Solutions, Inc. or Motorola Solutions, Inc. and its subsidiaries, or one of our segments, as the context requires. MOTOROLA, MOTO, MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS and the Stylized M Logo, as well as iDEN are trademarks or registered trademarks of Motorola Trademark Holdings, LLC and are used under license.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this Form 10-K which are not historical in nature are forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable federal securities law. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and generally include words such as “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “aims,” “estimates” and similar expressions. We can give no assurance that any future results or events discussed in these statements will be achieved. Any forward-looking statements represent our views only as of today and should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date. Readers are cautioned that such forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the statements contained in this Form 10-K. Some of these risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those discussed in “Part I. Item 1A. Risk Factors” of this Form 10-K and those described elsewhere in this Form 10-K or in our other SEC filings. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements under the following headings: (1) “Business,” about: (a) industry growth and demand, including opportunities resulting from such growth, (b) future product development and the demand for, growth related to, and benefits of, new products, (c) growth of sales with existing customers, (d) customer spending and requests for vendor financing, (e) the impact of our strategy and focus areas, (f) the impact from the loss of key customers, (g) competitive position and our ability to maintain a leadership position in our core products, (h) increased competition, (i) our practice of subcontracting work to other companies to fulfill customer needs, (j) the continuing and future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, (k) the impact of recent acquisitions on our business, (l) the impact of existing and future regulatory matters (including with respect to climate change) on our business, (m) the impact from the allocation and regulation of spectrum, particularly with respect to broadband spectrum, (n) the firmness of each segment's backlog, (o) the competitiveness of the patent portfolio, (p) the impact of research and development, (q) the availability and costs of materials and components, energy supplies and labor, (r) the seasonality of the business, (s) our human capital management strategy and philosophy, and (t) our capital deployment model; (2) “Legal Proceedings,” about the ultimate disposition of pending legal matters and timing; (3) “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” about: (a) the continuing and future impact of COVID-19 on our business, (b) the availability and costs of materials, components and labor, (c) the impact of global economic and political conditions on our business, (d) the impact of acquisitions on our business, (e) the impact of existing and future laws, regulations, international treaties and industry standards relating to climate change on our business, (f) market growth/contraction, demand, spending and resulting opportunities, (g) industry growth and demand, including opportunities resulting from such growth, (h) future product development and demand for, growth related to, and benefits of, new products, (i) the impact of foreign exchange rate fluctuations, (j) our continued ability to reduce our operating expenses, (k) expected improvements in operating leverage and operating margins, (l) the growth of sales opportunities in our LMR Communications, Video Security and Access Control and Command Center Software technologies, (m) the return of capital to shareholders through dividends and/or repurchasing shares, (n) our ability to invest in capital expenditures and research and development, (o) the success of our business strategy and portfolio, (p) future payments, charges, use of accruals and expected cost-saving and profitability benefits associated with our reorganization of business programs and employee separation costs, (q) our ability and cost to repatriate funds, (r) future cash contributions to pension plans or retiree health benefit plans, (s) the liquidity of our investments, (t) our ability and cost to access the capital markets, (u) our ability to borrow and the amount available under our credit facilities, (v) our ability and cost to obtain performance bonds, (w) adequacy of internal resources to fund expected working capital and capital expenditure measurements, (x) expected payments pursuant to commitments under agreements and other obligations in the short-term and long-term, (y) the ability to meet minimum purchase obligations, (z) our ability to sell accounts receivable and the terms and amounts of such sales, (aa) the outcome and effect of ongoing and future legal proceedings, (bb) the impact of the loss of key customers, (cc) the expected effective tax rate and deductibility of certain items, and (dd) the impact of the adoption of accounting pronouncements on our financial results; and (4) “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk,” about: (a) the impact of foreign currency exchange risks, (b) the impact of interest rate risk, (c) future hedging activity and expectations of the Company, and (d) the ability of counterparties to financial instruments to perform their obligations.

PART I