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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-K


☒ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024

or

☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File number 1-7221


MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware36-1115800
(State of Incorporation)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

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:

Title of Each ClassTrading Symbol(s)Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock$0.01Par ValueMSINew York Stock Exchange

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.

Large accelerated filer☒Accelerated filer☐Non-accelerated filer☐Smaller reporting company☐Emerging growth company☐

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. ☒

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant's executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to § 240.10D-1(b). ☐

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 June 28, 2024 (the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second quarter) was approximately $56.3 billion.

The number of shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, outstanding as of February 7, 2025 was 166,936,952.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement to be delivered to stockholders in connection with its 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Proxy Statement"), to be filed within 120 days of the end of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024**,** are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K (this "Form 10-K").

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
PART I3
Item 1. Business4
Overview4
Business Organization4
Customers and Contracts7
Competition7
Other Information7
Backlog7
Research and Development10
Intellectual Property Matters10
Inventory and Raw Materials10
Government Regulations11
Human Capital Management12
Material Dispositions12
Available Information13
Item 1A. Risk Factors14
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments26
Item 1C. Cybersecurity26
Item 2. Properties28
Item 3. Legal Proceedings28
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures28
Information about our Executive Officers29
PART II30
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities30
Item 6. [Reserved]32
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations33
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk55
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data56
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure105
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures105
Item 9B. Other Information105
Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections105
PART III106
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance106
Item 11. Executive Compensation106
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters106
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence106
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services106
PART IV107
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules107
15(a)(1) Financial Statements107
15(a)(2) Financial Statement Schedules107
15(a)(3) Exhibits107
Item 16. Form 10-K Summary111
Signatures112

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) demand for, growth related to, and benefits of, new products, (c) customer spending and behavior and requests for vendor financing, (d) the impact of our strategy and focus areas, (e) the impact from the loss of key customers, (f) our practice of subcontracting work to other companies to fulfill customer needs, (g) the impact of existing and future regulatory matters on our business, (h) the firmness of each segment's backlog and recognizing backlog as revenue, (i) the impact on our business relating to the notice of a contract extension for the Airwave service received from the Home Office of the United Kingdom, (j) the competitiveness of the patent portfolio, and (k) the availability and costs of materials and components, energy supplies and labor and the impact of such availability and costs; (2) "Risk Factors," about potential impacts of the risks we face; (3) "Cybersecurity," about potential impacts of risks from cybersecurity threats; (4) “Legal Proceedings,” about the ultimate disposition of pending legal matters and timing; (5) "Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities," about the potential return of capital to our shareholders through dividend payments; (6) “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” about: (a) the impact on our business of the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority’s prospective price control regarding Airwave, (b) the impact on our business regarding the notice of a contract extension for the Airwave service received from the Home Office of the United Kingdom, (c) our expectations regarding the Airwave collective proceeding claim with the Competition Appeal Tribunal, (d) the impact of acquisitions and other investments on our business, (e) the impact of existing and future laws, regulations, international treaties and industry standards relating to climate change and other environmental and social impacts on our business, (f) market growth, demand, spending and resulting opportunities, (g) industry growth and demand, including opportunities resulting from such growth, (h) expected impacts to operating leverage, (i) the growth of sales opportunities in our Products and Systems Integration and Software and Services segments, (j) the return of capital to shareholders through dividends and/or repurchasing shares, (k) the impact and success of our business strategy and portfolio, (l) future payments, charges, and use of accruals associated with our reorganization of business programs and employee separation costs, (m) future exit costs related to our exit of the Emergency Services Network contract with the Home Office of the United Kingdom, (n) our ability and cost to repatriate funds, (o) the liquidity of our investments, (p) our ability and cost to access the capital markets, (q) our ability to borrow and the amount available under our credit facilities, (r) adequacy of internal resources to fund expected working capital, capital expenditure and cash requirements, (s) expected payments pursuant to commitments under agreements and other obligations in the short-term and long-term, (t) the ability to meet minimum purchase obligations, (u) the impact of contractual damage claims exceeding the underlying contract value, (v) our ability to sell accounts receivable and the terms and amounts of such sales, (w) the outcome and effect of ongoing and future legal proceedings, (x) requests for vendor financing, and (y) the impact of the adoption of accounting pronouncements on our financial results; and (7) “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk,” about: (a) the impact of foreign currency risk, and (b) future hedging activity and expectations of the Company.

PART I

Next: Item 1. Business