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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;7, 2002  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Washington, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>FORM S-8<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>MOTOROLA,&nbsp;INC.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Delaware<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>36-1115800<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>1303 East Algonquin Road, Schaumburg, Illinois<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>60196<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Zip Code)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=4><B>Motorola Compensation/Acquisition Plan of 2000<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full Title of the Plan) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>David W. Devonshire, Executive Vice President and<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
1303 East Algonquin Road, Schaumburg, Illinois 60196<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name and Address of agent for service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(847)&nbsp;576-5000<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE  </B></FONT></P>

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<TH WIDTH="32%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of Securities<BR>
to be Registered</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount<BR>
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<TH WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Offering Price<BR>
Per Share(2)</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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Aggregate Offering<BR>
Price(2)</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TD WIDTH="32%"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Motorola,&nbsp;Inc. Common Stock<BR>
($3 Par Value)(3)(4)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>3,310,346 shares</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>$14.96</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>$49,506,224.43</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>$4,554.57</B></FONT></TD>
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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Plus
an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be issued if the anti-dilution adjustment provisions of the Plan becomes operative.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;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&#151;Composite Tape on May&nbsp;3, 2002.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(3)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>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.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(4)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Includes
an indeterminate number of interests related to the Common Stock to be issued under the Plan, all of which are generally nontransferable, including stock options and stock
equivalents. </FONT></DD></DL>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The contents of Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-60612 on Form&nbsp;S-8 are incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>PART
I&#151;INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Information
required by Part&nbsp;I to be contained in the Section&nbsp;10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") and the Note to Part&nbsp;1 of Form&nbsp;S-8. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>PART
II&#151;INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.&nbsp;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. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reference is made to the Exhibit Index. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement, or amendment thereto, to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;David W. Devonshire&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> David W. Devonshire<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>Executive Vice President and<BR>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="45%"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Christopher B. Galvin&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Christopher B. Galvin</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;David W. Devonshire&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> David W. Devonshire</FONT></TD>
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Executive Vice President and<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
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May&nbsp;6, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Anthony M. Knapp&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Anthony M. Knapp</FONT></TD>
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Senior Vice President and Controller<BR>
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May&nbsp;6, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Edward D. Breen&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Edward D. Breen</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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May&nbsp;6, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Francesco Caio&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Francesco Caio</FONT></TD>
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May&nbsp;6, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Anne P. Jones&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Anne P. Jones</FONT></TD>
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May&nbsp;6, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Judy C. Lewent&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Judy C. Lewent</FONT></TD>
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May&nbsp;6, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Walter E. Massey&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Walter E. Massey</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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May&nbsp;6, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Nicholas Negroponte&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Nicholas Negroponte</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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May&nbsp;6, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;John E. Pepper, Jr.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> John E. Pepper, Jr.</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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May&nbsp;6, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Samuel C. Scott III&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Samuel C. Scott III</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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May&nbsp;6, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Douglas A. Warner III&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Douglas A. Warner III</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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May&nbsp;6, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;B. Kenneth West&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> B. Kenneth West</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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May 6, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;John A. White&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> John A. White</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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May&nbsp;6, 2002</FONT></TD>
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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.</FONT></TD>
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The Consent of KPMG LLP.</FONT></TD>
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The Consent of Carol H. Forsyte, Vice President, Corporate and Securities, Motorola Corporate Law Department is included in Exhibit 5.</FONT></TD>
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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 Compensation/Acquisition Plan of 2000
(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)
3,310,346 shares
$14.96
$49,506,224.43
$4,554.57
(1)
Plus
an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be issued if the anti-dilution adjustment provisions of the Plan becomes 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 Plan, all of which are generally nontransferable, including stock options and stock
equivalents.
The contents of Registration Statement No. 333-60612 on Form S-8 are incorporated herein by reference.
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 (the "Securities Act") and the Note to Part 1 of Form S-8.
PART
II—INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Reference is made to the Exhibit Index.
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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. Massey
Walter E. Massey
Director
May 6, 2002
/s/  Nicholas Negroponte
Nicholas Negroponte
Director
May 6, 2002
/s/  John E. Pepper, Jr.
John E. Pepper, 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.
23
(a)
The Consent of KPMG LLP.
23
(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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Item 8. Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT INDEX