MOTOROLA INC
S-8, 1996-09-27
RADIO & TV BROADCASTING & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
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                                                Registration No. 33-______
                                 
                              UNITED STATES
                    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                                36-1115800
   (State or other jurisdiction of                  (I.R.S. Employer
    incorporation or organization)               Identification Number)

            1303 East Algonquin Road, Schaumburg, Illinois  60196
             (Address of Principal Executive Offices)  (Zip Code)

                MOTOROLA PROFIT SHARING AND INVESTMENT PLAN
     (formerly the Motorola Employee's Savings and Profit Sharing Plan)
                          (Full Title of the Plan)
                            ___________________
 
               Carl F. Koenemann, Executive Vice President
          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
__________________________________________________________________________
                                Proposed       Proposed
 Title of                       maximum        maximum
 securities     Amount          offering       aggregate      Amount of
 to be          to be           price          offering       registration
 registered     registered(1)   per share(2)   price (2)      fee        
__________________________________________________________________________
Motorola, Inc.
Common Stock    5,300,000 shares    $51.19     $271,307,000    $93,554.14
($3 Par Value)(3)                                         
                            

(1) In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan
described herein.
(2) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating 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 September 23, 1996.
(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.          
                            ____________________ 

The contents of Registration Statement No. 33-58714 on Form S-8 are
incorporated herein by reference.


PART 1 - INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Information required by Part 1 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 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     5. The description of the Company's Preferred Share Purchase Rights
included in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated November 15, 1988,
as amended by amendments on Forms 8 dated August 9, 1990 and December 2,
1992 and Form 8-A/A dated February 28, 1994.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

     5(a)  An opinion of counsel as to the legality of the shares of common
           stock being registered is not required since such shares are not
           original issuance shares.

     5(b)  The Company received a favorable determination letter dated June
           9, 1994 from the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") that the Plan
           is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. 
           The Plan has been amended since that date.  The Company
           undertakes to submit the Plan, as amended, to the IRS in a
           timely manner for a new determination letter as to its qualified
           status, and the Company will make all changes required by the
           IRS in order to qualify the Plan.

     23.   The consent of KPMG Peat Marwick.

     24.   Powers of Attorney.


                                      SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
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 25th day of September, 1996.

                                              MOTOROLA, INC.

                                              By:  /s/ Gary L. Tooker
                                              Gary L. Tooker, Vice Chairman
                                              and Chief Executive Officer

     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/ Gary L. Tooker          Director and Principal       September 25, 1996
Gary L. Tooker              Executive Officer

Kenneth J. Johnson          Principal Accounting         September 25, 1996
                            Officer

Carl F. Koenemann           Principal Financial          September 25, 1996
                            Officer    

By: /s/ Gary L. Tooker                              
    Gary L. Tooker
    Attorney-in-Fact
          
H. Laurance Fuller, Christopher B. Galvin,)
Robert W. Galvin, Anne P. Jones, Donald R.)             
Jones, Judy C. Lewent,  Walter E. Massey, ) Majority of        
John F. Mitchell,  Thomas J. Murrin,      ) Directors    September 25, 1996
Nicholas Negroponte,  John E. Pepper, Jr.,)
William J. Weisz,  B. Kenneth West,       )     By:  /s/ Gary L. Tooker   
John A. White                             )          Gary L. Tooker
                                                     Attorney-in-Fact


The Plan.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Plan 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 25th day of September,
1996.

                                      MOTOROLA PROFIT SHARING
                                      AND INVESTMENT PLAN

                                      By:  /s/ Gary L. Tooker
                                           Gary L. Tooker
                                           Attorney-in-Fact for
                                           Carl F. Koenemann
                                           Authorized Member of
                                           the Management Committee

 
                                                            EXHIBIT  23(a)   


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Board of Directors
of Motorola, Inc.


We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration Statement on Form
S-8 of Motorola, Inc. of our report dated January 9, 1996, except for Note 6,
which is as of February 16, 1996, relating to the consolidated balance sheets
of Motorola, Inc. and consolidated subsidiaries as of December 31, 1995 and
1994, and the related statements of consolidated earnings, stockholders'
equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 1995, and our report dated January 9, 1996 related to the
financial statement schedule for each of the years in the three-year period
ended December 31, 1995, which reports appear in or are incorporated by
reference in the annual report on Form 10-K of Motorola, Inc. for the year
ended December 31, 1995. 


                                             /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Chicago, Illinois
September 25, 1996

                                                           EXHIBIT 24(a)

                               MOTOROLA, INC.

                             POWER OF ATTORNEY

                    Registration Statement on Form S-8

     Each of the undersigned directors of Motorola, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), which proposes to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission ("Commission") a registration statement ("Registration
Statement") on Form S-8 to register shares of the Company's Common Stock,
$3 par value, in connection with the Company's Profit Sharing and
Investment Plan, under the Securities Act of 1933, hereby appoints Gary L.
Tooker, Christopher B. Galvin and Carl F. Koenemann and each or any of
them, acting alone without the other, each with the power of substitution,
for him or her and in his or her name to be his or her lawful attorney-in-
fact, with full power to sign and affix his or her name as such director of
the Company to the Registration Statement and any amendments, including
post-effective amendments, thereto, which said attorney-in-fact may deem
necessary or proper and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other supporting documents, with the Commission, and granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and each of them full power and authority to do and
perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the performance and
execution of the powers herein expressly granted.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has hereunto set his or her
hand this 25th day of September, 1996.


/s/ H. Laurance Fuller                   /s/ Thomas J. Murrin
H. Laurance Fuller                       Thomas J. Murrin

/s/ Christopher B. Galvin                /s/ Nicholas Negroponte
Christopher B. Galvin                    Nicholas Negroponte

/s/ Robert W. Galvin                     /s/ John E. Pepper, Jr.
Robert W. Galvin                         John E. Pepper, Jr.

/s/ Anne P. Jones                        ________________________
Anne P. Jones                            Samuel C. Scott, III

/s/ Donald R. Jones                      /s/ William J. Weisz
Donald R. Jones                          William J. Weisz

/s/ Judy C. Lewent                       /s/ B. Kenneth West
Judy C. Lewent                           B. Kenneth West

/s/ Walter E. Massey                     /s/ John A. White
Walter E. Massey                         John A. White

/s/ John F. Mitchell
John F. Mitchell

                                                          EXHIBIT 24(b)

                                MOTOROLA, INC.

                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

                     Registration Statement on Form S-8

     Each of the undersigned member ("Member") of the Management Committee
of the Profit Sharing and Investment Plan, officer or director of Motorola,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), which proposes to file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") a registration
statement ("Registration Statement") on Form S-8 to register shares of the
Company's Common Stock, $3 par value, in connection with the Company's
Profit Sharing and Investment Plan, under the Securities Act of 1933,
hereby appoints, Gary L. Tooker, Christopher B. Galvin and Carl F.
Koenemann and each or any of them, acting alone without the other, each
with the power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name to be
his or her lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power to sign and affix his
or her name as such Member, officer or director of the Company to the
Registration Statement and any amendments, including post-effective
amendments, thereto, which said attorney-in-fact may deem necessary or
proper and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting
documents, with the Commission, and granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and each of them full power and authority to do and perform any and all
acts necessary or incidental to the performance and execution of the powers
herein expressly granted.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this
25th day of September, 1996.


/s/ Gary L. Tooker                     /s/ Carl Koenemann
Gary L. Tooker                         Carl Koenemann
Vice Chairman and                      Principal Financial Officer and
Chief Executive Officer
                                       Authorized member of the Management
                                       Committee, the Profit Sharing and 
                                       Investment Plan




/s/ Kenneth J. Johnson 
Kenneth J. Johnson
Principal Accounting Officer 





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