MOTOROLA INC
S-3, 1999-04-20
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     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 20, 1999

                                                Registration No. 333-______ 

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549
                            ____________________
                                  Form S-3
                           REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                      UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                            ____________________
                               MOTOROLA, INC.
         (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE                                             36-1115800
(State or other                                     (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of                                     Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

                          1303 East Algonquin Road
                         Schaumburg, Illinois 60196
                          Telephone: (847) 576-5000
             (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
            including area code, of Registrant's principal offices)
                            ____________________
                             Carl F. Koenemann
             Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                          1303 East Algonquin Road
                         Schaumburg, Illinois 60196
                          Telephone: (847) 576-5000
           (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                 including area code, of agent for service)

                                 Copy to:
                              Carol Forsyte
                         Senior Corporate Counsel
                         1303 East Algonquin Road
                        Schaumburg, Illinois  60196
                         Telephone:  (847) 576-7646
                            ____________________
     Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  From 
time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

   If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered 
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the 
following box. [ ]

   If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered 
on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities 
Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend 
or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. [X]

   If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering 
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, please check the 
following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of 
the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ]

   If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) 
under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the 
Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective 
registration statement for the same offering. [ ]

   If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 
434, please check the following box. [ ]
                         ____________________

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title of Each Class   Amount to    Proposed       Proposed         Amount
of                    be           Maximum        Maximum          of
Securities to be      Registered   Offering       Aggregate        Registra
Registered                         Price Per      Offering Price   tion Fee
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock, par
value  $3.00 per      4,593.       $79.78  (2)    $366,429.54     $101.87
share (1)             shares                      (2)

(1)   With attached rights to purchase additional shares of Common Stock in 
certain circumstances. 
(2)   Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee, 
pursuant to Rule 457(c), computed on the basis of the average of the 
highest and lowest reported sales price of the registrant's Common Stock as 
reported for the New York Stock Exchange--Composite Transactions on April 
15, 1999.
                           ____________________
   The registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or 
dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant 
shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this 
Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with 
Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration 
Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting 
pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

PROSPECTUS
4,593 SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK, $3 PAR VALUE


                                                            Motorola, Inc.
                                                  1303 East Algonquin Road
                                                Schaumburg, Illinois 60196
                                                            (847) 576-5000


                               MOTOROLA, INC.
                        4,593 Shares of Common Stock


   These shares of Common Stock are being sold by the shareholders of 
Motorola who are named on page 5 (each of whom is a non-employee director 
of Motorola) or their donee or pledgee.  Motorola will not receive any part 
of the proceeds from the sale.

   The selling shareholders may offer their shares of Common Stock through 
public or private transactions, on or off the United States exchanges, at 
prevailing market prices, or at privately negotiated prices.

                          _________________________


   Motorola Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the 
Chicago Stock Exchange and trades on U.S. exchanges with the ticker symbol:  
"MOT".  On April 15, 1999, the closing price of one share of Motorola 
Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange was $ 80.19.

_________________________


   Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities 
commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if 
this prospectus is truthful or complete.  Any representation to the 
contrary is a criminal offense.


The date of this Prospectus is April __, 1999



                            TABLE OF CONTENTS


       Section                                                Page

       Where You Can Find Information..........................3

       The Company.............................................4

       Use of Proceeds.........................................4

       Selling Shareholders....................................4

       Description of Common Stock.............................5

       Plan of Distribution....................................5

       Legal Opinion...........................................6

       Experts.................................................6

                      WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

   We file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and 
other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings are available to the public 
over the Internet at the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. You may also 
read and copy any document we file with the SEC at its public reference 
facilities at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549.  You can also 
obtain copies of the documents at prescribed rates by writing to the Public 
Reference Section of the SEC at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 
20549.  Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on 
the operation of the public reference facilities.  Our SEC filings are also 
available at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange. For further 
information on obtaining copies of our public filings at the New York Stock 
Exchange, you should call (212) 656-5060.

   We "incorporate by reference" into this prospectus the information we 
file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important information 
to you by referring you to those documents.  The information incorporated 
by reference is an important part of this prospectus and information that 
we later file with the SEC will automatically update this prospectus. We 
incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any filings we make 
with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 after the initial filing of the registration statement 
that contains this prospectus and until the time that all the shares 
offered by this prospectus are sold. 

     1.   Motorola's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 
December 31, 1998.

     2.   The description of Motorola's Common Stock included in the 
Registration Statement on Form 8-B dated July 2, 1973, including any 
amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

     3.   The description of Motorola's Preferred Stock Purchase Rights 
included in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated November 5, 1998, 
as amended.

   You may request a copy of these filings (other than exhibits, unless 
that exhibit is specifically incorporated by reference into that filing) at 
no cost, by writing to or telephoning us at the following address: 

                               A. Peter Lawson
                         Secretary, Motorola, Inc.
                      Corporate Offices, Motorola Center
                          1303 East Algonquin Road
                        Schaumburg, Illinois  60196
                        Telephone:  (847) 576-5000

   You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by 
reference in this prospectus or an applicable prospectus supplement.  We 
have not authorized anyone else to provide you with different information.  
We are only offering these securities in states where the offer is 
permitted.  You should not assume that the information in this prospectus 
or an applicable prospectus supplement is accurate as of any date other 
than the date on the front of those documents.

                               THE COMPANY

   "Motorola" (which may be referred to as "we", "us" or "our") means 
Motorola, Inc. or Motorola, Inc. and its subsidiaries, as the context 
requires. "Motorola" is a registered trademark of Motorola, Inc.

   Motorola is a global leader in providing integrated communications 
solutions and embedded electronic solutions.  These include:

     *   Software-enhanced wireless telephone, two-way radio, messaging and 
satellite communications products and systems, as well as networking and 
Internet-access products, for consumers, network operators, and commercial, 
government and industrial customers.

     *   Embedded semiconductor solutions for customers in the consumer, 
networking and computing, transportation and wireless communications 
markets.

     *   Embedded electronic systems for automotive, communications, 
imaging, manufacturing systems, computer and consumer markets.

   Motorola is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of 
Delaware as the successor to an Illinois corporation organized in 1928. 
Motorola's principal executive offices are located at 1303 East Algonquin 
Road, Schaumburg, Illinois 60196, telephone: (847) 576-5000.


                               USE OF PROCEEDS

   All of the net proceeds from the sale of the Motorola shares will go to 
the shareholders who offer and sell their shares.  Accordingly, Motorola 
will not receive any proceeds from sales of the Motorola shares.


                            SELLING SHAREHOLDERS

   The selling shareholders are non-employee directors of Motorola who 
elected in December 1998 to receive shares of Common Stock (which are 
subject to certain transfer restrictions) from Motorola in lieu of their 
accrued benefits under the retirement plan for non-employee directors (or 
their donees or pledgees), as described below.  

   In February 1996, Motorola's Board of Directors voted to terminate the 
retirement plan for any non-employee director not participating in the plan 
and to freeze this pension plan for the then current non-employee 
directors.  Participating non-employee directors with accrued benefits 
under this pension plan continued to be entitled to receive payment of 
their accrued benefits.

   In November 1998, Motorola's Board of Directors voted to permit current 
non-employee directors who were entitled to benefits under the pension plan 
to convert their accrued interests in the pension plan into shares of 
Common Stock (subject to certain transfer restrictions).  In December 1998, 
the directors who so elected were issued shares of Common Stock.  A 
director may not transfer these shares of Common Stock until the time he or 
she is no longer a director of Motorola due to his or her (i) failure to 
stand for election or to be re-elected or (ii) total and permanent 
disability or death.  If these shares are transferred prior to such time 
the shares will be forfeited.  If the director's service on the Motorola 
Board of Directors terminates for any reason other than that described 
above, or if the director engages in any activity which is determined to be 
in competition with any activity of Motorola, the shares must be sold back 
to Motorola at the price the director paid to Motorola.  Motorola is 
registering these shares of Common Stock on behalf of the electing 
directors. 

   In addition, one or more of these selling shareholders may donate as 
gifts or pledge to secure obligations some or all of their shares of Common 
Stock.  The sale of shares by a donee or pledgee of a selling shareholder 
named below are also included in this prospectus and if Motorola is 
notified by a selling shareholder that a donee or pledgee intends to sell 
more than 500 shares of Common Stock (or such other number of shares as may 
be deemed to be de minimis by the SEC staff), a supplement to this 
prospectus will be filed.

   The table below indicates, as of April 1, 1999, for each of the selling 
shareholders, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned and 
the number of shares to be offered for each selling shareholder's account.  
The number of shares of Common Stock owned by each of the selling 
shareholders after completion of the offering (assuming all shares offered 
hereunder are sold and that the selling shareholder does not acquire 
additional shares of Common Stock before the completion of this offering) 
is also shown.  None of the selling shareholders, nor the donees of the 
selling shareholders, is anticipated to own more than 1% of the outstanding 
shares of Common Stock after the offering is completed.  


                    Shares of
                    Common Stock                        Shares of Common
                    Beneficially      Shares of Common   Stock Owned
Selling             Owned Prior to    Stock Being        After the
Shareholder         Offering (1)      Offered            Offering (1)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Laurance Fuller  15,391 (2)        312                15,079
Judy C. Lewent      10,174 (3)         88                10,086
John E. Pepper, Jr. 18,023 (4)        318                17,705 (4)
Samuel C. Scott     13,916 (5)        476                13,440 (5)
B. Kenneth West     15,097 (6)      3,219                11,878 (6)
John A. White       11,102 (7)        180                10,992
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------

(1)   Includes 6,000 shares under options exercisable on April 1, 1999 and 
options which become exercisable within 60 days thereafter.
(2)   Includes 312 shares which are restricted as to transfer.
(3)   Includes 88 shares which are restricted as to transfer.
(4)   Mr. Pepper disclaims beneficial ownership of 4,350 shares held by his 
family members which are included for him under "Shares Beneficially Owned 
Prior to Offering" and "Shares of Common Stock Owned After the Offering".  
Includes 1,061 shares which are restricted as to transfer prior to the 
offering and 743 shares which are restricted as to transfer after the 
offering.
(5)   Includes 922 shares which are restricted as to transfer prior to the 
offering and 446 shares which are restricted as to transfer after the 
offering.
(6)   Includes 4,097 shares which are restricted as to transfer prior to 
the offering and 878 shares which are restricted as to transfer after the 
offering.
(7)   Includes 180 shares which are restricted as to transfer.


                          PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

   The selling shareholders, including any donees or pledgees who receive 
shares from a selling shareholder named above, may offer their Motorola 
shares of Common Stock at various times in one or more of the following 
transactions (which may involve block transactions, ordinary brokerage 
transactions and transactions in which brokers solicit purchases):

     *   on any of the securities exchanges where our Common Stock is 
listed, including the New York Stock Exchange or the Chicago Stock 
Exchange, or in special offerings, exchange distributions or secondary 
distributions pursuant and in accordance with the rules of such exchanges; 

     *   in the over-the-counter market; 

     *   in negotiated transactions or otherwise, including an underwritten 
offering;

     *   in connection with short sales of the shares of Common Stock;

     *   by pledge to secure debts and other obligations;

     *   in connection with the writing of non-traded and exchange-traded 
call options, in hedge transactions and in settlement of other transactions 
in standardized or over-the-counter options, if permitted under the 
securities laws; or

     *   in a combination of any of the above transactions.

   The selling shareholders may sell their shares at market prices 
prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market 
prices, at negotiated prices or at fixed prices.  

   The selling shareholders may sell their shares directly to purchasers or 
may use broker-dealers to sell their shares.  Broker-dealers who sell the 
shares may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions, or 
commissions from the selling shareholders or they may receive compensation 
from purchasers of the shares for whom they acted as agents or to whom they 
sold the shares as principal, or both. (The compensation as to a particular 
broker-dealer might be in excess of customary commissions.)

   The selling shareholders and these broker-dealers may be deemed to be 
"underwriters" within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as 
amended.  Any commissions received by such broker-dealers and any profit on 
the resale of the shares sold by them while acting as principals might be 
deemed to be underwriting discounts or commissions under the Securities Act 
of 1933.

   Motorola will pay all fees and expenses incurred in connection with 
preparing and filing this prospectus and the registration statement.  The 
selling shareholders will pay any brokerage commissions and similar selling 
expenses, if any, attributable in connection with the sale of the shares of 
Common Stock including stock transfer taxes due or payable in connection 
with the sale of the shares.

   Motorola will indemnify the selling shareholders and any underwriter of 
a selling shareholder against certain liabilities, including liabilities 
under the Securities Act of 1933.  The selling shareholders may agree to 
indemnify any agent, dealer or broker-dealer that participates in 
transactions involving sales of the shares against certain liabilities, 
including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933.

   Selling shareholders also may resell all or a portion of the shares in 
open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act 
of 1933 provided they meet the criteria and conform to the requirements of 
Rule 144.


                              LEGAL OPINION

   For the purpose of this offering, Carol Forsyte, Senior Corporate 
Counsel of Motorola, is giving her opinion on the validity of the shares.  
As of April 1, 1999, Ms. Forsyte owned 185 shares of Common Stock and held 
options to purchase 10,600 shares of which 3,000 shares were currently 
exercisable.


                                   EXPERTS

   KPMG LLP, independent accountants, audited our annual financial 
statements and schedules incorporated by reference in this prospectus and 
elsewhere in the registration statement.  These documents are incorporated 
by reference herein in reliance upon the authority of KPMG LLP as experts 
in accounting and auditing in giving the report.

                                   PART II

                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS

Item 14.  Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

   All dollar amounts in the following table are estimates except the 
amount of the registration fee under the Securities Act of 1933.

Securities and Exchange Commission Filing Fee    $102
Legal Fees and Expenses                        $1,500
Accounting Fees and Expenses                   $1,000
Listing Fees and Expenses                      $5,000
Miscellaneous                                  $1,500
     Total                                     $9,102

Item 15.  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 and its Directors' 
and Officers' Liability Insurance Policy provides for indemnification of 
the directors and officers of the Company against certain liabilities.

Item 16.  List of Exhibits

   The exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit 
Index elsewhere herein.

Item 17.  Undertakings

   The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any 
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Company's 
annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this Registration 
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to 
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that 
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

   Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Act may be 
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company 
pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law or the 
Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation or otherwise, the Company 
has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification 
is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, 
unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such 
liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or 
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the 
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted against 
the Company by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection 
with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the 
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling 
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question 
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in 
the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

   The Company hereby undertakes:

   (1)   To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being 
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

        (i)   To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the 
Securities Act of 1933;

       (ii)   To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising 
after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent 
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, 
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the 
registration statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or 
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of 
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any 
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range 
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 
1933 if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no 
more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in 
the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration 
statement.

      (iii)   To include any material information with respect to the plan 
of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or 
any material change to such information in the registration statement.

      Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if 
the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information 
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs 
is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to 
section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are 
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

   (2)   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the 
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed 
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered 
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed 
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

   (3)   To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment 
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the 
termination of the offering.


                               SIGNATURES

   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company 
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the 
requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration 
statement, or amendment thereto, to be signed on its behalf by the 
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, and in the capacities indicated, in 
the Village of Schaumburg, State of Illinois, on the 16th day of April, 
1999.

                                          MOTOROLA, INC.

                                          By: /s/ Carl F. Koenemann
                                             ----------------------
                                             Carl F. Koenemann
                                             Executive Vice President and
                                             Chief Financial 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 indicated, on the date or dates 
indicated.

Signature                        Title                            Date


/s/ Christopher B. Galvin       Chief Executive Officer and       4/16/99
Christopher B. Galvin           Director 
                               (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Carl F. Koenemann           Executive Vice President and      4/16/99
Carl F. Koenemann               Chief Financial Officer
                               (Principal Financial Officer)

/s/ Anthony M. Knapp            Corporate Vice President and      4/16/99
Anthony M. Knapp                Controller
                               (Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ Ronnie C. Chan              Director                          4/16/99
Ronnie C. Chan

/s/ H. Laurance Fuller          Director                          4/16/99
H. Laurance Fuller

/s/ Robert W. Galvin            Director                          4/16/99
Robert W. Galvin

/s/ Robert L. Growney           Director                          4/16/99
Robert L. Growney

/s/ Anne P. Jones               Director                          4/16/99
Anne P. Jones

- ----------------                Director                          -------
Donald R. Jones

/s/ Judy C. Lewent              Director                          4/16/99
Judy C. Lewent

/s/ Walter E. Massey            Director                          4/16/99
Walter E. Massey

/s/ Thomas J. Murrin            Director                          4/16/99
Thomas J. Murrin

/s/ Nicholas Negroponte         Director                          4/16/99
Nicholas Negroponte

/s/ John E. Pepper, Jr.         Director                          4/16/99
John E. Pepper, Jr.

/s/ Samuel C. Scott III         Director                          4/16/99
Samuel C. Scott III

/s/ Gary L. Tooker              Director                          4/16/99
Gary L. Tooker

/s/ B. Kenneth West             Director                          4/16/99
B. Kenneth West

/s/ John A. White               Director                          4/16/99
John A. White


                                EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.   Description

4.1       Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated
          by reference to Exhibit 3(i)(b) to Motorola's Quarterly Report on 
          Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 2, 1994 (File No. 1-7221)).

4.2        Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Junior 
          Participating Preferred Stock, Series B (incorporated by 
          reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Motorola's Registration Statement on 
          Form S-3 dated January 20, 1999 (Registration No. 333-70827)).

4.3       By-Laws, as amended through February 17, 1999 (incorporated by 
          reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Motorola's Annual Report on Form 10-K
          for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998 (File No. 1-7221)).

4.4        Rights Agreement, dated as of November 5, 1998 between Motorola,
          Inc. and Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as Rights Agent 
          (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to Motorola's
          Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A dated March 16, 1999 (File
          No. 1-7221)).

5         Opinion of Carol H. Forsyte, Senior Corporate Counsel, Motorola
          Corporate Law Department.

23.1      Consent of KPMG LLP.

23.2      Consent of Carol Forsyte, Senior Corporate Counsel, Motorola
          Corporate Law Department (included in Exhibit 5 to this
          Registration Statement).


EXHIBIT 5

April 20, 1999

Motorola, Inc.
1303 E. Algonquin Road
Schaumburg, Illinois  60196

Gentlemen:

     I refer to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the 
"Registration Statement") to be filed by Motorola, Inc., a 
Delaware corporation ("Motorola"), with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as 
amended.  The Registration Statement relates to the sale of 
4,593 shares of Common Stock, $3 par value per share 
("Motorola Common Stock"), of Motorola to be sold from time to 
time by the shareholders named in the Registration Statement  
who received their shares in lieu of accrued benefits under 
Motorola's pension plan for non-employee directors.  This 
opinion relates to the shares of Motorola Common Stock covered 
by the Registration Statement (the "Subject Shares").

     I am Senior Corporate Counsel in the Law Department of 
Motorola and as such have acted as counsel to Motorola in 
connection with preparation of the Registration Statement.  As 
such counsel, it is my opinion that those Subject Shares have 
been validly and legally issued and are fully paid and 
nonassessable.  In arriving at the foregoing opinion, I have 
examined and relied upon, and am familiar with, originals or 
copies, certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, 
of such documents, corporate records, certificates of officers 
of Motorola and of public officials, and other instruments as 
I have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of the 
opinion set forth above.

     I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an 
exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of my 
name under the caption "Legal Opinion".  In giving this 
consent, I do not admit that I am within the category of 
persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the 
Securities Act of 1933.

                              Very truly yours,

                              Carol H. Forsyte
                              Senior Corporate Counsel



EXHIBIT 23.1


                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



The Board of Directors
Motorola, Inc.


     We consent to incorporation by reference in the 
Prospectus constituting part of this Registration Statement 
on Form S-3 of Motorola, Inc. of our reports dated January 
13, 1999, except as to Note 8, which is as of March 1, 1999, 
relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Motorola, Inc. 
and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' 
equity, and cash flows and related financial statement
schedule for each of the years in the three-year 
period ended December 31, 1998, 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, 1998.  
We also consent to the reference to our firm under the 
heading "Experts" in such Prospectus.



                                    KPMG LLP

Chicago, Illinois
April 20, 1999




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