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MILESTONE
In 2003 we are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of Motorola. In 1928 we incorporated with $565 in cash, $750 in tools and a design for our first product. We enter our 75th year as a technology leader helping to build a global society unimagined by our founders, guided by high ethics and principles and executing a forward-looking plan to help us outperform our competitors, generate profit and cash, and drive growth.
OVERVIEW Motorola is global leader in providing integrated communications and embedded electronic solutions. Our Intelligence Everywhere™ solutions include:
  • Software-enhanced wireless telephone and messaging, two-way radio products and systems, as well as networking and Internet-access products for consumers, network operators and commercial, government and industrial customers.
  • End-to-end systems for the delivery of interactive digital video, voice and high-speed data solutions for broadband operators.
  • Embedded semiconductor solutions for customers in wireless communications, networking and transportation markets.
  • Integrated electronic systems for automotive, Telematics, industrial, telecommunications, computing and portable energy systems markets.

OUR INTELLIGENCE EVERYWHERE™ BAND PROMIST We are applying our Intelligence Everywhere brand promise in two ways: (1) to provide innovative differentiated products, technologies and services that are smarter, simpler, safer, synchronized and, when appropriate, fun, and (2) to help us create a more efficient and better operating Motorola - in fact, the Intelligence Everywhere brand promise has been the underpinning of our improving performance and financial strengthening in this middle stage of our turn-around.

FINANCIAL RESULTS We entered 2002 with acute concentration on the Five-Point Plan we announced in 2001:

  1. To aggressively focus on the balance sheet.
  2. To lower our break-even sales level by reducing SG&A and manufacturing costs.
  3. To continually strengthen our management team.
  4. To pursue growth through innovative products, software applications and customer relationships.
  5. To constantly evaluate our strategic options and business portfolio.
To reflect what we learned in 2002, we revised and reprioritized the Five-Point Plan to sharpen our concentration for 2003. The plan now guides us:

  1. To persistently enhance the management team and work environment.
  2. To aggressively focus on strengthening the balance sheet and generate cash.
  3. To relentlessly pursue cost competitiveness, quality and customer satisfaction.
  4. To pursue growth through profitable innovative products, systems, software and customer relationships.
  5. To continuously reassess and improve our business strategies and portfolio.

 
FINANCIAL RESULTS

Sales decreased to $26.7 billion compared with $29.9 billion in 2001. In accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) we incurred a net loss of $2.5 billion, compared with a net loss of $3.9 billion the prior year. The loss per share was $(1.09) compared to a loss per share of $(1.78) in 2001.

Included in the loss for both 2002 and 2001 were special items related largely to:

  • Restructuring to lower costs and improve productivity; and
  • Asset revaluations required by GAAP because of declining values.
Special items resulted in a net charge of $2.8 billion after tax in 2002 and $3.3 billion after tax in 2001. Excluding special items, the company had net earnings of $314 million, or $0.14 per share, in 2002 versus a net loss of &697 million, or $(0.31) per share, in 2001.

We compiled these results by focusing on our own ability to execute even as we encountered a difficult economy and a continuing steep decline in most of the high-tech markets we serve. While moving aggressively to restore profitability and growth, we were - and are - always insistent on living up to our 75-year-old reputation for being a highly principled and ethical global corporation.

BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS SECTOR

Dan Moloney
Executive Voce President, President & CEO
Broadband Communications Sector

As the world's leading supplier of digital cable set-tops and cable modems, Motorola's Broadband Communications Sector (BCS) provides end-to-end systems for the delivery of interactive digital video, voice and high-speed data solutions for broadband operators.

GLOBAL TELECOM SOLUTIONS SECTOR

Adrian Nemcek
Executive Vice President, President & CEO
Global Telecom Solutions Sector

The Global Telecom Solutions Sector (GTSS) delivers the infrastructure, network services and software that meet the needs of operators worldwide today, while providing a migration path to next-generation networks that will enable them to offer innovative, revenue-generating applications and services to their customers.
PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SECTOR

Tom Lynch
Executive Vice President, President & CEO
Personal Communications Sector

The Personal Communications Sector (PCS) designs, manufactures, sells and services wireless subscriber and server equipment including: wireless handheld devices for cellular and iDEN® integrated digital-enhanced networks, advanced messaging devices, personal two-way radios and a broad range of mobile data services, servers and software solutions, with related software and accessory products.

COMMERCIAL GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS SECTOR

Greg Brown
Executive Vice President
President & CEO
Commercial, Government & Industrial Solutions Sector

The Commercial, Government and Industrial Solutions Sector (CGISS) is the leading provider of integrated communications and information solutions, trusted to meet mission-critical requirements and improve the operations of public safety, government and enterprise customers worldwide.

INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS SECTOR

Dennis Carey
Executive Vice President
President & CEO
Integrated Electronic Systems Sector

The Integrated Electronic Systems Sector (IESS) provides a broad range of embedded systems and products for the automotive, industrial, Telematics, telecommunications and portable energy systems markets.

SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS SECTOR

Fred Shlapak
Executive Vice President
President & CEO
Semiconductor Products Sector

As the world's number-one producer of embedded processors, Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector (SPS) creates DigitalDANTM system-on-chip solutions for a connected world. Our strong focus on wireless communications and networking enables customers to develop smarter, simpler, safer and synchronized products for the person, work team, home and automobile.

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