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MOTOROLA ANNUAL REPORT 1976 MARS MARS (Science Fiction, 1940) (Science Reality, 1976) Our Cover Mars (Science Fiction, 1940) "Often, as we gaze into the night sky, we wonder if the other planets that circle our sun are populated as is our own world. Are there cities on them? If so, what are they like? Artist Paul here depicts an imaginative, yet scientifically accurate conception of a typical city on Mars." From 'Amazing Stories,' December 1940. Mars (Science Reality, 1976) The first color photo from the planet Mars is one of 3,000 pictures sent back over a Motorola 2-way radio link from the Viking Orbiter 1 from July 20,1976 through August 30,1976. This photo was sent through the Orbiter relay over a distance of approx- imately 215 million miles. It took about 19 minutes for the signals to travel from the Orbiter to Earth (radio signals travel at the speed of light, 186,300 miles per second). Financial Highlights (Dollars in thousands, except pershare data) 1976 1975 Sales and Other Revenues $1,504,431 $1,311,771 Earnings from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes 159,689 78,470 % to Sales 10.6% 6.0% Income Taxes 71,822 37,343 Earnings from Continuing Operations 87,867 41,127 % to Sales 5.8% 3.1% Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations 3.10 1.46 Research and Development 101,536 98,479 Fixed Asset Expenditures 96,073 70,100 Depreciation 54,631 50,546 Working Capital 419,768 395,493 Current Ratio 2.23 2.60 Return on Average Invested Capital (stockholders' equity plus short- and long-term debt net of short-term investments) (%) 11.6% 5.3% % of Total Debt (short- and long-term) to Total Debt plus Equity 18.8% 22.1% Book Value Per Common Share 24.03 21.59 Yearend Employment (approx.) 56,000 47,000 Stock Price and Dividend Data The table below sets forth the high and low sales price per share for Motorola Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange and the dividends declared and paid for the periods indicated: Stock Prices Dividends 1976 High Low Declared Paid 1st quarter $51.00 $41.25 $.175 $.175 2nd quarter 59.00 43.50 .175 .175 3rd quarter 58.25 51.00 .175 .175 4th quarter 57.00 47.50 .210 .175 $.735 $.70 Stock Prices Dividends 1975 High Low Declared Paid 1st quarter $53.88 $33.75 $.175 $.175 2nd quarter 57.88 44.62 .175 .175 3rd quarter 54.25 40.75 .175 .175 4th quarter 48.50 38.00 .175 .175 $.70 $.70 Annual Meeting of Stockholders The annual meeting will be held on Monday, May 2,1977. A notice of the meeting, together with a form of proxy and a proxy statement, will be mailed to stockholders on or about March 22,1977, at which time proxies will be solicited by management. Transfer Agents and Registrars Harris Trust and Savings Bank First National City Bank 111 W.Monroe St., Chicago, III. 60690 111 Wall St., New York, N.Y. 10015 Auditors Peat, Marwick, Mitchell &Co. 222 S. Riverside Plaza Chicago, III. 60606 At the close of each fiscal year, Motorola submits a report on Form 10-K to the Securities and Exchange Commission containing certain additional information concerning its business. A copy of this report may be obtained by addressing your request to the Secretary, Motorola Inc., Corporate Offices, Motorola Center, 1303 E. Algonquin Rd., Schaumburg, III. 60196. Contents Financial Highlights Letter to Stockholders P. 13 Communciations 10 Group Semiconductor 14 Group Automotive 18 Products Division Government 21 Electronics Division Financial 24 Review Financial 25 Statements Ten-Year 32 Financial Summary Directors 34 and Officers Staff Activities/ 35 New Ventures P. 21 Major Facilities/ 35 Product Lines P. 24 To Our Stockholders and Friends: 1976: 1976 was a good year for Motorola. The year marked both an impressive "A Good recovery from clearly unsatisfactory 1975 results and many technical, Year" product, market and organizational achievements which are detailed later in this letter and throughout this report. These should have important and favorable impact on Motorola's future. Sales and other revenue set rec- ords in each of the four quarters. For the full year, sales exceeded $1.5 billion as compared with $1.3 billion in 1975. Record earnings from con- tinuing businesses were achieved in both the fourth quarter and for the full year. Earnings per share for the year were $3.10 vs. $1.46 a year earlier. Details of both 1976 and 1975 results appear in the Financial Highlights on page 3. We are pleased to report that profit difference between the net proceeds The Automotive Products Division's margin in 1976 increased to 5.8 per from the disposition (including the sales and profit recovery from 1975 cent from 1975's depressed 3.1 per net proceeds from the disposition of was slowed in the fourth quarter by a cent and return on average invested certain assets not sold to Matsushita) strike at the Ford Motor Company, capital (stockholders' equity plus less operating losses and expenses one of its major customers. long and short term debt net of mar- incurred in winding up the discon- The Government Electronics Division ketable securities) increased to 11.6 tinued business, and including provi- experienced a changing mix in its per cent from 1975's 5.3 per cent. As sion for the anticipated cost of de- business with relatively lower pro- we have previously reported, this lat- fending the lawsuit commenced in duction billings and a higher propor- ter calculation acknowledges the im- September 1974 by Zenith Radio tion of research and development portance of prudent use of assets and Corporation. The net cash proceeds programs. The latter category, while is used extensively within the com- from the sale and disposition of the somewhat less profitable, does, we pany to assess operating manage- assets exceeded $100 million. believe, bode well for the division's ment performance. Our goals for both While the Communications Group future. The division's earnings and profit margin and return on capital are encountered some softening in cer- return on asset performance ranks higherthan 1976's results. tain of its non-U.S. markets, the very favorably among its major Also, we again call attention to our domestic markets generally gained competitors. policy of not stating percentage strength through 1976, and enabled As further detailed in the preced- comparisons between current earn- the group to achieve record sales ing and following figures and as ings and those of the year-earlier and earnings. As detailed elsewhere discussed on page 24 of this report, period—in spite of the fact that such in this report, many new and competi- the company's financial condition comparisons for Motorola would now tively attractive products and market remained strong; and total debt, long be very impressive. We believe that applications were introduced during and short term, domestic and non- these percentage comparisons often the year. U.S., decreased by $15 million, de- create an impression of far greater 1976 not only saw the return to sol- spite 16 per cent higher sales in the than actual earnings and are only idly profitable operations from its 1975 fourth quarter than a year ago. meaningful when considered with full loss by the Semiconductor Group but understanding of the quality of per- also the resurgence of its Integrated formance in the previous year. Thus, Circuits business which operated we emphasize profit margin and re- profitably during the final two quar- turn on average invested capital ters of the year and which saw many instead. significant positive achievements, In January 1977, pricing and other particularly in the MOS and micro- financial issues arising out of the processor lines. 1974 sale of certain assets of Moto- rola's home television receiver busi- ness to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. of Japan, were finally re- solved. Therefore, we are recording, in the year 1976, a non-recurring after-tax loss of $2.5 million, nine cents per share, which reflects the Dividend Board of Directors In closing, we thank all Motorolans As reflected in the payment to At the May 1976 stockholders' for their splendid dedication, without stockholders on January 11, 1977, the meeting, B. Kenneth West, senior which neither the achievements of Board of Directors decided, in its De- vice president of the Harris Trust & 1976 northe potential of the future cember 1976 meeting, to increase the Savings Bank, was elected a director. could be realized. dividend rate by 20 per cent from 17.5 In another important Board matter, cents to 21 cents per quarter. we note with great appreciation for his Motorola service that, Elmer H. Management Wavering will not be standing for re- Through the year an evolutionary election to the Board at the forthcom- pattern of organizational change and ing stockholders' meeting. Mr. Waver- management staffing continued. Par- ing's total Motorola service, including ticular emphasis was placed on in- the past four years as a director only, Robert W. Galvin creasing the depth of leadership of spans more than 46 years. Recogniz- Chairman the divisions established within the ing the extreme value of his many Communications and Semiconductor contributions to the corporation over Groups in late 1975. this almost half century, the Board in- Alfred J. Stein joined Motorola as tends at its first meeting after the William J. Weisz vice president and general manager stockholders' meeting to name Mr. President of the Integrated Circuits Division, a Wavering director emeritus. position which Robert R. Heikes, The Future assistant general manager of the At this point, early in 1977, pros- Semiconductor Group, had been John F. Mitchell pects are improving for growth in the temporarily filling since creation of Executive Vice President U.S. economy through the year. The the IC division. international outlook is less clear, John D. Mueller also joined and it varies from nation to nation. We Motorola as vice president and di- are continuing to carefully monitor rector of marketing in the Automotive and thoughtfully consider all the Products Division. signs, especially our own orders and Within the Communications Group, bookings. We currently expect that Joseph F. Miller, Jr., vice president the year will provide each of our and general manager of the group, major operations the opportunity for was elected a senior vice president. increased sales and profit. Ira W. Walker and John M. Duich were Looking beyond 1977, the founda- elected vice presidents and named tion of our increasingly well-defined assistant general mangers of the corporate strategy is Motorola's Communications Distribution Divi- unique position in the electronics in- sion and the Communications Prod- dustry. We are one of a very few ucts Division, respectively. In equipment manufacturers with both January 1977 the group's former sys- excellent semiconductor technology, tems operations was designated a the core of the electronic art, and a division of the corporation. Vice pres- strong base in advanced government ident Martin Cooper, and Eugene L. electronics where many frontier ap- Simpson, who have led this activity for plications can be first afforded. We several years, were named general believe that the distinctive compe- manager and assistant general man- tence provided by this combination of ager, respectively, of the new strengths, as well as our leadership division. positions in the markets we currently As an additional means of serve, will continue to provide us op- strengthening upper management portunities for growth not only in our and providing appropriate recogni- existing activities but in related tion, a new class of appointed vice fields. presidents was created and eight senior division, group and corporate staff executives were initially named to this officership. The People Who Made it Happen ...morethan " -,i~ 50,000 Motorolans in 50 countries 10 ( M ) Communications Group Domestically, an important de- needs. Product offerings are continu- In the velopment in the year was that all major U.S. customer markets were ously being reevaluated and updated. To meet the demands of increased beginning growing by the third quarter, and continued their positive growth growth, a massive search for more bright young engineers was launched. through the fourth quarter. Thus, there was 1977 began with a domestic mar- Divisional vice presidents personally visited universities and colleges ketplace that has returned to a across the country to recruit the new the shout... healthy and constructive environment. talent needed to assure the future technological leadership and con- Today increasingly sophisti- Internationally, the Canadian, tinued growth in a highly competitive European and Australian markets cated custom communications and changing marketplace. Several showed the most strength. New systems are keeping everybody hundred people were hired—the order input in Canada and Australia largest, single addition of new en- in touch with everybody else! was well ahead of last year. gineering talent in the group's history. Year-to-year comparisons of Euro- pean orders, however, are down from Society itself was largely responsible People have always reached for 1975. This is attributed to two unusu- for the growth pattern during 1976. closer communication with other ally large orders which came in just Radio communication was increas- people. Yet, while human beings before the end of '75 and tend to put ingly recognized as a factor in solving dreamed of flight centuries before the a healthy 1976 growth curve in less many major national problems such as Wright brothers, no citizen of the Mid- than accurate perspective. The gains energy conservation, environment, pol- dle Ages ever dreamed of the tele- in these parts of the world were lution and health care. graph or the telephone—much less a offset by weakness in Mexico, South New developments trend toward mobile radio, a personal paging sys- Africa and some of the lesser devel- communications systems that do more. tem or an emergency medical data link oped parts of the world. The Los Angeles Police Department between paramedics and hospitals. All in all, the net orders in the in- "Rover" system uses Morotola MX-300 The entire science of electronics ternational market were about level portable radios that also include an wasn't even conceived until the last with 1975. identification function and emergency half of the nineteenth century. Mysteri- The group's great strength continues alarm. These features were formerly ously glowing scientific curiosities to lie in its ability to identify and then found only in vehicular radios. called Crookes tubes demonstrated satisfy the widely diversified needs of To meet favorable customer reac- what electricity was made of and its widely different kinds of customers. tion to communications systems with opened the door to instantaneous Through the years there has de- increased capabilities, the group re- voice and visual communication. veloped a sophisticated internal or- sponded with a new Multi-Line Data But the basic need to communicate ganization to analyze customer needs Terminal and Digital Voice Privacy exists across the total spectrum of bus- and design products that specifically System. The data terminal gives a iness, industry, public safety, govern- meet them. From the communications police officer the capability to relay ment and the general public. Motorola aspect, the group gets to know a cus- printed messages to the dispatcher technology is continuously growing in tomer's business better than the cus- or directly to the computer from the our efforts to serve a continuously grow- tomer does himself. Then a determina- vehicle. The entire message can be ing and remarkably segmented market. tion is made as to which of the group's displayed on the terminal's screen. We are nowhere near saturation. current products present the best The Digital Voice Privacy System The Communications Group solution—and what products should achieved its twenty-fifth consecutive be created in anticipation of emerging Linking patients with hospitals speeds life-saving emergency medical care. year of sales growth in 1976. The de- mands of the market, the continuing re- covery of the economy and strategic investment spending were directly re- sponsiblefor yet another successful year. This record strong performance by the Communications Group in 1976 resulted in net sales up 14 per cent, worldwide new orders booked up 11 per cent and profit margin about level with the fine results achieved last year. uses voice scrambling techniques These systems save peak generat- (right) Two-way radio communications are proving a valuable tool for key which make it virtually impossible for ing capacity and increase fuel effi- industries such as construction. an unauthorized listener to intercept ciency so that electric companies (far right) From roof tops to mountain tops, messages. find that they can actually receive a Motorola communications systems are The health care field is alive and complete payback of investment designed to fit customers' needs. well and growing at a healthy rate. within two or three years. tion for future development. Health care agencies are turning to In another energy-related applica- Internationally, years of investment sophisticated communications sys- tion, the new Alaska Pipeline was began to pay off in 1976. tems to improve medical services. It augmented by an extensive Motorola The group now offers multiple tiers has been less than twenty years since communications system. of mobile, portable and paging prod- the HEAR radio system first helped The available radio frequency ucts which have opened up new hospitals communicate with each spectrum will be three times greater markets. other in emergencies. as the 900 MHz band becomes Some of the products which made Today Motorola systems will trans- available after a long series of the most important contribution this mit a patient's EKG and simultane- negotiations. year were the MX-300 series portable ously provide telephone-type At the end of the year, the Federal radio, the MAXAR mobile radio and Communications Commission (FCC) the MICOM single side band unit. reached an agreement with Canada The group also introduced the and Mexico which will allow the op- MBX-1000—one of the smallest, high eration of 900 MHz systems in most performance mobile radios in the major U.S. cities including Los world with true system capability. Angeles, New York, Chicago and Philadelphia. Motorola has already In 1976, a broadened product offer- shipped a number of systems to sev- ing and maturing European organiza- eral different markets. tion began to establish Motorola as an important supplier in that part of The group developed the first FCC the world. This has been an important type-accepted mobile radio in the Motorola communications networks help long-range goal. police officers do their jobs. band which promises to alleviate congested frequencies. The true im- Expanded product lines and years pact of this important 900 MHz oppor- of market development in Europe led communication between hospital to growth in the public safety, transit tunity will not be felt for a few years, physicians and Emergency Medical and industrial sectors. By the end of and Motorola is in an excellent posi- Technicians at the scene of the the year the group had public safety emergency. Applied technology creates families of products, customers in major European capi- The utilities and other energy pro- MX-300 portable radio (right) and MBX-1000. tals including London, Rome, Paris, ducing companies are a rapidly Berlin and Amsterdam. growing market because of radio's Paging equipment continued to be ability to improve energy conserva- the primary product in Europe. In the tion. 1976 saw Motorola equipment Netherlands, Motorola installed the play an increasingly important role. paging terminal for the largest pag- New load management systems ing system order it has ever received. help utilities lower peak levels and A nationwide paging system will soon reduce the cost of wholesale electric cover Austria. Market segments rang- power. Here's one example of how ing from fire brigades to business are they work for the Buckeye Power Cor- using pagers in Sweden, West Ger- poration in Columbus, Ohio. Sophis- many and the United Kingdom. ticated Motorola radio switches are One of the year's more unique chal- attached to water heaters throughout lenges was a hail control system to the city. A computer samples the utili- protect the Yugoslavian grape crop. ty's load every five minutes. When the The group worked with the Hydro- load reaches a predetermined level, meteorlogical Institute to engineer the computer signals radio switches a weather information relay system to shut off the heaters for a few min- using Motorola radios and repeaters. utes. The number of water heaters The information gathered by this shut off is in direct proportion to the portable system allows rain clouds to peak level—and the shut-off time is be ionized in time to prevent hail from so brief that no one is ever aware of it. forming. 12 Business in Canada began slowly in 1976 but gained momentum so that the year ended on a strong note. Particularly active customers were small system users and regional users such as the petroleum opera- tions in Alberta. Joseph F. Miller. Jr., Senior Vice President New technological skills were im- and General Manager portant to the group's success in 1976. CommunicationsGroup One was the development of the PULSAR II radio-telephone. It uses advanced semiconductor technology to remember telephone numbers and Jack Germain, to automate many telephone func- Vice President and tions. It was basically designed to Assistant General Manager allow drivers to concentrate on driv- Communications Grout ing, but the same technology can be applied to home telephones in the future. Motorola is also the most important processor of quartz in the world. Claude G. Davis, Quartz is not only used as the fre- Vice President and quency determining element in most General Manager Communications radios but is also used in computer Products Division timing circuits and now in quartz watches. The industry sold fifteen million quartz watches in 1976 alone. Almost half of these watches have quartz crystals manufactured by Motorola. Arthur P. Sundry, The Communications Group has Vice President and built its business by having excellent General Manager Communications product technology and excellent Distribution Division customer service. And, the technology and products of the group have taken their place in the fabric of society as people com- municate more, as sophisticated health and life saving techniques are hesaS. Farmer, Jr., Vice President and needed, and as conservation and General Manager public safety become more critical Communications International Division considerations for society. For more than a quarter of a century business has improved each year as technology grew, products and sys- tems were expanded and customer service refined. Now Motorola pro- Martin Cooper, duces more than 4,000 different models Vice President of two-way radios and has moved and General Manager Communications intootherelectronic related fields. Systems Division None of this happened by accident. The group has run hard to be the best. And they're still running. (above left) Multiple tiers of products provide opportunities in major international communications marketplaces. (left) In an energy-starved world, communications are important in the finding and conserving of energy sources. 13 (M) Semiconductor Group THE One semiconductor, less than a quarter of There is a device which contains a hundred billion individual compo- nents, each so small that the whole an inch square, can thing weighs no more than three make one million pounds and is not more than about ...fl BRflJN IN 1 decisions in less time than it takes to read one hundred cubic inches in volume. We call it the human brain. MJMJflTUBE! . this sentence! There is another device that is four ten-thousandths of one cubic inch. It can make more than one million elec- tronic decisions every second—and it's possible for one chip to account for 310 trillion separate functions. We call it a semiconductor. The semiconductor, in one of its newest forms—the microprocessor —is actually the heart of a powerful microcomputer. The microprocessor invention of the first solid state device The year provided a sound founda- is made by a very interesting photo- approximately 30 years ago, the in- tion for future growth and solidified lithographic process. dustry has been developing new and Motorola's leadership in the discrete Microscopic patterns are projected better ways of designing more and component industry. onto a thin slice of sensitized silicon more functions into a single device. Key programs were initiated in which is then developed and etched. Almost since the semiconductor in- 1976 which have impacted productiv- This etching exposes selected parts dustry's inception, Motorola has been ity. The improved productivity has of the silicon to chemical elements a major participant. been essential to countering steadily that change the chemical nature of 1976 was a recovery year, for rising costs. these areas. The process is repeated both the semiconductor industry One of these programs was aimed several times using different patterns and for Motorola's Semiconductor at establishing stricter manufacturing and chemical elements to form elec- Group. Following what was one of disciplines and improved working trical paths which can be turned on the worst years in the history of the environments. It helped increase pro- and off electronically. This resulting semiconductor industry, Motorola's ductivity in some parts of the opera- tiny chip full of sophisticated circuitry 1976 performance reflected sub- tion by more than 17 per cent over 1975. is quite literally the basic building stantial improvement in sales and There was also considerable suc- block for future electronic technology. new orders plus a return to profitability. cess in improving processing yields. In the near future it is probable that As a result of the steadily increas- One example: The division improved computers wHI take over control of au- ing demand in most U.S. and silicon power wafer processing by tomatic transmissions and fuel injec- non-U.S. markets, sales have in- using a glassivation process on sili- tion systems in cars. Computers will creased in each quarter, compared con power transistors. This process be able to run homes of the future to year-earlier quarters. For the full protects open junctions on the trans- monitoring fire and burglar alarm year, sales of the Semiconductor istor with a thin layer of glass. This systems—automatically controlling Group were up 28 per cent over 1975. technique has resulted in about houselights and locks on doors and The improved sales performance a seven per cent higher wafer windows—they'll even be able to took place in all three major world processing yield and as much as a 15 water the lawn. Microcomputers in the markets (U.S., Europe, Asia) as well per cent improvement in final test re- home could automate shopping and as in the major product categories, sults. Comparable improvements make financial transactions without discrete devices and integrated circuits. have been made in other discrete writing checks. There is a possibility The rebound in bookings has product families. that programs from the wealth of been more dramatic than in sales. The group's worldwide new orders These improved efficiencies have television, stage and motion pic- supported more aggressive pricing. ture entertainment will be available booked were up about 65 per cent over last year. Prices were reduced by as much as whenever the viewer wishes. 40 per cent on several product lines The most important accomplish- This microprocessor has the ment of the Semiconductor Group including some small signal transis- potential to revolutionize the this year has been its return to tors, zener diodes, axial lead rec- way we live, the way things profitability. The profit turnaround tifiers and thyristors. One of the operate—but actually it has that began in the fourth quarter unique challenges and opportunities been evolving for many of 1975 continued into 1976. As a of the semiconductor industry is the years in the semiconductor result, the group operated at an historic trend of declining of prices as industry. Since the acceptable profit margin for the opposed to increasing prices experi- full year. enced by many other sectors of the Both discretes and integrated cir- economy. This has been a major fac- cuits contributed to the earnings tor in expanding the total semicon- performance. Integrated circuits, ductor market. while operating at a loss for the full Programs to increase yields and year 1976, operated profitability in reduce costs require increased in- the third and fourth quarters. Dis- vestment. Adequate and consistent crete products operated at satisfac- fixed asset spending is key to the tory profit levels throughout the year. achievement of future goals. Success in the Discrete Semicon- As part of a multi-year investment ductor Division is primarily the result program, the Discrete Semiconductor of increased productivity, improved Division is automating process and yields and strategic capital invest- product equipment in important areas ment programs which have led to a such as power and signal transistors. more aggressive marketing stance. The use of computer-operated diffu- 15 sion modules is growing along with improve marketshare, profitability increased use of ion implantation. and technological leadership. These investments are strategic. They The division continues to enjoy a not only should lead to increased front rank position in the linear IC share of market, but should also help marketplace. It is quite strong in all provide better overall return on important linear processes including investment. ion implantation and linear compati- During 1976, Motorola continued to ble I2L. The division manufactures a earn its front running reputation for broad line of linear products and has developing and introducing new dis- an aggressive new product develop- crete products for both existing and ment program. new applications. A few examples: The new frequency synthesizer, A new 1500 volt horizontal deflec- which has application in recently intro- tion transistor was introduced into the duced 40 channel citizen band radios, television market. This unit "deflects" and new telephone encoder/decoder an electronic beam in a TV picture circuits are examples of major future tube after the beam leaves the elec- sales opportunities. tron gun. It has already been ac- Significant progress was also made cepted by U.S. television makers and with a variety of digital products during should soon be approved by other 1976. domestic and European customers. A new high speed 4-bit micro- More introductions of new, state- processor line was introduced at of-the-art devices are planned for the mid-year and is already a major factor TV deflection market within the next in the high speed market. For good year. reason. It is the fastest operating bipo- Also introduced was an expanded lar processor on the market and is ex- line of switch-mode power transistors pected to greatly improve the division's which offer both size reduction and Today's new generation of micro-circuits can efficiency improvement to customers include many thousands of active compo- in the computer, industrial and mili- nents integrated into a tiny sliver of silicon. tary markets. New higher reliability thyristor products are being offered to the industrial market at lower prices. They're being made by a new patented photo-glass process. AM tuning diodes are now being of- fered to the automotive industry. These devices will permit car radios to be removed from the space-tight dashboard and placed under the seat or in the trunk. They represent an op- portunity for important sales growth in small signal products. 1976 was a year for pulling it to- gether in the Intergrated Circuits Di- vision. New management stepped into key posts, and employees put opportunities in the Central Processor Dramatic growth is expected from both shoulder to the wheel with programs Unit (CPU) segment of the computer markets over the next few years. that boosted productivity. The MOS market. In another transaction, an alternate operation tightened up and yields During the year, the division ac- source agreement was signed which improved considerably. While the quired a license to manufacture the gives the IC Division the right to pro- opportunities and underlying strate- 2900 Schottky 4-bit slice microproces- duce a line of more than 100 low power giesforthe IC Division are some- sor. This addition to the line is aimed at Schottky devices. Production started what d ifferent than they are for the Dis- the medium speed CPU and controller early in 1977. Plans are also underway crete Division, the goal is the same: to segments of the computer market. to develop a proprietary line of 16 Schottky devices. This combination products continued to improve during The Semiconductor Group operates should give Motorola a strong position the year. New product development in a pioneering industry where technol- in this market where there was not a was extremely active resulting in sev- ogy is exciting and new product previous Motorola entry. eral key products being scheduled for applications are discovered every day. In 1976 very important progress was introduction in early 1977. These new The group moved in stride with the in- made with MOS integrated circuits products include: advanced 4 dustry this year, and moved ahead no- which are critical to long-term success thousand (K) bit and 16K bit dynamic ticably in several product categories. in the IC industry. random access memories (RAM), a 4K New products and consistent In Europe Motorola is now the lead- static RAM, an 8K erasable program- improvement in productivity and ing CMOS supplier and intends to be mable read only memory (ROM) and a yields are critical to success in the number one in the U.S. soon. Motorola 16KR0M. semiconductor industry, and the group continues to offer the broadest line of The semiconductor memory market, concentrated efforts in these areas. A standard CMOS parts in the industry where these devices are sold, is one of consistent capital investment spending and is improving its position in the im- the most rapidly growing segments of program helped. portant custom CMOS marketplace. the industry. Applications include use The Semiconductor Group is grow- The shipping rate of NMOS memory in microcomputer systems in a wide ing profitably. That's both a reality and (left) Computer controlled diffusion furnances (below) Microprocessor "clean room" a commitment. are used in processing silicon wafers. production area minimizes contamination and thereby improves yield. JohnR.Welty. Robert R. Heikes. Vice President and Vice President and General Manager Assistant General Manager SemiconductorGroup Semiconductor Group x_tt) RF Modules are so small and delicate workers must use microscopes during assembly and inspection process. variety of control functions ranging from refineries to bakeries; and main- frame computer memories where they offer high speed, high density memory capacity at low cost. Motorola's M6800 microprocessor family has scored well in the highly competitive microprocessor mar- ketplace. 1976 resulted in the division being awarded several major design and developmental contracts for this important product. It now holds a strong second position in the market. The 6800 product line is being alter- nate sourced by several other major semiconductor manufacturers. The division has other key programs Gary L. Tooker, Alfred J. Stein, aimed at sustaining its growth in the Vice President and Vice President and General Manager General Manager microprocessor market, including the Discrete Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Division planned introduction of both simpler as Division well as more complex versions for a variety of consumer, industrial and commercial applications. 17 ® Automotive Products Division The world's first automobile was built tinued funding effort to establish a In addition to Motorola branded in 1769. It was a steam carriage and foothold in Europe. aftermarket CB sales, an original there was only one. Automobile sales In 1976, Motorola entered the citizen equipment contract was received from weren't quite that bad in 1975, but they band radio business with four under- Ford for underdash CB units as options felt like it. dash models, a base station adapter, a on the 1977 Lincoln and Mark V models. 1976 was something else. Automo- full line of antennas and a wide range A contract was also awarded to sup- tive Products Division sales hit an all of accessories. ply CB radios with remote transceivers time record, and the division returned Shipments began in June, and or- for selected models of 1978 Ford cars. to profitability. ders for CB radios poured in faster than Important orders were received for Full year sales were up 23 per cent they could be made. At the end of July, new electronic engine control prod- from 1975. This resulted primarily the FCC announced a decision to re- ucts. These devices which are de- from a much improved automotive lieve the congested CB traffic jam by signed to increase engine operating industry where Motorola has major expanding the number of channels efficiency will appear on 1978 cars and OEM (original equipment manufac- from 23 to 40. should represent a major business turer) sales. In addition the division The hook. The new 40 channel radios soon thereafter. reported large sales increases of could not be sold until January 1, 1977. The division is continually reworking both alternators and Motorola There was massive confusion at the existing products to reduce costs and branded automotive entertainment dealer and consumer level. Industry improve performance. One example is products. sales eroded. Fortunately, the division an updated integrated circuit version of Major operational improvements did not have much 23 channel inven- an AM radio introduced in the fourth were achieved domestically and this tory. CB sales are expected to recover quarter. The new design will improve was one of the principal factors in during the first quarter of 1977 with 40 product and component standardiza- the return to profitability. However, channel product available. The divi- tion, utilize more efficient manufactur- the division's total year profit was sion expects CB to make an important ing techniques and provide even adversely affected by the Ford strike contribution to its 1977 profits. better operating performance. in the last half of the year and a con- 1976: AUTOMOBIL SALES GET U TO SPEE AND AUTOMOTIW ELECTRONICS TAKE OF Automative entertainment products bring today's sounds to the automobile. 18 40 channel CBs are expected to be an important factor in the division's 1977 results. The fact that 1976 was a good year for automobile sales was not the only reason for Motorola's better perfor- mance. The Automotive Products Divi- sion is growing rapidly, and has won a number of pitched battles against competitors who are extremely good at their work. This growth situation is the result of an effort to constantly improve the qual- ity of work. Motorola is a leading producer of "under the hood" electronic products and instrumentation. 19 Quality is more important today than charging systems, electronic ignition ever before and raising product quality systems, engine management systems to an even higher level of consumer and other instrumentation. The division satisfaction has become an important is now reaching out to do more. strategic thrust of the division. The And the time is right. The electronic quality control organization has been age of the automobile is just beginning given more authority, more range, more to develop, and because of its automo- manpower and more control. tive know-how, Motorola should have a Appropriate steps are being taken to leading role in this exciting era. add new accounts and to generate new products for our existing customers. The current customer list includes Ford, American Motors, Chrysler, Volkswagen, Renault, Citroen and Brit- ish Leyland. And the division is ready for more. The marketing function has been re- structured to provide broader services and to put more concentration on two important customer groups, OEM and aftermarket. The division's product organization was also reorganized to more closely link the engineering and manufacturing functions for better product control. To solidify its good position with pre- sent customers, Motorola works with them on long-range development pro- grams. The division is assuming the role of a high-technology consultant with a view towards participating in the business on a long-term basis. There are also plans to develop rela- Carl E. Lindholm, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Automotive Products Division tionships with other non-electronic au- tomotive suppliers. Joint development programs with established automotive suppliers should enable Motorola to offer its customers even more products than it produces now—and that's a fundamental goal. The car has already been turned into a mobile entertainment and communi- cations center. Electronics have already gone under the hood with alternator (M) Government Electronics Division &X%»v ?i *' > PIT >f •S*j, *e 'yM*-* v -^ ,A. 'Cf 1 f vr Space Our |tnasbeen Odyssey ' more than 2,200 years It has been * / mr\ra than since Aristotle said: "Since all matter is contained in one world, there can be no others.' Aristotle, wise man that he was, was dead wrong on this one. In 1976, Motorola technology went to Total 1976 shipments by the divi- ful tracking information. Another as- Mars twice with the Viking I and the sion were down about 3 per cent sociated Air Force contract was Viking II missions. And some will say from 1975's record level and, due to awarded in 1976 for flight line test the shout heard round the world on July R & D contracts being a greater share equipment to be used with the ALQ-122 20, 1976, the day the U.S. landed on of total business, profit margins were system. Mars, emanated from Motorola's Gov- down slightly from last year. New The division received an order from ernment Electronics Division plant in order bookings, while improving in NASA as a part of their standardization Scottsdale, Arizona. the latter part of the year, were less program to develop transponders for than in 1975. The Viking spacecraft were de- use as part of the data control and signed for 120 day-orbital missions— In the U.S. in 1976, there were sev- communications links in the Advanced but the flow of information being re- eral large customer contracts awarded Tracking & Data Relay Satellite System. ceived has lasted a great deal longer which will advance the division's This system will be the base of U.S. than that. Earth is still receiving infor- technology base. near-Earth space communications in mation from Apollo instrument sites on For the Air Force, engineers are de- the 1980s. Two satellites, on either side the Moon. The Motorola instrumenta- signing an advanced electronic scor- of the earth, in a constant geosyn- tion left on the Moon during the Apollo ing system for use with supersonic chronous orbit, will be able to track and 16 mission was designed to deliver target drones. An electronic radar sen- receive data from spacecraft—and 365 days of operation. It has already sor system mounted in the pilotless relay the resulting information back to delivered almost five times the service drone target detects attacking missiles Earth. called for by the goals of the mission, and sends signals to a ground station Another program, this one from the and at last report it was still going that prints out an electronic score card Navy, works something like a tele- strong. to tell exactly what happened at 50,000 The space odyssey is one example feet at supersonic speeds. of advanced research turned into real- The ALQ-122 countermeasures sys- ity, but the Government Electronics Di- tem for the Strategic Air Command's vision is constantly probing the un- B-52 aircraft neutralizes enemy early known. The result is a strong leader- warning and acquisition type radars by ship position in frontier technology. creating electronic confusion. The sys- It's true that research and develop- tem detects incoming enemy radar ment programs are less profitable than signals and automatically denies use- large scale production, but they pro- vide the base for leadership in ad- vanced electronics which is required for future more probable production programs. The quest for space has taken many forms, from imaginary spaceships to detailed and "scientifically" drawn men from Mars. (right) Electronic sub-assemblies for missile guidance systems are field and bench tested. 22 phone switchboard in the sky that will international marketing effort. great science fiction writers like Jules put more people in touch with more The Italian Navy and the Norwegian Verne and H. G. Wells. As far as the people with automatic priorities on a Air Force were both customers in 1976. Government Electronics Division is need-to-use basis. The Italian Navy contracted for new concerned—this is only the beginning. Several important projects, including helicopter radar tracking equipment, Something new is learned every day. target detection systems for the Navy, and delivery started on multi-channel the development of an advanced radar ground-to-air communications equip- Ralph, W. Eisner. Vice President and General seeker system for Department of De- ment to the Norwegian Air Force. Manager, Government Electronics Division fense missiles and the delivery of A new direction finding system was transponders for a space-based navi- introduced that features a compact, all gation system to provide extremely electronic antenna that one person can accurate positioning information al- make operational within minutes. The most anywhere on the globe also got first sale was to a Canadian systems underway in 1976. company for airtraffic control. New The division significantly increased products also included a unique Data its business abroad in 1976. Europe Processor designed to work with the continued to be the focal point of the Motorola Mini-Ranger Position De- termining System. It quickly found out- Unique testing range for radar target scoring standing worldwide acceptance. system utilizes a stationary drone target and 400 feet-per-second fly-by-wire The Government Electronics Division simulated missiles. makes its mark in the fast-track world of advanced technology partly because its business strategy emphasizes ad- vancing the state of the electronics art. One-third of the division's work force are skilled engineers who specialize in the division's major segments: Com- munications, Radar and Tactical Elec- tronics Operations. Much of Motorola's technology and the technology of the world in 1976 was beyond the imagination of even the (below) C/Star portable ground surveillance radar unit can identify and track moving vehicles and personnel up to 35 kilometers away. «a « * * m& Foreign Currency During 1976 several sharp and many gradual changes took place in the market exchange ratios between the U.S. dollar and other world currencies. We are pleased to report that, despite this difficult environment, Motorola recorded a net gain of $840,000 on foreign currency exchange and translation. This fine record results from both careful attention to asset and lia- bility relationships in each of the non- U.S. operations and a conservative pol- icy of attempting to stay near neutral in long vs. short exposure in each currency. Motorola's financial condition re- Replacement Cost mains strong. Total borrowings (short Footnote No. 11 to the financial state- and long term) were 18.8 per cent of ments contains our compliance with borrowings plus stockholder's equity. If the Securities and Exchange Commis- marketable securities of $61 million, sion's requirement for information on largely the result of the accumulated cost of sales and depreciation expense profits of Puerto Rican subsidiaries, based on estimated replacement costs were offset against borrowings this of inventories and fixed assets. Addi- debt to debt plus equity ratio would be tional information will appear in our an- 12.4 per cent. nual report to the SEC on Form 10-K, a copy of which is available to any Short-term borrowings are essential- stockholder upon request. ly all outside the U.S. and are primarily caused by exchange controls and the As we have discussed in earlier an- neutralizing of foreign exchange expo- nual reports, our studies continue to sure risk. Atyearend working capital confirm that, except in times of very se- JohnT. Hickey, was $420 million and the current ratio vere (double digit) inflation, Motorola's Senior Vice President and was 2.2:1. inventory values generally follow a Chief Financial Officer level or declining trend. During 1976 we replaced a $75 mil- Fixed assets present a somewhat dif- lion revolving credit/term loan estab- ferent story. The replacement cost of lished in 1973 with a $56 million revolv- our buildings and equipment would be ing credit fully extending through substantially higher than historical ac- March 1980 with $7 million semi- quisition cost. However, because we annual reductions thereafter. Currently, use the declining balance method in the credit is being utilized as back-up our statements, the depreciation for company-issued commercial charge based on replacement cost and paper. At yearend, approximately $91 with a straight line method, would only million of unused lines of credit were be slightly higher and, in our studied available to us. opinion, the modestly higher deprecia- tion would be more than offset by greater productivity of replacement Also in 1976, we paid thefinal install- equipment—if we were to replace 1 ment of a $15 mi 1 ion (later increased the assets. to $22 million) long-term loan first ex- tended to Motorola in 1951 by the Prudential Insurance Company of For these reasons and the other Donald R.Jones, Vice President and America, in which year Motorola's factors mentioned in the financial Assistant Chief sales, earnings and net worth were statement notes, we believe that the Financial Officer $135 million, $7 million and $32 mil- replacement cost data has limited lion, respectively. significance. 24 Consolidated Balance Sheets (Dollars in thousands) Motorola, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31 1976 1975 ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS Cash $ 21,952 26,230 Short-term investments, at cost (approximating market) 60,839 37,544 Accounts receivable, less provision fordoubtful accounts (1976,$10,426; 1975, $8,380) 304,676 252,098 Inventories, at the lower of average cost or market Finished goods 93,859 85,122 Work in process and production materials 224,226 196,974 Future income tax benefits 24,145 16,732 Other current assets 30,621 28,302 TOTALCURRENTASSETS 760,318 643,002 PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, AT COST Land 19,262 17,925 Buildings 243,879 232,492 Machinery and equipment 338,151 288,483 Accumulated depreciation (227,672) (198,056) NET PLANT AND EQUIPMENT 373,620 340,844 SUNDRY ASSETS, NET 22,871 17,614 TOTAL ASSETS $1,156,809 $1,001,460 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY CURRENT LIABILITIES Notes payable-banks and other $ 62,708 53,024 Current maturities of long-term debt 1,543 1,324 Accounts payable 115,770 91,020 Accrued expenses 113,757 88,444 Income taxes 46,772 _13,697_ TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 340,550 247,509 LONG-TERM DEBT 94,007 119,184 OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES 36,495 23,776 STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Common stock, $3.00 par value Authorized: 40,000,000 shares Outstanding: 1976-28,540,416shares; 1975-28,295,460shares 85,621 84,886 Preferred stock, $100 par value issuable in series Authorized: 500,000 shares (none issued) — Additional paid-in capital 149,027 139,504 Retained earnings 451,109 386,601 TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY 685,757 610,991 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY $1,156,809 $1,001,460 See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. 25 Statements of Consolidated Earnings and Retained Earnings (Dollars in thousands, except pershare data) Motorola, Inc. and Subsidiaries, Years Ended December 31 1976 1975 SALES AND OTHER REVENUES $1,504,431 $1,311,771 Manufacturing and other costs of sales 928,201 850,370 Selling, service and administrative expense 345,522 311,998 Depreciation of plant and equipment 54,631 50,546 Interest and amortization of debenturediscount, expense and premium, net . . . 16,388 20,387 Total costs and other expenses 344,742 1,233,301 Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes 159,689 78,470 Income taxes 71,822 37,343 EARNINGS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS 87,867 41,127 Loss from discontinued operations (2,470) — Net earnings ":.'. 85,397 41,127 Retained earnings at beginning of year 386,601 365,248 Cash dividends declared (per common share: 1976, $.735; 1975, $.70) (20,889) (19,774) Retained earningsatend of year $ 451,109 $ 386,601 EARNINGS PER SHARE FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS $ 3.10 $ 1.46 Net earnings pershare 3.01 1.46 Statements of Consolidated Additional Paid-in Capital (Dollars in thousands) Motorola, Inc. and Subsidiaries, Years Ended December 31 1976 1975 Balance at beginning of year $ 139,504 $ 135,898 Share option plans 7,777 1,032 Conversion of 41/2% convertible guaranteed debentures (principal amount: 1976, $2,245; 1975, $3,226) 1,746 2,444 Equity change in affiliate — 130 Balanceatend of year $ 149,027 $ 139,504 See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. Statements of Consolidated Changes in Financial Position (Dollars in thousands) Motorola, Inc. and Subsidiaries, Years Ended December 31 1976 1975 SOURCESOF FUNDS: Net earnings from continuing operations $ 87,867 $ 41,127 Add non-cash charges: Depreciation 54,631 50,546 Amortization of deferred debenture discount, expense and premium, net . . . . 225 285 Funds provided from continuing operations 142,723 91,958 Net loss from discontinued operations (2,470) Add non-cash charge—depreciation 985 Funds used by discontinued operations (1,485) Funds provided from operations 141,238 91,958 Increase in notes payable and current maturities of long-term debt 9,903 Decrease in receivables — 17,747 Decrease in inventories — 54,659 Disposals and other changes of plant and equipment (and tooling), net 9,938 7,709 Issuance of common stock 10,258 3,927 Increase in income taxes 33,075 Othersources, net 47,568 Total sources of funds 251,980 176,000 USES OF FUNDS: Decrease in notes payable and current maturities of long-term debt — 35,843 Increase in receivables 52,578 Increase in inventories 35,989 F i x e d asset e x p e n d i t u r e s ( i n c l u d e s s u b s i d i a r i e s a c q u i r e d i n 1975, $1,153) . . . . 96,073 71,253 Increase in equipment rented to others, at cost 2,257 2,918 Decrease in long-term debt 25,177 28,626 Dividends 20,889 19,774 Decrease in income taxes — 1,471 Other uses, net — 4,795 Total usesof funds 232,963 164,680 NETINCREASEIN FUNDS 19,017 11,320 Cash and short-term investments Beginning of year : 63,774 52,454 End of year $ 82,791 $ 63,774 See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. Accountants' Report PEAT, MARWICK, MITCHELL & CO. Certified Public Accountants 222 South Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60606 The Board of Directors and then ended. Our examinations statements present fairly the Stockholders of Motorola, Inc.: were made in accordance with financial position of Motorola, We have examined the con- generally accepted auditing Inc. and Subsidiaries at De- solidated balance sheets of standards, and accordingly cember 31 , 1976 and 1975, and Motorola, Inc. and Subsidiaries included such tests of the ac- the results of their operations as of December 31,1976 and counting records and such and changes in theirfinancial 1975, and the related statements other auditing procedures as position forthe years then end- of consolidated earnings and we considered necessary in the ed, in conformity with generally retained earnings, additional circumstances. accepted accounting principles paid-in capital and changes in In our opinion, the aforemen- applied on a consistent basis. financial position for the years tioned consolidated financial PEAT, MARWICK, MITCHELL & CO. February 10,1977 97 SHARE OPTIONS: When share options are exercised, the pro- Notes to Consolidated ceeds received are credited to the common stock account to the extent of the par value of shares issued, and the excess is Financial Statements credited to Additional Paid-in Capital. The tax benefit the company receives from disqualifying dispositions by op- 1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES: Following is a summary of sig- tionees of exercised qualified share options is credited to nificant accounting policies used in the preparation of these Additional Paid-in Capital. consolidated financial statements, which policies are in ac- cordance with generally accepted accounting principles. PRODUCT AND SERVICE WARRANTIES: Anticipated costs related to product and service warranties are recorded at the CONSOLIDATION: The consolidated financial statements in- clude the accounts of the company and all majority-owned time of the sale of the products. subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and trans- EARNINGS PER SHARE: Earnings per share are calculated on actions have been eliminated in consolidation. the average daily shares outstanding. INTERNATIONAL: The company generally follows the method (adopted in 1976) of foreign currency translation recom- 2. INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS: Net foreign currency ex- mended in Statement No. 8 of the Financial Accounting Stan- change gains of $840,000 and $1,232,000 are included in net dards Board. Assets and liabilities expressed in foreign cur- earnings for 1976 and 1975, respectively. rencies, other than principally fixed assets and inventories, are The company's equity in undistributed earnings of non-U.S. translated at the approximate yearend rates of exchange; in- subsidiaries and affiliates included in consolidated retained ventories and fixed assets are translated at approximate rates earnings at December 31, 1976, amounted to $42,515,000 in effect when the assets were acquired. The earnings state- ($39,600,000 in 1975). Certain of these earnings may be taxable ments are translated at rates prevailing during the year except in the United States upon distribution; however, it is intended for depreciation, amortization and cost of sales, which are that these earnings be permanently invested in operations translated at historical rates. Gains and losses from currency outside the United States and accordingly, no provision has realignments have been reflected in earnings as incurred. been made for United States taxes. The effect of this change in method on years prior to 1976 is At December 31, 1976 and 1975, net assets of consolidated not material and, accordingly, prior years' financial statements operations outside the United States aggregated $137,893,000 have not been restated. and $131,200,000, respectively. Export sales of U.S. companies, and sales and other INVENTORIES: Inventories are valued at the lower of average revenues of continuing operations outside the United States, cost (which approximates computation on a first-in, first-out were 29% of both the 1976 and 1975 consolidated amounts. basis) or market. Market value of work in process and produc- tion materials is represented by replacement cost and for finished goods by net realizable value. 3. LONG-TERM DEBT: Long-term debt at December 31 con- INCOME TAX: The company provides for income taxes based sisted of the following: on income reported for financial statement purposes. Certain 1976 1975 charges to earnings differ as to timing from those deducted for (Dollars in thousands) tax purposes. The tax effects of these differences are reflected in the consolidated balance sheets primarily as Future Income Debt outside the United States: Tax Benefits. Investment tax credits are recorded as a reduc- 41/2% convertible guaranteed debentures tion of income tax expense in the year that the related assets due July 1,1983 $7,016 $ 9,261 are placed in service. 8% guaranteed sinking fund debentures due March 1,1987 (net of debentures PLANT AND EQUIPMENT: Plant and equipment is stated at held by the company for sinking cost. The related cost and accumulated depreciation on prop- fund payments, $1,090,000 in 1976; erty sold, retired or fully depreciated are cleared from the none in 1975) 23,910 25,000 accounts with the net difference, less any amount realized Notes payable (generally at prevailing prime from disposals, reflected in current operations. Depreciation rates) due in installments to 1985 13,018 9,788 is provided on the basis of the estimated useful lives generally Debt in the United States: by the declining balance method. For income tax purposes, Commercial paper supported by revolving the company has selected the provisions of the Class Life credit commitments from banks 30,215 52,890 Asset Depreciation Range System (ADR) permitting acceler- 4%% debentures due April 1,1986 (net of ated depreciation. The tax effect of the difference between debentures held by the company for book and tax depreciation has been provided as deferred sinking fund payments $1,609,000 in income taxes in the accompanying consolidated financial 1976; $931,000 in 1975) 21,391 23,069 statements. 4%% note due in annual installments to 1976 — 500 DEBENTURE DISCOUNT, EXPENSE AND PREMIUM: De- 95,550 120,508 ferred debenture discount, expense and premium are in- Less current maturities, included in cluded in Sundry Assets at unamortized cost. Amortization is current liabilities 1,543 1,324 being charged to expense over the terms of the debentures, Net long-term debt $94,007 $119,184 generally by the straight-line method. 28 The 41/2% convertible guaranteed debentures (issued by Total income taxes differ from the statutory U.S. Federal Motorola International Development Corporation) are income tax rate of 48%. The principal reasons for this differ- convertible into common stock of Motorola, Inc., at the rate of ence are reflected below: 25.2 shares for each $1,000 principal amount, subject to adjustment in certain events, and are guaranteed as to the 1976 1975 payment of principal and interest by Motorola, Inc. The debentures are redeemable at various dates at redemption Statutory U.S. Federal rate 48.0% 48.0% prices reducing from 102% to 100% of the principal amount lncrease/(decrease) in tax rate resulting from: thereof. In 1976, $2,245,000 in debentures ($3,226,000 in 1975) Taxes on earnings in other nations, net of were converted into 56,554 shares (81,285 in 1975). At loss operations with no tax benefits and December 31,1976, there were 176,890 shares (233,444 shares tax holidays 1.4 10.5 in 1975) of Motorola, Inc. common stock reserved for issuance Tax benefits arising from tax holiday in upon the conversion of these debentures. Puerto Rico (5.0) (7.8) Investment credits (3.0) (3.4) State income taxes 2.1 2.2 The 8% guaranteed sinking fund debentures (issued by Tax benefits derived from consolidation of Motorola International Capital Corporation) are redeemable at certain Western Hemisphere Trade various dates beginning March 1, 1977, at redemption prices Corporations 4 (1.9) reducing from 102% to 100% of the principal amount thereof. Other 1.1 — Annual sinking fund payments are required beginning March 1, 1977 in progressive amounts sufficient to retire 76% of the Effective tax rate 45.0% 47.6% issue prior to ^maturity. The issue is guaranteed as to payment of principal and interest by Motorola, Inc. Income taxes have been provided in the accounts based The full amount of the revolving credit agreement upon income recorded therein. Certain timing differences ($56,000,000) extends through March 31, 1980, with exist which cause the current income taxes actually payable to $7,000,000 in equal semi-annual reductions thereafter. Under differ from the amount provided. The principal items are as the terms of the agreement, any borrowings through follows: September 30,1979, will be at the prevailing prime commercial 1976 1975 rate of interest, for the next two years at the prevailing prime (Dollars in thousands) commercial rate of interest plus 1/4%, and for the last two years at the prevailing prime commercial rate of interest plus 1/2%. It is the intention of the company to maintain the availability of Difference between depreciation recorded for the revolving credit during 1977, and therefore, the debt is income tax purposes and financial statement classified as long-term debt. purposes $2,229 $1,440 (lncrease)/decrease in: Future warranty obligations 12 (207) The revolving credit agreement restricts retained earnings Future vacation obligations (417) (155) available for payment of cash dividends. At December 31, Inventory adjustment accruals (89) 861 1976, approximately $157,000,000 of retained earnings was not Incentive bonus plan (1,701) 406 restricted as to dividend payments. The revolving credit IRS audit timing reversals — 660 agreement also requires the company to maintain a ratio of Other—net 1,137 738 consolidated current assets to consolidated current liabilities at not less than 1.75:1 and consolidated networking capital (as Total $1,171 $3,743 defined) of not less than $225,000,000. The company's Federal Income Tax Returns have been 4. INCOME TAXES: Income taxes provided for the years examined by the Internal Revenue Service through December ended December 31,1976 and 1975 are as follows: 31,1973. At December 31, 1976, certain foreign subsidiaries of the 1976 1975 company had tax loss carry forwards of approximately (Dollars in thousands) $15,000,000. Current: United States $56,511 $23,704 5. SHARE OPTION PLAN: Under the company's Employee Other Nations 7,817 6,503 Share Option Plans, shares of common stock have been made State income taxes (U.S.) 6,323 3,393 available for qualified or non-qualified option to employees of the company and certain subsidiaries. Options may be granted Total current 70,651 33,600 at not less than fair market value on the dates of grants, and Deferred 1,171 3,743 become exercisable one year from the date of original grants. Qualified options expire at the end of five years and non- Total income taxes $71,822 $37,343 qualified options expire at the end of ten years. 29 Data on share options are summarized below: In the opinion of management, the ultimate disposition of 1976 1975 these matters will not have a material adverse effect on the business or financial position of the company. Options outstanding beginning of year. 1,030,493 791,703 Additional options granted 320,910 307,335 Options exercised (188,402) (25,990) 7. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS: On May 28,1974, Motorola Options terminated for discontinued sold to certain subsidiaries of Matsushita Electric Industrial employment (47,530) (42,555) Co., Ltd., a Japanese corporation, certain of the assets of Options expired (5,796) — Motorola's Consumer Products Division home television re- Options outstanding end of year 1,109,675 1,030,493 ceiver business. Because of disagreements between the par- Shares reserved for possible future ties, the sales price of the business could not be finally deter- option grants 32,411 299,995 mined until such disagreements (including those applicable to Total shares reserved 1,142,086 1,330,488 Product and Service Warranty obligations, which were the subject of an arbitration proceeding) were resolved. All such Aggregate exercise price of outstanding options $53,423,000 $49,027,000 disagreements were finally resolved in January of 1977, and the loss from discontinued operations has been reflected as a Aggregate exercise price of non-recurring net loss in the company's 1976 operations. exercisable options $38,517,000 $33,177,000 The toss from discontinued operations (including the net proceeds from disposition of certain assets not sold to Mat- Options exercised during 1976 were at per share prices of sushita) is comprised as follows: $42.25 to $52.56 ($31.95 to $46.25 in 1975). Options outstand- ing at December 31, 1976, were at per share prices of $42.25 to $63.75. (Dollars in thousands) Income 6. CONTINGENCIES: The company is one of 21 defendants Pre-Tax Taxes Net named in a lawsuit commenced on September 20, 1974, by Operating losses incurred during Zenith Radio Corporation ("Zenith") in the United States Dis- the period subsequent to trict Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. All other March 12,1974 $(11,878) $ (5,587) $ (6,291) defendants are either Japanese television manufacturers or Gain on disposal 1,505 (2,316) 3,821 United States subsidiaries of such Japanese corporations. Loss from discontinued operations $(10,373) $ (7,903) $ (2,470) Zenith's complaint alleges conspiracies and other violations of the U.S. antitrust and antidumping laws. The net gain after tax on the sale and disposition of the The complaint also challenges, under the U.S. antitrust assets has been reduced by an estimate of remaining costs laws, the purchase by subsidiaries of Matsushita Electric In- applicable to litigation against Motorola brought by Zenith dustrial Co., Ltd. of Japan (collectively with such subsidiaries, Radio Corporation, which litigation was instituted as a result "MEI") of certain of the assets and business of Motorola's of the sale to Matsushita. Consumer Products Division home television receiver busi- ness. (See note 7 relating to discontinued operations.) Prior to Income taxes applicable to the gain on disposal vary from the consummation of such purchase, the U.S. Department of the normal Corporate Federal income tax rate of 48%, Justice, at the request of Motorola and MEI, investigated the principally because certain assets sold at a gain receive capital antitrust implications of the transaction. During such investi- gains treatment for income tax purposes, whereas other gations, the Department of Justice was advised by Zenith of assets sold at a loss result in a tax benefit at the 48% rate. Zenith's objections to the sale. The Department of Justice took no legal action to prevent the sale. 8. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS: An Executive Incentive Plan For all such alleged violations Zenith claims monetary dam- specifies that the company and certain subsidiaries may pro- ages in the aggregate of more than $300 million (and the vide up to 4% of their annual consolidated pre-tax earnings, as trebling of that amount). It seeks judgment against the defen- defined, for the payment of cash incentive awards. Such dants jointly and individually in that amount plus costs and awards are payable, except for awards of $1,000 or less, gen- plaintiff's attorney's fees. It also seeks divestiture by MEI of the erally in equal annual installments over a period of five years assets purchased from Motorola. and are generally subject to the recipient's continued In the event a divestiture is ordered or litigation damages are employment. Awards made in 1977 for 1976 performance are assessed against MEI arising out of such purchase, Motorola payable in full or may be deferred over five years at the option has agreed to share to a limited extent certain of the dollar of the participant. Amounts of $4,091,000 and $1,408,000 were loss, if any, incurred by MEI. The maximum loss for which provided in 1976 and 1975 for such awards, representing 4% of Motorola could be responsible to MEI under this agreement is defined earnings. In 1976 awards of $2,202,000 were made for $20 million. Management believes that the company has acted 1975 performance ($2,083,000 in 1975 for 1974 performance). properly throughout and has denied any conspiracy or other Awards for 1976 performance have not yet been determined. At violation of law alleged by Zenith. December 31, 1976, $4,953,000 was available for such awards The company is a defendant in various other suits and ($2,532,000 in 1975). claims which arise in the normal course of business and is The company and certain subsidiaries have contributory obligated under repurchase and other agreements principally profit sharing plans in which all eligible employees participate. in connection with the financing of sales. The contributions to profit sharing funds in the United States 30 and other nations, based upon percentages of pre-tax earn- THREE MONTHS ENDED ings, as defined, were $18,291,000 in 1976, and $9,098,000 in 1975. 1975: March 29 June 28 Sept. 27 Dec. 31 The company and certain subsidiaries have a voluntary, Sales and other contributory pension plan and the company's policy is to fund revenues $303,881 $344,844 $307,040 $356,006 pension costs as accrued: $6,126,000 in 1976, and $4,705,000 Gross profit before in 1975. At December 31, 1975, date of the latest actuarial depreciation (a) 105,675 121,846 102,545 131,335 determination, vested benefits were fully funded. Certain changes in actuarial assumptions increased the company's Net earnings $ 7,630 $ 11,730 $ 9,627 $ 12,140 1976 pension funding by approximately $1,000,000. No sig- Net earnings per share . . . $ .27 $ .42 $ .34 $ .43 nificant increase in pension costs resulted from the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1975. (a) Profit after manufacturing and other costs of sales exclusive of depreciation expense. In the event that the amount actually payable annually under (b) The effect of recognizing the final adjustments on the disposi- the plan does not amount to 40% or more of an officer's rate of tion of the home television receiver business (See footnote 7). salary at retirement, it is the intention of the company (subject to certain qualifications and conditions) to make supplemen- Peat, Marwick, Mitchell &Co. made a limited review of the 1976 tary payments so that the total annual payments will aggregate quarterly data in accordance with standards established by 40% (or 30% in the case of payments to widows) of the officer's the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, but no rate of salary at retirement. The company also provides for such review was made of the 1975 quarterly data. Since Peat, annual payments in the amount of 30% of the officer's salary Marwick, Mitchell & Co. did not audit the quarterly data for rate to widows of officers who die while in active employment. either year, they express no opinion on such data. The company is providing for these supplementary payments on a current basis. 11. ESTIMATED REPLACEMENT COST INFORMATION (Un- audited): Requirements of the Securities and Exchange 9. SUPPLEMENTARY DATA: Research and Development ex- Commission direct the calculation of cost of sales and depre- penditures, which are charged against operations as incurred, ciation expense based on the estimated replacement costs of were $101,536,000 in 1976, and $98,479,000 in 1975. inventories and fixed assets. Rental expense of operations under all lease commitments The company has extensively studied revaluing inventory on (including non-cancellable leases) totaled $21,055,000 in a LIFO basis, and has concluded that no significant change 1976, and $20,273,000 in 1975. If all financing leases (which are would thereby result. These studies also indicate that stated principally for computers) were capitalized, the impact on net costs of inventories and cost of sales also approximate a earnings would be insignificant. Commitments related to replacement cost basis. Consequently, the company's stated non-cancellable leases expire as follows: inventory value and cost of sales have not been restated. While 1977 $12,869,000 1982-1986 $2,491,000 the replacement cost of the company's fixed assets would be 1978 8,786,000 1987-1991 562,000 substantially higherthan the stated acquisition cost, and while 1979 4,775,000 1992-1996 697,000 depreciation charges (straight-line) based on such higher re- 1980 2,753,000 1997 and later 4,648,000 placement costs would be approximately $5.6 million higher 1981 1,238,000 than the 1976 depreciation charge in the financial statements, management believes (but cannot definitively quantify) that lower costs of operation would result from using newer and 10. QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (Unaudited): Sum- more efficient fixed assets and that the savings, which would marized quarterly financial data for 1976 and 1975, are as result from these efficiencies, would at least offset the higher follows: depreciation indicated. Because the SEC's requirements (Dollars in thousands, THREE MONTHS ENDED exclude the effect of price level changes on assets and except per share data) liabilities other than inventories and fixed assets, the data 1976: April 3 July 3 Oct. 2 Dec. 31 cannot be used to estimate the effect of inflation on the com- Sales and other pany's operation. Also, because of the inherent subjectivity of revenues $346,996 $383,545 $361,459 $412,431 the replacement cost disclosure requirements and the con- Gross profit before sequent differences of interpretation between different com- depreciation (a) 131,957 149,600 138,380 156,293 panies, management believes that this information has limited significance. Earnings from continuing operations 16,898 22,174 22,935 25,860 The company's annual report to the SEC on Form 10-K, a Loss from discontinued copy of which is available upon request, will contain the pre- operations (b) — — — (2,470) scribed SEC disclosure. Net earnings $ 16,898 $ 22,174 $ 22,935 $ 23,390 Earnings per share from continuing operations .. $ .60 $ .78 $ .81 $ .91 Net earnings per share . . . $ .60 $ .78 $ .81 $ .82 31 Ten Year Financial Summary (Dollars in thousands, except per share data) Operating Results From Continuing Operations (1) 1976 1975 SALES AND OTHER REVENUES $1,504,431 $1,311,771 Manufacturing and other costs of sales 928,201 850,370 Selling, service& administrative expense 345,522 311,998 Depreciation of plant and equipment 54,631 50,546 Interest&amortizationof debenturediscount.expenseand premium, net 16,388 20,387 Total costs and other expenses 1,344,742 1,233,301 Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes 159,689 78,470 Incometaxes 71,822 37,343 EARNINGS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS 87,867 41,127 RETURN ON SALES 5.8% 3.1% Discontinued operations—profit/(loss) (2,470) — Netearnings $ 85,397 $ 41,127 Operating Results as Originally Reported (1) Sales and other revenues Net earnings Return on sales Per Share Data Earnings from continuing operations $3.10 $1.46 Net earnings 3.01 1.46 Dividends declared .735 .70 Balance Sheet and Other Data (2) Working capital $ 419,768 $ 395,493 Current ratio 2.23:1 2.60:1 Short-term debt $ 64,251 $ 54,348 Long-termdebt 94,007 119,184 Stockholders' equity 685,757 610,991 Less: short-term investments 60,839 37,544 Total invested capital $ 783,176 $ 746,979 Return on average invested capital 11.6% 5.3% Return on average stockholders'equity 13.6% 6.9% Yearend employment (approximate) 56,000 47,000 Average shares outstanding (in thousands) 28,380 28,243 (1) In March, 1974, Motorola sold its home television business. Due to 23% from the previous year). These operations both recovered the substantial size of this business, it was both desirable and from depressed sales of the previous year when sales were necessary to reflect the historical operating results of Motorola's remaining business without the home television operations included. down 23% in the Semiconductor Group and down 12% in the As a result, the 1967-1973 operating results Motorola reported to Automotive Products Division, due principally to depressed stockholders during this period of time were adjusted to remove the economic conditions throughout the world. effect of the television business—these revised operating results are Manufacturing and other costs of sales increased 9.2% in reported above as results from Continuing Operations. The financial 1976 while such costs decreased 3.2% in 1975. The cost statistics entitled As Originally Reported, are the exact results Motorola reported to stockholders at each applicable period of time. changes are generally consistent with the sales changes in each year except that 1976 costs also reflect improved (2) 1974-1976 data is from continuing operations; 1967-1973 data is as originally reported and has not been restated on a continuing productivity and strengthened cost controls throughout operations basis. the company. Selling, service and administration expense increased MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS 10.7% in 1976 and 9.8% in 1975 over the previous year. The OF STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED EARNINGS increase in 1976 is less than the sales increase of 14.7% and Sales and other revenues from continuing operations in- reflects improved cost controls throughout the company. The creased 14.7% in 1976, while 1975 sales were down 4.1% from increased cost in 1975 on a sales decline of 4.1% did not fully the previous year. As stated in other parts of this report, the reflect the efficiencies implemented in 1975 due to the timing sales improvement in 1976 was primarily in the Semiconductor of the cutbacks and associated severance pay. In addition, Group (up 28%) and the Automotive Products Division (up the company increased its ownership to over 50% in two S2 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 $1,367,171 $1,203,217 $ 901,883 $717,177 $670,189 $666,019 $559,030 $449,926 878,675 755,720 607,695 469,583 451,821 437,439 376,972 301,826 284,241 239,994 166,849 155,527 123,435 121,211 102,548 76,631 43,456 33,340 28,376 25,028 21,745 18,514 15,612 13,237 27,201 16,194 10,299 7,613 9,332 11,121 7,731 6,488 1,233,573 1,045,248 813,219 657,751 606,333 588,285 502,863 398,182 133,598 157,969 88,664 59,426 63,856 77,734 56,167 51,744 60,686 72,496 41,103 29,878 33,339 42,108 28,954 23,851 72,912 85,473 47,561 29,548 30,517 35,626 27,213 27,893 5.3% 7.1% 5.3% 4.1% 4.6% 5.3% 4.9% 6.2% (2,184) (3,477) 4,477 2,202 (6,277) (1,833) 1,048 (9,077) $ 70,728 $ 81,996 $ 52,038 $ 31,750 $ 24,240 $ 33,793 $ 28,261 $ 18,816 $1,437,099 $1,163,315 $926,593 $796,418 $873,224 $775,124 $629,975 81,996 52,038 31,750 24,240 33,793 28,261 18,816 5 7% 4 5% 3 4% 3 0% 3.9% 3.6% 3.0% $2.60 $3.07 $1.74 $1.10 $1.15 $1.44 $1.11 $1.14 2.52 2.95 1.91 1.18 .91 1.37 1.15 .77 .60 .45 .312 .30 .288 .25 .25 .25 $ 412,335 $ 427,715 $ 323,544 $256,150 $222,117 $235,593 $176,414 $131,358 2.31:1 2.43:1 2.36:1 2.22:1 2.39:1 2.47:1 2.08:1 1.88:1 $ 90,191 $ 66,377 $ 53,875 $ 47,075 $ 33,503 $ 7,749 $ 36,615 $ 53,164 147,810 150,338 80,302 63,780 65,348 90,306 96,601 65,079 585,711 523,481 439,611 375,897 344,085 326,134 238,778 206,286 23,336 21,982 30,092 4,230 6,070 19,704 26,255 596 $ 800,376 $ 718,214 $ 543,696 $482,522 $436,866 $404,485 $345,739 $323,933 9.4% 13.0% 10.0% 7.0% 5.6% 8.8% 8.5% 5.9% 13.0% 17.1% 12.9% 8.9% 7.2% 12.8% 12.9% 9.5% 51,000 64,000 56,000 49,000 37,000 45,000 41,000 36,000 28,085 27,823 27,297 26,822 26,650 24,656 24,534 24,488 International subsidiaries, as a result, the expenses of these the Semiconductor Group and Automotive Products Division, subsidiaries were consolidated for the first time in 1975, and which incurred losses in 1975 and returned to a profitable increased these costs by $5.2 million over 1974. position in 1976. Depreciation of plant and equipment increased 8.1% and Additional comments on the results of operations may be 16.3% in 1976 and 1975, respectively, over the previous year. found in other sections of this Annual Report. These increases are the result of fixed asset expenditures during the past three years of $96.1 million in 1976, $70.1 million in 1975 and $131.2 million in 1974. SALES BY SIMILAR CLASSES OF PRODUCTS Interest and amortization expense declined 19.6% in 1976 (Dollars in millions) 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 and 25.1% in 1975 due to reductions in debt and to declining Communication Products $705 $621 $586 $469 $365 interest rates. The reductions in debt were attributable to the Semiconductor Products 447 348 454 419 286 implementation of more stringent administrative controls, as Automotive Products 156 126 144 144 101 well as efforts to achieve improved management over accounts receivable and inventories. The sales of Semiconductor Products do not include the dollar The company's overall effective tax rate decreased from value of Semiconductor Products manufactured by Motorola 47.6% in 1975, to 45.0% in 1976 due primarily to earnings of and incorporated into other products manufactured and sold International Operations that were in a loss position in 1975. by Motorola. In addition, the sales of Autovox S.p.A., an Italian The net earnings from continuing operations increased subsidiary, are excluded from the sales of Automotive 113.6% in 1976 and decreased 43.6% in 1975 due principally to Products reported above. 33 Directors Officers Motorola, Inc. Years of Age Service ROBERT W.GALVIN CORPORATE Robert W.Galvin Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer 54 36 WILLIAM J.WEISZ William J.Weisz President and Chief Operating Officer 50 29 JOHN F.MITCHELL John F.Mitchell Executive Vice President and Assistant Chief Operating Officer 49 24 JAMES W. BIRKENSTOCK President, Intercal Inc. FINANCE JohnT. Hickey SeniorVice President and Chief Financial Officer 51 29 JOHNT.HICKEY Donald R.Jones Vice President and Assistant Chief Financial Officer 47 26 Edward J. Harty Vice President and Controller 61 25 STEPHENLLEVY Vincent J. Rauner Vice President for Patents, Trademarks and Licensing 49 7 HOMER L.MARRS Lewis D. Spencer Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary 60 26 William P. Meehan Treasurer 41 7 ARTHUR C.NIELSEN, JR. Chairman of the Board STAFF Stephen L. Levy SeniorVice President and Chief Corporate Staff Officer 55 13 A. C. Nielsen Company L.Curtis Foster Vice President and Corporate Director of Engineering 51 3 ARTHUR L.REESE R. James Harring Vice Presidentand Corporate Directorof Planning 52 25 C.Travis Marshall Vice Presidentand Corporate Directorof Retired, formerly Executive Government Relations 51 6 Vice President, Motorola Inc. Walter B.Scott Vice Presidentand ELMER H.SCHULZ Corporate Directorof Manufacturing and Facilities 61 31 Director, LIT. Research Institute HUMAN RELATIONS Benjamin W. Borne Vice Presidentand Directorof Human Relations 52 5 WALTER B. SCOTT Robert N. Swift Vice Presidentand Assistant Directorof Human Relations 53 25 EDWIN P. VANDERWICKEN MULTINATIONAL Chairman, Finance and Audit LevyKatzir Vice Presidentand Directorof Multinational Operations 44 21 Committees, Motorola Inc. DATA PRODUCTS AND NEW VENTURES GROUP ELMER H. WAVERING HomerL. Marrs SeniorVice President 60 39 Retired, formerly ViceChairman AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS DIVISION and Chief Operating Officer, Carl E. Lindholm SeniorVice Presidentand General Manager Motorola Inc. Automotive Products Division 48 10 John D. Mueller Vice Presidentand Directorof Marketing B.KENNETH WEST Automotive Products Division 42 1 SeniorVice President, COMMUNICATIONS GROUP Harris Trust and Savings Bank SeniorVice Presidentand General Manager Joseph F. Miller, Jr. Communications Group 52 25 Vice President and Assistant General Manager Jack Germain Communications Group 50 27 Vice President and General Manager Arthur P. Sundry Communications Distribution Division 48 20 Vice President and Assistant General Manager Ira W.Walker Communications Distribution Division 53 21 Vice President and General Manager RhesaS. Farmer, Jr. Communications International Division 50 19 Vice Presidentand General Manager Claude G.Davis Communications Products Division 49 5 Vice Presidentand Assistant General Manager JohnM.Duich Communications Products Division 54 9 Vice Presidentand General Manager Martin Cooper Communications Systems Division 48 23 Director Emeritus: GOVERNMENT ELECTRONICS DIVISION Ralph W. Eisner Vice Presidentand General Manager DANIEL E. NOBLE Government Electronics Division 56 28 Chairman, James R. Lincicome Vice President and Assistant General Manager Science Advisory Board, Government Electronics Division 51 26 Motorola Inc. SEMICONDUCTOR GROUP JohnR.Welty Vice Presidentand General Manager Semiconductor Group 54 19 Robert R.Heikes Vice President and Assistant General Manager Semiconductor Group 51 7 EarlR.Gomersall Vice Presidentand Directorof Manufacturing and Production Technology, Semiconductor Group 45 5 Gary L. Tooker Vice Presidentand General Manager Discrete Semiconductor Division 37 15 Alfred J. Stein Vice Presidentand General Manager Integrated Circuits Division 44 1 Staff Activities/New Motorola Products Motorola Worldwide Ventures, Other AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS DIVISION Major facilities in: Businesses Car radios Stereo tape players Australia Melbourne Alternator charging systems Canada Managing a large corporation with Midland and Willowdale, Ontario Solid-state ignition systems operating groups in several high tech- Electronic instrumentation Denmark nology areas of the electronics industry Electronic engine controls Frederikssund requires a staff with a variety of special France Citizens band radios and antennas Angers talents. Coordinating the activities of Toulouse these specialized groups is the job of COMMUNICATIONS GROUP West Germany the Senior Vice President and Chief Mobile and portable FM two-way radio Taunusstein Corporate Staff Officer Stephen L. Levy. communications systems Great Britain Reporting to Levy, a 13-year Motorolan Radio paging systems East Kilbride, Scotland Communications control centers Stotfold and Warrington, England and former general manager of the Hong Kong Signaling and remote control systems Semiconductor Division, are corporate Kowloon Cartelephone systems engineering; marketing; government Microwave communications systems Israel relations; public relations and advertis- Tel-Aviv Health care communications systems ing; corporate planning; manufacturing Italy Precision instruments Rome and facilities; computer services; sys- Component products Korea tems and telecommunications. Electronic command and control systems Seoul Mobile data communications systems Through the years Motorola has been Malaysia Kuala Lumpur alert to new business opportunities both GOVERNMENT ELECTRONICS Penang from inside and outside the company. DIVISION Mexico To direct this effort, the corporation has Fixed and satellite communications systems Guadalajara, Jalisco had operating atthe staff level an office Space communications systems Mexico City, D.F. of acquisitions and new ventures. Tactical electronics systems Nogales, Sonara Radar surveillance and display systems Puerto Rico Heading this office is SeniorVice Vega Baja Positioning and navigation systems President Homer L. Marrs, a Motorolan South Africa Countermeasures systems for nearly 40 years and former general Bramley, Transvaal Missile guidance systems manager of the Communications Divi- Drone control systems Switzerland sion. Also reporting to him are two of Geneva Data security modules United States the operations that have resulted from Missileand aircraft instrumentation Illinois the program: Data Products and Secure communications Carol Stream MotorolaTeleprograms, Inc. Chicago SEMICONDUCTOR GROUP Franklin Park MOS and bipolar integrated circuits Lombard Northlake Microprocessors Schaumburg Micro-components and systems Arizona Semiconductor chips Mesa Zener and tuning diodes Phoenix RF modules Scottsdale Power and small signal transistors Tempe Florida Field effect transistors (FETs) Fort Lauderdale Stephen L. Levy Microwave devices New York Senior Vice President Optoelectronics Arcade and Chief Corporate Rectifiers Texas Staff Officer Austin Thyristors Varactors Fort Worth Seguin Triggers Missouri Suppressors Webb City Solar energy components Iowa Mount Pleasant OTHER BUSINESSES Pennsylvania Educational films and materials Carlisle CRTdisplay modules Motorola Executive Institute in: Oracle, Arizona Closed circuit TV systems Microprocessor test equipment Homer L Marrs Information display systems SeniorVice President Industrial process controls Ferriteand iron core components ® MOTOROLA INC. Corporate Offices Motorola Center 1303 E. Algonquin Rd. 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