Motorola Solutions Reports Third-Quarter Results

• Sales of $2.1 billion, up 10 percent from third-quarter 2010
• Government sales of $1.4 billion, up 9 percent from third-quarter 2010
• Enterprise sales of $726 million, up 13 percent from third-quarter 2010
• Cash flow from continuing operations during the quarter of $477 million and ended the quarter with total cash* of $6.3 billion
• Repurchased $744 million of shares in the quarter

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SCHAUMBURG, Ill. – Oct. 27, 2011 – Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MSI) announced today its third-quarter 2011 results highlighted by sales of $2.1 billion, up 10 percent from the third quarter of 2010 and driven by solid demand in all regions across both its Government and Enterprise segments.

“Our customers continue to invest in solutions that increase revenues and improve operating efficiency,” said Greg Brown, chairman and CEO of Motorola Solutions. “In addition to our robust growth this quarter, we returned significant capital to shareholders. We repurchased $744 million of stock, initiated our dividend and generated very strong operating cash flow.”

GAAP operating earnings in the third quarter of 2011 were $253 million or 12 percent of sales, compared to $211 million or 11 percent of sales in the third quarter of 2010. GAAP earnings per share from continuing operations** were $0.45, compared to a GAAP loss of $0.04 in the third quarter of 2010.

Non-GAAP*** operating earnings in the third quarter of 2011 were $358 million or 17 percent of sales, compared to $289 million or 15 percent of sales in the third quarter of 2010. Non-GAAP earnings per share from continuing operations were $0.65, compared to $0.54 in the third quarter of 2010. Non-GAAP financial information excludes after-tax benefits of approximately $0.20 per diluted share related to stock-based compensation expense, intangible assets amortization expense and highlighted items. Details on these Non-GAAP adjustments and the use of Non-GAAP measures are included later in this press release.

During the third quarter of 2011, the company generated $477 million in operating cash flow from continuing operations. The company ended the quarter with total cash* of $6.3 billion while returning $744 million to shareholders through share repurchases during the quarter.

Government segment sales were $1.4 billion, up 9 percent from the year-ago quarter. GAAP operating earnings were $185 million or 13 percent of sales compared to $159 million or 13 percent of sales in the year-ago quarter. Non-GAAP operating earnings were $223 million or 16 percent of sales compared to $175 million or 14 percent of sales in the year-ago quarter.

Government highlights:

• Secured multi-million dollar public safety contracts with Jefferson County 911 Dispatch in Missouri; Morris County in New Jersey; the city of Cleveland; the state of Hessen, Germany; the National Police of Colombia; the Public Safety State Council of Jalisco, Mexico; and Shangdong Police in China
• Renewed a $95 million managed services and support agreement with Airwave for its UK TETRA network, the largest TETRA network in the world with 250,000 subscribers and nationwide coverage
• Shipped one millionth MOTOTRBO™ digital two-way radio, the first digital radio in the professional market that Motorola Solutions introduced in 2007
• Continued to demonstrate leadership in public safety LTE with an agreement to help the Brazilian Army test 4G LTE technologies for mobile broadband applications for public security operating in the 700MHz frequency range; also released first devices for LTE, a vehicle modem and a USB modem, which allow public safety personnel to access a Band Class 14 Public Safety LTE network

Enterprise segment sales were $726 million, up 13 percent from the year-ago quarter. GAAP operating earnings were $68 million or 9 percent of sales compared to $52 million or 8 percent of sales in the year-ago quarter. Non-GAAP operating earnings were $135 million or 19 percent of sales compared to $114 million or 18 percent of sales in the year-ago quarter.

Enterprise highlights:

• Continued strong mobile computing growth in Europe with awards from customers such as Posten Logistik Group in Sweden, DHL Express in France, GDF Suez in France and Jumbo Supermarkets in the Netherlands
• Completed the acquisition of Rhomobile, a mobile application development platform company, which reinforces Motorola Solutions’ commitment to enable its partner communities to deliver rich, highly tailored applications across multiple operating system environments that will help customers mobilize and connect across devices today and in the future
• Secured a significant managed services win with Sears, and a WLAN contract that includes deployment and maintenance services with Raley’s grocery stores in western United States
• Announced the sale of point-to-point (Orthogon) and point-to-multipoint (Canopy) businesses to Vector Capital

Results from Discontinued Operations

The third-quarter net loss from discontinued operations was $24 million, which substantially relates to an after-tax charge for an expected purchase price adjustment associated with the sale of the company’s Networks business in the second quarter of 2011.

Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2011 Outlook

The company has raised its expected full-year revenue outlook to approximately 7 percent growth with operating earnings of approximately 16.5 percent of sales. Fourth-quarter sales are expected to grow between 2 and 3 percent compared with the fourth quarter of 2010 and approximately 7 percent compared with the third quarter of 2011. Earnings per share from continuing operations are expected to be $0.78 to $0.83. This outlook excludes stock-based compensation expense, intangible assets amortization expense and charges associated with items of the variety typically highlighted by the company in its quarterly earnings releases.

Consolidated GAAP Results

A comparison of results from operations is as follows:

Highlighted Items, Stock-Based Compensation Expense and Intangible Assets Amortization Expense

The table below includes highlighted items, stock-based compensation expense and intangible assets amortization expense for the third quarter of 2011.

Conference Call and Webcast

Motorola Solutions will host its quarterly conference call beginning at 7 a.m. U.S. Central Daylight Time (8 a.m. U.S. Eastern Daylight Time) on Thursday, Oct. 27. The conference call will be webcast live with audio and slides at www.motorolasolutions.com/investor.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

In addition to the GAAP results included in this presentation, Motorola Solutions also has included non-GAAP measurements of results. We have provided these non-GAAP measurements to help investors better understand our core operating performance, enhance comparisons of core operating performance from period to period and allow better comparisons of operating performance to our competitors. Among other things, management uses these operating results, excluding the identified items, to evaluate performance of the businesses and to evaluate results relative to certain incentive compensation targets. Management uses operating results excluding these items because it believes this measurement enables it to make better period-to-period evaluations of the financial performance of core business operations. The non-GAAP measurements are intended only as a supplement to the comparable GAAP measurements and the company compensates for the limitations inherent in the use of non-GAAP measurements by using GAAP measures in conjunction with the non-GAAP measurements. As a result, investors should consider these non-GAAP measurements in addition to, and not in substitution for or as superior to, measurements of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Highlighted items: The company has excluded the effects of highlighted items (and any reversals of highlighted items recorded in prior periods) from its non-GAAP operating expenses and net income measurements because the company believes that these historical items do not reflect expected future operating earnings or expenses and do not contribute to a meaningful evaluation of the company’s current operating performance or comparisons to the company’s past operating performance.

Stock-based compensation expense: The company has excluded stock-based compensation expense from its non-GAAP operating expenses and net income measurements. Although stock-based compensation is a key incentive offered to our employees and the company believes such compensation contributed to the revenue earned during the periods presented and also believes it will contribute to the generation of future period revenues, the company continues to evaluate its performance excluding stock-based compensation expense primarily because it represents a significant non-cash expense. Stock-based compensation expense will recur in future periods.

Intangible assets amortization expense: The company has excluded intangible assets amortization expense from its non-GAAP operating expenses and net income measurements, primarily because it represents a significant non-cash expense and because the company evaluates its performance excluding intangible assets amortization expense. Amortization of intangible assets is consistent in amount and frequency but is significantly affected by the timing and size of the company’s acquisitions. Investors should note that the use of intangible assets contributed to the company’s revenues earned during the periods presented and will contribute to the company’s future period revenues as well. Intangible assets amortization expense will recur in future periods.

Details of the above items and reconciliations of the non-GAAP measurements to the corresponding GAAP measurements can be found at the end of this press release.

Business Risks

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable federal securities law. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and generally include words such as “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “estimates” and similar expressions. We can give no assurance that any future results or events discussed in these statements will be achieved. Any forward-looking statements represent our views only as of today and should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date. Readers are cautioned that such forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the statements contained in this release. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the timing and ability to repurchase shares under the share repurchase program, our ability to pay future dividends, and Motorola Solutions’ financial outlook for the fourth quarter and full year of 2011. Motorola Solutions cautions the reader that the risk factors below, as well as those on pages 12 through 25 in Item 1A of Motorola Solutions, Inc.'s 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K, on page 46 in Item 1A of Motorola Solutions, Inc.’s First Quarter Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and in its other SEC filings available for free on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and on Motorola Solutions’ website

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