Motorola Solutions, Inc. (MSI) Risk Factors

Recent key developments

Concrete developments — dated events, named agreements and instruments, legal proceedings — that Motorola Solutions, Inc. surfaced in its latest filing.

• Acquisition of Silvus in August 2025 has expanded defense opportunities and increased competition from startups and defense contractors with certain competitive advantages.August 2025
• The Airwave contract in the U.K. faces political, regulatory, or litigation risks.
• We secured a worldwide, perpetual and royalty-free license for the Motorola Marks from Motorola Trademark Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of Lenovo, in 2010, limited to products and services within specified fields of use.2010
• In 2025, 28% of our revenue was generated outside of North America.2025
• 49% of our employees were employed outside of North America in 2025.2025
• We have underfunded pension obligations, partly from retaining almost all U.S. pension liabilities and a major portion of non-U.S. pension liabilities after past divestitures.
• The EU AI Act became law in August 2024, with key obligations applying in stages through August 2027, restricting real-time biometric identification by law enforcement and imposing compliance requirements on development and use of AI for biometric identification.August 2024
• The 2025 enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act introduced complexity, and any future guidance, interpretations, or noncompliance could increase U.S. tax liability.2025
• We have ongoing remediation obligations from previously or newly discovered environmental issues at discontinued Company facilities and waste disposal sites formerly used by Company facilities.
• We outsource IT, network connectivity, HR information systems, manufacturing, repair, distribution, and engineering services.
• We utilize subcontractors, including third-party integrators, on many of our contracts, and may not always successfully pass down customer requirements.
• We must publicly disclose if our supply chain cannot verify products are DRC conflict-free, as we have done in the past.
• The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act restricts collection, use, and storage of biometric information and provides a private right of action.
• The California automatic license plate recognition statute regulates ALPR use and provides a private right of action for actual damages from violations.
• We are subject to FCC and possible state telecommunications regulations because we provide selective routing services for 911 calls.
• We are registered to provide WAVE PTX push-to-talk offerings, with and without telecommunications connectivity, in certain countries internationally.
• We are subject to compliance with the Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act for our supply chain.