MSI · CIK 0000068505
What Motorola Solutions, Inc. told the SEC could break it.
Motorola Solutions' disclosures span its outsourced manufacturing, its supply chain and a long-running IP fight. Global contract manufacturers make the majority of its products across a worldwide network including facilities in Mexico and Malaysia, so disruption at those sites could hurt results, and certain critical components, software and services are available only from a single or limited sources that can't be quickly diversified. On the legal side, it won a civil contempt order and worldwide sales injunction against Hytera for ongoing trade-secret and copyright misuse of its source code, but Hytera has appealed and an emergency stay of the contempt sanctions leaves the injunction's outcome uncertain.
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In its own words
What could break it.
Geographic concentration
- contract manufacturing in Mexico and Malaysiamedium
Global contract manufacturers produce the majority of MSI's products; named facilities include Mexico and Malaysia — disruption to either location could negatively impact business, financials, and cash flows.
“We engage with global contract manufacturers who manufacture the majority of our products across a diverse network of manufacturing locations worldwide, including facilities for our products in Mexico and Malaysia. We also manufacture, assemble, customize, stage and integrate products in the U.S.”
Litigation
- Hytera trade secret and copyright infringement — worldwide injunction on appealmedium
MSI obtained a civil contempt order and worldwide sales injunction against Hytera's H-Series products for ongoing trade secret and copyright misuse; Hytera has appealed and the Court of Appeals granted an emergency stay of contempt sanctions pending review, leaving the injunction's fate uncertain.
“On April 2, 2024, the District Court held Hytera in civil contempt, and issued a worldwide sales injunction of certain H-Series products and a daily fine for Hytera's failure to withdraw its competing litigation in China. On April 16, 2024, the Court of Appeals granted Hytera's motion for an emergency stay of the contempt sanctions, pending its review of the District Court's various orders related to the competing litigation and contempt sanctions. The District Court held hearings in August 2024, concerning whether Hytera's currently shipping H-Series products continue to misuse the Company's trade secrets and copyrighted source code.”
SEC filing →As of 2026
Sole-source dependency
- critical components and software available from single source onlymedium
Certain critical components and software for MSI's products are available only from a single source or limited sources; if those direct suppliers cannot deliver, sourcing through the open market involves significantly higher prices that are difficult to forecast.
“certain supplies, including for some of our critical components, software and services solutions, are available only from a single source or limited sources and we may not be able to diversify sources in a timely manner. Where certain supplies are not available from our direct suppliers, we may be required to move to an alternative source or source certain items through the open market, which involves significantly increased prices that are difficult to forecast or predict.”
SEC filing →As of 2026
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