SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Dec. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On
Jan. 4, 2011, Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:
MOT) will change its name to Motorola Solutions, Inc., will begin
trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol
"MSI," and will have the following board members:
- Gregory Q. Brown, director and
president & CEO
- David W. Dorman, non-executive
chairman
- William J. Bratton, named
director
- General Michael V. Hayden, named
director
- Vincent J. Intrieri, named
director
- Judy C. Lewent, named
director
- Samuel C. Scott III,
director
- Douglas A. Warner III,
director
- John A. White, director
Today we are also announcing that the Motorola Solutions board
of directors plans to elect Greg
Brown to the additional role of chairman of Motorola
Solutions effective in May 2011 and
Dave Dorman will transition into the
role of lead independent director.
"I want to thank all members of the Motorola board for their
service over the years," Brown said, "and I am pleased about our
new board for Motorola Solutions. Additionally, I would like to
welcome new members Bill Bratton,
General Michael Hayden, Vince Intrieri and Judy
Lewent. I look forward to working with them in building and
growing our new company."
Precautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking
Information
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of applicable federal securities laws. 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
statements about the separation of the Company into two
independent, publicly-traded companies. Many of these risks and
uncertainties are based on factors that cannot be controlled by
Motorola and include, but are not limited to (1) market conditions
in general and those applicable to the distribution and reverse
stock split; (2) factors affecting the expected timeline for
completing our separation into two public companies; (3) the effect
our separation and the reverse stock split may have on Motorola's
stock price; (4) the risk that the anticipated benefits from the
distribution and reverse stock split may not be fully realized or
may take longer to realize than expected; (5) tax and regulatory
matters; (6) changes in economic, competitive, strategic,
technological, regulatory or other factors that effect the
operation of Motorola's businesses. A detailed description of other
risks and uncertainties affecting Motorola, is contained in Item 1A
of Motorola's 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K, in Item 1A of
Motorola Mobility's Form 10, in Item 1A of Motorola's Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q, and in its other filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC). These filings are available for free
on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and on Motorola's website at
www.motorola.com. Motorola undertakes no obligation to publicly
update any forward-looking statement or risk factor, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise.
About Motorola Solutions
Motorola Solutions is a leading provider of business- and
mission-critical communication products and services for enterprise
and government customers. Through leading-edge innovation and
communications technology, it is a global leader that enables its
customers to be their best in the moments that matter. Motorola
Solutions will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under
the ticker "MSI" on Jan. 4, 2011. For
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Greg Brown is co-chief
executive officer of Motorola and president and chief executive
officer of Motorola Solutions. Brown joined Motorola in 2003 and
was elected to the company's board of directors in 2007. He became
president and CEO of Motorola in January
2008. Since that time, he has served as CEO or co-CEO of
Motorola. Brown served as president and chief operating officer
beginning in March 2007. Previously,
he headed four different businesses at Motorola, including the
government and public safety, networks, enterprise and automotive
businesses. Brown also led the $3.9
billion acquisition of Symbol Technologies, the second
largest transaction in Motorola's history and an important
strategic move to strengthen Motorola's Enterprise Mobility
business. Prior to joining Motorola, he was chairman and CEO of
Micromuse Inc., a publicly traded network management software
company. Before that, he was president of Ameritech Custom Business
Services and Ameritech New Media Inc. Prior to joining Ameritech in
1987, Brown held a variety of sales and marketing positions with
AT&T. In addition to his responsibilities at Motorola, Brown is
an active member of the civic and business communities. In 2004, he
was appointed by the White House to serve on the National Security
Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC), and continues to be
a member today. He is a member of the Business Council, Business
Roundtable, Technology CEO Council, Commercial Club of Chicago and the Northwestern Memorial Hospital
board. He is also on the executive committee of the US-China
Business Council (USCBC) and is a member of the U.S.-Brazil CEO
Forum. Brown earned a bachelor's degree in economics from
Rutgers University and is a member of
the Rutgers University board of
trustees and board of overseers.
Bill Bratton was appointed
chairman of Kroll, a business of Altegrity, Inc. in September 2010 following Altegrity's acquisition
of Kroll. Kroll is the world's leading risk consulting company.
Bratton joined Altegrity in November
2009 as chairman of Altegrity Risk International where he
consulted on security for criminal justice agencies worldwide.
Prior to joining Altegrity, Bratton served as chief of the
Los Angeles Police Department
(LAPD) from October 2002 to
October 2009. From 1994 to 1996, he
served as commissioner of the New York
City Police Department. Prior to the NYPD appointment,
Bratton served as head of a number of other police agencies
including commissioner of the Boston Police Department, chief of police of
the New York City Transit Police Department, superintendent of the
Massachusetts Metropolitan
District Commission of Police and chief of police for the
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. From 1996 until his
appointment as LAPD chief, Bratton worked in the private sector
and, in 1999, formed the Bratton Group, LLC, which consulted
extensively in the United States
and Latin America on policing,
public safety and rule-of-law initiatives. During this period
Bratton also served as senior consultant to Kroll's Public Services
Safety Group and Crisis and Consulting Management Group. A frequent
lecturer, writer and commentator in the fields of security,
counterterrorism, law enforcement and rule-of-law systems, Bratton
is vice chairman of the Homeland Security Advisory Council. He
holds a bachelor's degree in law enforcement from Boston State
College/University of Massachusetts,
and is a graduate of the Senior Executive Fellows Program at
Harvard's John
F. Kennedy School of Government.
Dave Dorman is the
non-executive chairman of the board for Motorola. Previously he was
a managing director and senior adviser with Warburg Pincus, a
global leader in private equity. He was chairman and CEO of
AT&T, a provider of Internet- and transaction-based voice and
data services, from November 2002
until the completion of the AT&T Corp. and SBC Communications
merger in November 2005. Dorman
joined AT&T as president in December
2000. He began his career in the telecommunications industry
at Sprint Corp. in 1981. Dorman serves on the boards of CVS
Caremark Corporation, YUM! Brands, Inc. and the Georgia Tech
Foundation. In addition, Dorman previously served on the board of
Scientific Atlanta. He received a bachelor's degree in industrial
management with high honors from the Georgia
Institute of Technology.
General Michael Hayden is
a retired United States Air Force four-star general who entered
active duty in the U.S. Air Force in 1969 and retired in
July 2008. He served as director of
the Central Intelligence Agency from May
2006 until his retirement from federal service in
February 2009. From May 2005 to May
2006, Gen. Hayden served as principal deputy director of
National Intelligence. He also was director of the National
Security Agency from 1999 to 2005. Gen. Hayden currently is
principal at Chertoff Group, a security consultancy. He also serves
on the board of Alion Science and Technology and serves as a
distinguished visiting professor at George
Mason University School of Public Policy. Gen. Hayden
received both a bachelor's degree in history and a master's degree
in modern American history from Duquesne
University. He is a graduate of the Air Force ROTC
program.
Vincent J. Intrieri is a
director of Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc., the general partner of
Icahn Enterprises L.P., a diversified holding company. Since
November 2004, Mr. Intrieri also has
served as senior managing director of Icahn Capital LP, the entity
through which Carl C. Icahn manages
third-party private investment funds. Since January 2005, Mr. Intrieri has been senior
managing director of Icahn Associates Corp. and High River Limited
Partnership, entities primarily engaged in the business of holding
and investing in securities. From April
2005 through September 2008,
he served as president and chief executive officer of Philip
Services Corporation, a metal recycling and industrial series
company. Mr. Intrieri is a director of American Railcar Industries,
Inc. (ARI) and served as ARI's senior vice president, treasurer and
secretary from March 2005 to
December 2005. He is chairman and a
director of PSC Metals, Inc., chairman of Viskase Companies, Inc.
and a director of WestPoint International, Inc., Federal-Mogul
Corporation and XO Holdings, Inc. Mr. Intrieri is a certified
public accountant and received a bachelor's degree in accounting
from The Pennsylvania State
University.
Judy Lewent was chief
financial officer of Merck & Co., Inc., a pharmaceutical
company, from 1990 until her retirement in September 2007. She was also executive vice
president of Merck from February 2001
through her retirement and had additional responsibilities as
president, Human Health Asia from January
2003 until July 2005, when she
assumed strategic planning responsibilities for Merck. Lewent is a
director of Dell Inc. and Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. She served
on Motorola's board of directors from 1995 to May 2010. She is a trustee of the Rockefeller
Family Trust, is a life member of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology Corporation, and is a member of the American Academy of
Arts and Sciences. Lewent received a bachelor's degree from
Goucher College and a master's degree
from the MIT Sloan School of
Management.
Sam Scott was chairman,
president and CEO of Corn Products International, a corn refining
business, from 1997 until his retirement in May 2009. Scott serves on the board of directors
of Bank of New York Mellon, Abbott Laboratories and the Chicago
Council on Global Affairs. He also serves on the board of
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and as chairman of Chicago Sister
Cities. Scott received a bachelor's degree in engineering and a
master's degree in business administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Sandy Warner was chairman
of the board and co-chairman of the executive committee of J.P.
Morgan Chase & Co., an international commercial and investment
banking firm, from December 2000
until he retired in November 2001.
From 1995 to 2000, he was chairman of the board, president and CEO
of J.P. Morgan & Co. He is a director of General Electric
Company, chairman of the board of managers and the board of
overseers of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, chairman of
the Yale Investment Committee and a trustee of Yale University. In addition, Warner previously
served on the board of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. Warner
received a bachelor's degree from Yale
University.
Dr. John White is a
distinguished professor of industrial engineering at the
University of Arkansas. Previously, he
was chancellor of the University of
Arkansas from 1997 until he retired in June 2008. Dr. White served as dean of
engineering at Georgia Institute of
Technology from 1991 to early 1997, having been a member of
the faculty since 1975. He is also a director of J.B. Hunt
Transport Services, Inc. In the last five years, Dr. White
previously served on the boards of Logility, Inc. and Russell Corp.
A member of the National Academy of Engineering, Dr. White received
a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from the University of Arkansas, a master's degree in
industrial engineering from Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University and a doctorate
of philosophy degree from The Ohio State
University.
SOURCE Motorola, Inc.