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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2002

Registration No. 333-        

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933

ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	36-2675536
(State or other jurisdiction of of incorporation or organization)	(IRS Employer Identification Number)

333 Corporate Woods Parkway, Vernon Hills, Illinois 60061-3109, (847) 634-6700
(Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)

Zebra Technologies Corporation Profit Sharing and Savings Plan
Zebra Technologies Corporation 2002 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan
Zebra Technologies Corporation 2001 Stock Purchase Plan
Zebra Technologies Corporation 1997 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan
(Full title of plans)

Edward L. Kaplan
333 Corporate Woods Parkway, Vernon Hills, Illinois 60061-3109, (847) 634-6700
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

Copies to:

MATTHEW S. BROWN, ESQ.
MARK D. WOOD, ESQ.
Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman
525 West Monroe Street, Suite 1600
Chicago, Illinois 60661-3693

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of securities to be registered	Amount to be registered(1)(2)(3)	Proposed maximum offering price per share(4)	Proposed maximum aggregate offering price(4)	Amount of registration fee
Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value(5)	812,000 shares	$55.50	$45,066,000	$4,147

(1)

This registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares of Class A Common Stock that may be issued by reason of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933.

(2)

Of these shares, 75,000 are being registered for sale under the Zebra Technologies Corporation Profit Sharing and Savings Plan (consisting of shares to be acquired in open market purchases), 160,000 are being registered for sale under the Zebra Technologies Corporation 2002 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, 500,000 are being registered for sale under the Zebra Technologies Corporation 2001 Stock Purchase Plan, and 77,000 are being registered for sale under the Zebra Technologies Corporation 1997 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan.

(3)

In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) of the Securities Act, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Zebra Technologies Corporation Profit Sharing and Savings Plan.

(4)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act, based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of Zebra Technologies Corporation Class A Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ National Market on December 19, 2002.

(5)

Includes associated Class A Preferred Stock Purchase Rights to purchase ¹/10,000 of a share of the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Zebra Technologies Corporation that are attached to, and trade with, the Class A Common Stock. The value attributable to such Class A Rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of the Class A Common Stock.

PART I


INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

        The information required by Part I of this registration statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") will be included in documents that will be sent or given to participants in the Zebra Technologies Corporation Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, 2002 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, 2001 Stock Purchase Plan and 1997 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. That information is not being filed with the SEC in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC.

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PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference

        The following documents previously filed with the SEC by Zebra Technologies Corporation (the "Company") and the Zebra Technologies Corporation Profit Sharing and Savings Plan (the "Profit Sharing Plan") are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement:

1.

The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001;



2.

The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 30, 2002, June 29, 2002 and September 28, 2002;



3.

The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated March 13, 2002 and March 27, 2002;



4.

The description of the Company's Class A Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 15, 1991 pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and all amendments thereto and reports filed for the purpose of updating such description;



5.

The description of the Class A Preferred Stock Purchase Rights contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on March 15, 2002 pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, and all amendments thereto and reports filed for the purpose of updating such description; and



6.

The Profit Sharing Plan's Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2001.

        In addition, all documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment indicating that all securities offered pursuant to this Registration Statement have been sold or deregistering all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.

Item 4. Description of Securities

        Not Applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

        Not Applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

        Article Nine of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides that the Company shall indemnify its directors to the full extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law and may indemnify its officers to such extent, except that the Company shall not be obligated to indemnify any such person (1) with respect to proceedings, claims or actions initiated or brought voluntarily by any such person and not by way of defense, or (2) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Company without the prior written consent of the

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Company. With the approval of its stockholders, the Company has entered into indemnity agreements with each of its directors and certain of its officers. These agreements may require the Company, among other things, to indemnify such officers and directors against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or officers, to advance expenses to them as they are incurred, provided that they undertake to repay the amount advanced if it is ultimately determined by a court that they are not entitled to indemnification, and to obtain directors' and officers' liability insurance if available on reasonable terms.

        In addition, Article Eight of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides that a director of the Company shall not be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of his or her fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (1) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (4) for any transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit.

        Reference is made to Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware which provides for indemnification of directors and officers in certain circumstances.

        The Company has an insurance policy which entitles the Company to be reimbursed for certain indemnity payments it is required or permitted to make to its directors and officers.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed

        Not Applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits

4.1	Amended and Restated Zebra Technologies Corporation Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-63009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 23, 1998, and incorporated herein by reference (the "1998 Form S-8")
4.2	Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Zebra Technologies Corporation Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the 1998 Form S-8, and incorporated herein by reference
4.3	Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Zebra Technologies Corporation Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the 1998 Form S-8, and incorporated herein by reference
4.4	Amendment No. 3 to the Amended and Restated Zebra Technologies Corporation Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the 1998 Form S-8, and incorporated herein by reference
4.5	Amendment No. 4 to the Amended and Restated Zebra Technologies Corporation Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, filed as Exhibit 4.5 to the 1998 Form S-8, and incorporated herein by reference
4.6	Amendment No. 5 to the Amended and Restated Zebra Technologies Corporation Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, filed as Exhibit 4.6 to the 1998 Form S-8, and incorporated herein by reference
4.7	Amendment No. 6 to the Amended and Restated Zebra Technologies Corporation Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, filed as Exhibit 4.7 to the 1998 Form S-8, and incorporated herein by reference

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4.8	Amendment No. 7 to the Amended and Restated Zebra Technologies Corporation Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, filed as Exhibit 4.8 to the 1998 Form S-8, and incorporated herein by reference
4.9	Amendment No. 8 to the Amended and Restated Zebra Technologies Corporation Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, filed as Exhibit 4.9 to the 1998 Form S-8, and incorporated herein by reference
4.10	Amendment No. 9 to the Amended and Restated Zebra Technologies Corporation Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, filed as Exhibit 4.10 to the 1998 Form S-8, and incorporated herein by reference
4.11	Zebra Technologies Corporation 1997 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, filed as Exhibit 10.10 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997, and incorporated herein by reference
4.12	Zebra Technologies Corporation 2001 Stock Purchase Plan
4.13	Zebra Technologies Corporation 2002 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, filed as Exhibit 10.18 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 29, 2002, and incorporated herein by reference
4.14	Amendment No. One to the Zebra Technologies Corporation 2002 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, filed as Exhibit 10.19 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 29, 2002, and incorporated herein by reference
4.15	Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement under the Zebra Technologies Corporation 2002 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, filed as Exhibit 10.20 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 29, 2002, and incorporated herein by reference
4.16	Form of Stock Option Agreement under the Zebra Technologies Corporation 1997 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-63009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 8, 1998, and incorporated herein by reference
4.17	Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-33315, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 1997, and incorporated herein by reference
4.18	Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of Zebra Technologies Corporation, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 29, 2002, and incorporated herein by reference
4.19	Bylaws of the Company, filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-41576 (the "S-1 Registration Statement"), and incorporated herein by reference
4.20	Amendment to Bylaws of the Company, filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1992, and incorporated herein by reference
4.21	Amendment to Bylaws of the Company, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 30, 2002, and incorporated herein by reference

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4.22	Amendment to Bylaws of the Company, filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 29, 2002, and incorporated herein by reference
4.23	Specimen stock certificate representing Class A Common Stock, filed as an Exhibit to the S-1 Registration Statement, and incorporated herein by reference
4.24	Rights Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2002, between the Company and Mellon Investor Services LLC, filed as Exhibit 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2002, and incorporated herein by reference
5.1	Opinion of Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman as to the legality of securities being registered (including consent)
5.2	Internal Revenue Service Determination Letter for the Profit Sharing Plan
23.1	Consent of KPMG LLP, independent public accountants, with respect to the Company's consolidated financial statements
23.2	Consent of KPMG LLP, independent public accountants, with respect to the Profit Sharing Plan's financial statements
23.3	Consent of Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman (included in Exhibit 5)
24	Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement)

Item 9. Undertakings

        1.    The Company hereby undertakes:

        (a)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement:

        (i)    To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

        (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually, or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;

        (iii)  To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

        (b)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities

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offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

        (c)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

        2.    The Company hereby undertakes that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act or the plans' annual reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

        3.    Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company and affiliated companies pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6 above, or otherwise, the Company has been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is therefore unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Village of Vernon Hills, State of Illinois, on December 20, 2002.

ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
By:	/s/  EDWARD L. KAPLAN Edward L. Kaplan Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

        Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Edward L. Kaplan, Charles R. Whitchurch and Matthew S. Brown, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and revocation, to sign on his behalf, individually and in each capacity stated below, all amendments and post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as each such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming each act that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on December 20, 2002.

Signature	Title
/s/  EDWARD L. KAPLAN Edward L. Kaplan	Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors (principal executive officer)
/s/  GERHARD CLESS Gerhard Cless	Executive Vice President, Secretary and Director
/s/  CHARLES R. WHITCHURCH Charles R. Whitchurch	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (principal financial and accounting officer)
/s/  JOHN W. PAXTON, SR. John W. Paxton, Sr.	President, Bar Code Business Unit, and Director
/s/  CHRISTOPHER G. KNOWLES Christopher G. Knowles	Director
/s/  DAVID P. RILEY David P. Riley	Director
/s/  MICHAEL A. SMITH Michael A. Smith	Director

SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Plan certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Village of Vernon Hills, State of Illinois, on December 20, 2002.

ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION PROFIT SHARING AND SAVINGS PLAN
By:	/s/  EDWARD L. KAPLAN Edward L. Kaplan Plan Trustee

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibits	Description
4.12	Zebra Technologies Corporation 2001 Stock Purchase Plan
5.1	Opinion of Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman as to the legality of the securities being registered (consent included)
5.2	Internal Revenue Service Determination Letter for the Profit Sharing Plan
23.1	Consent of KPMG LLP, independent public accountants, with respect to the Company's consolidated financial statements
23.2	Consent of KPMG LLP, independent public accountants, with respect to the Profit Sharing Plan's financial statements
23.3	Consent of Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman (included in Exhibit 5)
24	Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement)

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PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings

SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS

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ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

2001 STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

(Adopted effective July 1, 2001)

ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

2001 STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

(Adopted effective July 1, 2001)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

			Page
ARTICLE I		ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE	1
	1.1	Purpose	1
ARTICLE II		DEFINITIONS	1
	2.1	"Account"	1
	2.2	"Agreement"	1
	2.3	"Board of Directors"	1
	2.4	"Class A Common Stock"	1
	2.5	"Code"	1
	2.6	"Committee"	1
	2.7	"Company"	1
	2.8	"Continuous Service"	1
	2.9	"Contribution Rate"	2
	2.10	"Disability"	2
	2.11	"Eligible Employee"	2
	2.12	"ERISA"	2
	2.13	"Exercise Date"	2
	2.14	"Exchange Act"	2
	2.15	"Fair Market Value"	2
	2.16	"Grant Date"	2
	2.17	"Option"	3
	2.18	"Option Period"	3
	2.19	"Option Price"	3
	2.20	"Participant"	3
	2.21	"Plan"	3
	2.22	"Plan Year"	3
	2.23	"Representative"	3
	2.24	"Retirement"	3
	2.25	"Securities Act"	3
	2.26	"Subsidiary"	3
	2.27	"Termination of Employment"	3
ARTICLE III		ADMINISTRATION	4
	3.1	Committee Structure and Authority	4
ARTICLE IV		STOCK PROVISIONS	5
	4.1	Number of Shares Subject to the Plan	5
	4.2	Release of Shares	5
	4.3	Restrictions on Shares	5
	4.4	Stockholder Rights	6

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	4.5	Stock Valuation	6
	4.6	Custodian	6
ARTICLE V		ELIGIBILITY; OPTION PROVISIONS	7
	5.1	Eligibility	7
	5.2	Grant of Options	7
	5.3	Option Period	7
	5.4	Option Price	7
	5.5	Contribution Rate	7
	5.6	Purchase of Shares	8
	5.7	Cancellation of Options	8
	5.8	Terminated Employees	8
	5.9	Deceased Employees	8
	5.10	Disabled or Retired Employees	9
	5.11	Limitations	9
	5.12	Nonassignability	9
ARTICLE VI		GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE PLAN	9
	6.1	Termination of Plan	9
	6.2	Investment Representation	10
	6.3	Effect of Certain Changes.	10
	6.4	Withholding	12
	6.5	No Company Obligation	12
	6.6	Committee Discretion	12
ARTICLE VII		MISCELLANEOUS	12
	7.1	Indemnification of the Board and Committee	12
	7.2	Mitigation of Excise Tax	13
	7.3	Interpretation	13
	7.4	Governing Law	13
	7.5	Limitations on Liability	13
	7.6	Validity	13
	7.7	Assignment	14
	7.8	Captions	14
	7.9	Amendments	14
	7.10	Entire Agreement	14
	7.11	Rights with Respect to Continuance of Employment	14
	7.12	Options for Shares in Substitution for Stock Options Granted by Other Corporations	14
	7.13	Procedure for Adoption	14
	7.14	Procedure for Withdrawal	14
	7.15	Expenses	14

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ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

2001 STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

(Adopted effective July 1, 2001)

ARTICLE I

ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE

        1.1    Purpose.    The Zebra Technologies Corporation 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") is hereby established by Zebra Technologies Corporation, effective July 1, 2001. The adoption of the Plan is expressly conditioned upon the approval of the Plan by the security holders of Zebra Technologies Corporation. The purpose of the Plan is to promote the overall financial objectives of the Company and its stockholders by motivating participants in the Plan to achieve long-term growth in stockholders' equity in the Company. The Plan is intended as an "employee stock purchase plan" within the meaning of Section 423 of the Code, and Options granted hereunder are intended to constitute options granted under such a plan, and the Plan document and all actions taken in connection with the Plan shall be constructed consistently with such intent.

ARTICLE II

DEFINITIONS

        The following sections of this Article II provide basic definitions of terms used throughout the Plan, and whenever used therein in the capitalized form, except as otherwise expressly provided, the terms shall be deemed to have the following meanings:

        2.1  "Account" shall mean the bookkeeping account established on behalf of a Participant to which shall be credited all contributions paid for the purpose of purchasing Class A Common Stock under the Plan, and to which shall be charged all purchases of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the Plan. The Company shall have custody of such Account.

        2.2  "Agreement" or "Option Agreement" means, individually or collectively, any enrollment and withholding agreement entered into pursuant to the Plan. An Agreement shall be the right of the Company to withhold from payroll amounts to be applied to purchase Class A Common Stock.

        2.3  "Board of Directors" or "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

        2.4  "Class A Common Stock" means the shares of the Class A Common Stock of the Company, $0.01 par value per share, whether presently or hereafter issued, and any other stock or security resulting from adjustment thereof as described in Section 6.3.

        2.5  "Code" or "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any subsequent Internal Revenue Code. If there is a subsequent Internal Revenue Code, any references herein to Internal Revenue Code sections shall be deemed to refer to comparable sections of any subsequent Internal Revenue Code.

        2.6  "Committee" means the person or persons appointed by the Board of Directors to administer the Plan, as further described in the Plan.

        2.7  "Company" means Zebra Technologies Corporation and includes any successor or assignee corporation or corporations into which the Company may be merged, changed or consolidated; any corporation for whose securities the securities of the Company shall be exchanged; and any assignee of or successor to substantially all of the assets of the Company.

        2.8  "Continuous Service" shall mean, subject to modification by the Committee, an Eligible Employee's number of full years and completed months of continuous employment with the Company or a Subsidiary from his last hiring date to his date of Termination of Employment for any reason. The Committee may provide rules from time to time regarding the calculation of Continuous Service and the method for crediting such service.

        2.9  "Contribution Rate" means the rate determined under Section 5.5

        2.10  "Disability" means a mental or physical illness that entitles the Participant to receive benefits under the long-term disability plan of the Company or a Subsidiary, or if the Participant is not covered by such plan, a mental or physical illness that renders a Participant permanently and totally incapable of performing his duties as an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Disability shall not qualify under this Plan if it is the result of (a) a willfully self-inflicted injury or willfully self-induced sickness; or (b) an injury or disease contracted, suffered, or incurred, while participating in a criminal offense. The determination of Disability shall be made by the Committee. The determination of Disability for purposes of this Plan shall not be construed to be an admission of disability for any other purpose.

        2.11  "Eligible Employee" means each employee of the Company or a Subsidiary (if the Subsidiary has adopted the Plan) on a Grant Date except that the Committee in its sole discretion may exclude:

        (a)  any employee who has accrued less than a minimum period of Continuous Service established by the Committee (but not to exceed two (2) years).

        (b)  any employee whose customary employment is twenty (20) hours or less per week;

        (c)  any employee whose customary employment is for not more than five (5) months in any calendar year;

        (d)  any employee who would directly or indirectly own or hold (applying the rules of Section 424(d) of the Code to determine stock ownership) immediately following the grant of an Option hereunder an aggregate of five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all outstanding shares of all classes of stock of the Company or any Subsidiary; and

        (e)  any employee who is a highly compensated employee of the Company or Subsidiary within the meaning of Section 414(q) of the Code.

Any period of service described in the preceding sentence may be decreased in the discretion of the Committee.

        2.12  "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

        2.13  "Exercise Date" means such one or more dates determined by the Committee on which the accumulated value of the Account shall be applied to purchase Class A Common Stock. The Committee may accelerate an Exercise Date in order to satisfy the employment period requirement of Section 423(a)(2).

        2.14  "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

        2.15  "Fair Market Value" means the value determined on the basis of the good faith determination of the Committee pursuant to the applicable method described in Section 4.5 and as adjusted, averaged or otherwise modified by the Committee.

        2.16  "Grant Date" means the date or dates established by the Committee on which one or more Options are granted pursuant to the Plan. The Committee may determine for any Plan Year that there shall be no Grant Date, in which case no Options shall be granted for that Plan Year. The terms and conditions of any Option granted on a particular Grant Date shall be independent of and have no effect on the terms and conditions of any Option granted on another Grant Date.

        2.17  "Option" means the right to purchase Class A Common Stock pursuant to the Plan and any Agreement.

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        2.18  "Option Period" means the period beginning on the Grant Date and expiring on the Exercise Date as determined by the Committee, subject to the limitations of Section 5.3.

        2.19  "Option Price" means the price at which the Company's Class A Common Stock granted as of a specific Grant Date may be purchased under an Option. The price shall be subject to the limitation set forth in Section 5.4.

        2.20  "Participant" means an Eligible Employee who satisfies the eligibility conditions of the Plan and to whom an Option has been granted by the Committee under the Plan, and in the event a Representative is appointed for a Participant, then the term "Participant" shall mean such appointed Representative, or successor Representative(s) appointed, as the case may be, provided that "Termination of Employment" shall mean the Termination of Employment of the Participant.

        2.21  "Plan" means the Zebra Technologies Corporation 2001 Stock Purchase Plan, as herein set forth and as may be amended from time to time.

        2.22  "Plan Year" means each calendar year beginning with the calendar year 2001. The Committee may at any time in its discretion designate another period as the Plan Year.

        2.23  "Representative" means (a) the person or entity acting as the executor or administrator of a Participant's estate pursuant to the last will and testament of a Participant or pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Participant had his primary residence at the date of the Participant's death; (b) the person or entity acting as the guardian or temporary guardian of a Participant's estate; or (c) the person or entity which is the beneficiary of the Participant upon or following the Participant's death. A Participant may file a written designation of his Representative with the Committee. Such designation of his Representative may be changed by the Participant at any time by written notice given in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Committee.

        2.24  "Retirement" means the Participant's Termination of Employment after attaining either the normal retirement age or the early retirement age as defined in the principal (as determined by the Committee) tax-qualified plan of the Company or a Subsidiary, if the Participant is covered by such plan, and if the Participant is not covered by such a plan, then age 65, or age 55 with the accrual of 10 years of service.

        2.25  "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

        2.26  "Subsidiary" means any company, as currently defined in Section 424(f) of the Code. Unless otherwise indicated the term "Company" shall hereinafter be deemed to include all Subsidiaries of the Company which have adopted the Plan.

        2.27  "Termination of Employment" means the latest date on which a person ceases, for whatever reason, to be an employee of the Company. For determining whether and when a Participant has incurred a Termination of Employment for cause, "cause" shall mean any act or omission which permits the Company to terminate the employment agreement or arrangement between the Participant and the Company for cause as defined in such agreement or arrangement, or in the event there is no such employment agreement or arrangement or the agreement or arrangement does not define the term "cause," then "cause" shall mean (a) any act or omission which the Company believes is of a criminal nature, and the result of which the Company believes is detrimental to the interests of the Company; (b) the material breach of a fiduciary duty owing to the Company, including without limitation, fraud and embezzlement; or (c) conduct or the omission of conduct on the part of the Participant which constitutes a material breach of any statutory or common-law duty of loyalty to the Company.

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ARTICLE III

ADMINISTRATION

        3.1  Committee Structure and Authority. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall be comprised of two or more disinterested members of the Board of Directors selected by the Board. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum at any meeting thereof (including telephone conference) and the acts of a majority of the members present, or acts unanimously approved in writing by the entire Committee without a meeting, shall be the acts of the Committee. A person shall be considered for this purpose only if, at the time he exercises discretion in administering the Plan, he is a "disinterested person" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under The Exchange Act. The Board shall have the authority to remove, replace or fill any vacancy of any member of the Committee upon notice to the Committee and the affected member. Any member of the Committee may resign upon notice to the President of the Company or to the Board. The Committee may allocate among one or more of its members, or may delegate to one or more of its agents, such duties and responsibilities as it determines. Subject to the provisions of this Plan, the Committee shall have full and final authority in its discretion to:

        (a)  determine from time to time whether a person is an Eligible Employee as of any Grant Date;

        (b)  determine the Option Price;

        (c)  determine the number of shares of Class A Common Stock available as of any Grant Date or subject to each Option;

        (d)  determine any Grant Date, Exercise Date and Option Period, and provide for all aspects of payroll deduction, suspension or withdrawal;

        (e)  determine, subject to the Plan, the time or times and the manner when each Option shall be exercisable and the duration of the Option Period;

        (f)    provide for the acceleration of the right to exercise an Option (or portion thereof);

        (g)  prescribe additional terms, conditions and restrictions in the Agreement and to provide for the forms of Agreement to be utilized in connection with this Plan;

        (h)  determine whether a Participant has incurred a Disability;

        (i)    determine what securities laws requirements are applicable to the Plan, Options, and the issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock hereunder and request of a Participant that appropriate action be taken;

        (j)    cancel, with the consent of the holder or as otherwise provided in the Plan or an Agreement, outstanding Options;

        (k)  require as a condition of the exercise of an Option or the issuance or transfer of a certificate of Class A Common Stock, the withholding from a Participant of the amount of any federal, state or local taxes as may be necessary in order for the Company or Subsidiary to obtain a deduction and as may be otherwise required by law;

        (l)    determine whether and for what reason an individual has incurred a Termination of Employment or an authorized leave of absence;

        (m)  treat all or any portion of any period during which a Participant is on an approved leave of absence as a period of employment for purposes of accrual of his rights under an Option;

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        (n)  determine whether the Company or any other person has a right or obligation to purchase Class A Common Stock from a Participant and, if so, the terms and conditions on which such Class A Common Stock is to be purchased;

        (o)  determine the restrictions or limitations on the transfer of Class A Common Stock;

        (p)  determine whether an Option is to be adjusted, modified or purchased, or become fully exercisable, under Section 6.3 of the Plan or the terms of an Agreement;

        (q)  adopt, amend and rescind such rules and regulations as, in its opinion, may be advisable in the administration of this Plan;

        (r)  appoint and compensate agents, counsel, auditors or other specialists to aid it in the discharge of its duties;

        (s)  correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any Agreement relating to an Option, in such manner and to the extent the Committee shall determine in order to carry out the purposes of the Plan; and

        (t)    construe and interpret this Plan, any Agreement, and take all other actions, and make all other determinations and take all other actions deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Plan.

        In the absence of the appointment of a Committee, the two or more members of the Board who have served the longest period of time as members of the Board and who are disinterested persons within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act shall be the Committee. A member of the Committee shall not exercise any discretion respecting himself under the Plan.

ARTICLE IV

STOCK PROVISIONS

        4.1  Number of Shares Subject to the Plan. The stock subject to the Options granted under this Plan shall be the Company's Class A Common Stock. Unless otherwise amended by the Board and approved by the stockholders of the Company to the extent required by law, a maximum number of 500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company (or such number as may result following any adjustment pursuant to Section 6.3) shall be reserved and available for Options granted under the Plan. The shares issued with respect to Options under the Plan may be authorized and unissued shares, or shares issued and reacquired by the Company.

        4.2  Release of Shares. If any shares of Class A Common Stock available for subscription are unsubscribed, or if any Option granted hereunder shall be cancelled, forfeited, expire or terminate for any reason without having been exercised or realized in full, any shares of Class A Common Stock subject to subscription or subject to such Option shall again be available and may thereafter be granted or otherwise applied under this Plan.

        4.3  Restrictions on Shares. Shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon exercise of an Option shall be subject to the terms and conditions specified herein and to such other terms, conditions and restrictions as the Committee in its discretion may determine or provide in the Agreement. The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificates for shares of Class A Common Stock prior to (1) the listing of such shares on any stock exchange (or other public market) on which the Class A Common Stock may then be listed (or regularly traded), (2) the completion of any registration or qualification of such shares under federal or state law, or any ruling or regulation of any governmental body which the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines to be necessary or advisable, and (3) the tendering to the Company of such documents and/or payments as the Committee may deem necessary, including documents the Committee deems necessary to satisfy any applicable

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withholding obligation in order for the Company or another entity to obtain a deduction on its federal, state or local tax return with respect to the exercise of an Option. The Company may cause any certificate for any share of Class A Common Stock to be delivered to be properly marked with a legend or other notation reflecting the limitations on transfer of such Class A Common Stock as provided in this Plan or as the Committee may otherwise require. The Company has no obligation to register shares of Class A Common Stock issued pursuant to the Plan. Fractional shares shall not be delivered, but shall be rounded to the next lower whole number of shares.

        4.4  Stockholder Rights. No person shall have any rights of a stockholder as to shares of Class A Common Stock subject to an Option until, after proper exercise of the Option or other action required, such shares shall have been recorded on the Company's official stockholder records as having been issued or transferred. No adjustment shall be made for cash dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such shares are recorded as issued or transferred in the Company's official stockholder records, except as provided in Section 6.3.

        4.5  Stock Valuation. If and when the value of Class A Common Stock shall be required to be determined, it shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions by the Committee, as applicable:

        (a)  if the Class A Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq National Market ("Nasdaq"), the closing price of the Class A Common Stock on the relevant date, as reported on the composite tape or by Nasdaq or the most recent preceding day for which such quotations are reported, as the case may be;

        (b)  if the Class A Common Stock is not listed on a national securities exchange or quoted on Nasdaq, but is publicly traded in the over-the-counter market, the average of the closing bid and asked prices for the Class A Common Stock on the relevant date, or the most recent preceding day for which such quotations are reported; and

        (c)  if, on the relevant date, the Class A Common Stock is not publicly traded or reported as described in (i) or (ii), on the basis of the good faith determination of the Committee.

        4.6  Custodian. Shares of Class A Common Stock purchased pursuant to the Plan may be delivered to and held in the custody of such investment or financial firm as shall be appointed by the Committee. The custodian may hold in nominee or street name certificates for shares purchased pursuant to the Plan, and may commingle shares in its custody pursuant to the Plan in a single account without identification as to individual Participants. By appropriate instructions to the custodian on forms to be provided for the purpose, a Participant may from time to time obtain (a) transfer into the Participant's own name or into the name of the Participant and another individual as joint tenants with the right of survivorship of all or part of the whole shares held by the custodian for the Participant's account and delivery of such shares to the Participant; (b) transfer of all or part of the whole shares held for the Participant's account by the custodian to a regular individual brokerage account in the Participant's own name or in the name of the Participant and another individual as joint tenants with the right of survivorship, either with the firm then acting as custodian or with another firm, or (c) sale of all or part of the whole shares held by the custodian for the Participant's account at the market price at the time the order is executed and remittance of the net proceeds of the sale to the Participant. Upon termination of participation in the Plan, and upon receipt of instructions from the Participant, the shares held by the custodian for the account of the Participant will be transferred and delivered to the Participant in accordance with (a) above, transferred to a brokerage account in accordance with (b), or sold in accordance with (c), above.

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ARTICLE V

ELIGIBILITY; OPTION PROVISIONS

        5.1  Eligibility. Except as herein provided, the persons who shall be eligible to participate in the Plan as of any Grant Date shall be those persons (and only those persons) who are Eligible Employees of the Company (including a Subsidiary that has adopted the Plan) on a Grant Date.

        5.2  Grant of Options. The Committee shall have authority to grant Options under the Plan at any time or from time to time to all Eligible Employees as of a Grant Date. (To the extent an Option is granted to any Eligible Employee of an entity on a relevant date, all Eligible Employees of the entity shall be granted an Option to the extent required by law.) An Option shall entitle the Participant to receive shares of Class A Common Stock at the conclusion of the Option Period, subject to the Participant's satisfaction in full of any conditions, restrictions or limitations imposed in accordance with the Plan or an Agreement, including without limitation, payment of the Option Price. Each Option granted under this Plan shall be evidenced by an Agreement, in a form approved by the Committee, which shall embody the terms and conditions of such Option and which shall be subject to the express terms and conditions set forth in this Plan and to such other terms and conditions as the Committee may deem appropriate. The grant and exercise of Options hereunder shall be subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations and to such approvals by any governmental or regulatory agency as may be required. As of any Grant Date, each Eligible Employee shall be granted Options with the same rights and privileges as any other Eligible Employee on that Grant Date, except the amount of the Class A Common Stock which may be purchased by any Participant under any Option may bear a uniform relationship to the total compensation, or the basic or regular rate of compensation, (as determined by the Committee) of all Eligible Employees on that Grant Date, and the Option may establish a maximum amount of Class A Common Stock which may be purchased.

        5.3  Option Period. Each Agreement shall specify the period for which the Option thereunder is granted, which shall be determined by the Committee. In no event shall the Option Period extend beyond the period permitted under Section 423(b)(7) of the Code.

        5.4  Option Price. Subject to the limits stated herein, the Option Price per share at which shares of Class A Common Stock may be acquired upon exercise of an Option shall be determined by the Committee. Unless otherwise specified by the Committee, with respect to any Exercise Date, the Option Price shall not be less than the lesser of eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Class A Common Stock (averaged over such period as the Committee may determine and as permitted by law) on the applicable Grant Date and eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Class A Common Stock (averaged over such period as the Committee may determine and as permitted by law) on the applicable Exercise Date. The Committee reserves the right to increase the Option Price by the value of any accretion to the amounts credited to an Account if the Participant is credited with such accretion regardless of the method of accounting for such accretion.

        5.5  Contribution Rate. If an Eligible Employee elects to participate, the Participant shall file an Agreement with the Committee within the time period designated by the Committee. The Committee may provide that the Agreement shall specify either a percentage of the Participant's compensation (as defined by the Committee) or a dollar amount determined by the Participant to be deducted each pay period, or the Committee may permit only a specified percentage or a specified amount. Such amount shall be credited to the Account and shall be the Participant's Contribution Rate. Such deductions shall begin as of the first regularly scheduled payroll date on or after the later of the Grant Date and the date specified by the Committee. The Committee may establish minimum and maximum percentages or amounts to be contributed and a date by when such Agreement must be filed with the Committee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may more than $25,000 be deducted from the Participant's compensation (as defined by the Committee) for each Option Period (without exceeding $25,000 per year pursuant to Section 423(b)(8) of the Code) and the maximum number of shares which can be

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purchased by a Participant during the Option Period shall not exceed such amount divided by eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Class A Common Stock on the applicable Grant Date (as determined under Section 5.4). Such contributions will be held in the general funds of the Company, and no interest shall accrue on any amounts held under this Plan, unless expressly determined by the Committee. If payroll deductions are made by a Subsidiary, that corporation will promptly remit the amount of the deduction to the Company. A Participant's Contribution Rate, once established, shall remain in effect during the Option Period with respect to which it is established and all subsequent Option Periods unless and until (a) the Participant changes such Participant's Contribution Rate in such manner and within such time period preceding any applicable Option Period as designated by the Committee, or (b) contributions are fully discontinued in order to comply with Section 401(k) of the Code or for such other reasons as the Committee in its sole discretion may determine, or if the Participant shall request discontinuance. If a Participant requests to totally discontinue payroll deductions, the Participant may do so by providing written notice to the Committee. There shall be paid to the Participant the value of the Participant's Account as soon as administratively possible and the Participant shall not receive any shares as of the Exercise Date.

        5.6   Purchase of Shares. Subject to Sections 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10 and 5.11 on each Exercise Date, a Participant who has previously executed an Agreement with respect to a specific Grant Date and made one or more payments described in Section 5.5 shall be deemed to have exercised the Option to the extent of the value of the Account, subject to the $25,000 limit set forth in Section 5.5 with respect to the Option being exercised, and shall be deemed to have purchased such number of full shares of Class A Common Stock as equals the value of the Account, subject to the limits of Sections 423(b)(3) and 423(b)(8) of the Code and the number of shares available as of the Exercise Date and proportionably allocable to other Participants for that Grant Date. The number of shares of Class A Common Stock to be purchased as of any Exercise Date shall be determined by dividing the Option Price per share of the Class A Common Stock into the Account value and the value of the shares so purchased shall be charged to the Account. Any value remaining in an Account of the Participant shall be maintained in such Participant's Account and applied to purchase Class A Common Stock in connection with subsequent Options to the extent it represents a fractional share of Class A Common Stock, and shall otherwise be returned to the Participant and not applied to purchase Class A Common Stock. Certificates of Class A Common Stock purchased hereunder may be held by the custodian as provided in Section 4.6. The Committee may amend the Plan or any Agreement or provide in operation for Participants to dispose of shares of Class A Common Stock received upon the Exercise Date on or immediately thereafter (which time may include any period during which the Option is held) to the extent such change would not result in liability under Section 16 of the Exchange Act. If the total number of shares to be purchased as of any Exercise Date by all Participants exceeds the number of shares authorized under this Plan or made available by the Committee as to any Exercise Date, a pro rata allocation of the available shares will be made among all Participants authorizing such payroll deductions based on the amount of their respective payroll deductions through the Exercise Date.

        5.7  Cancellation of Options. Except as otherwise provided in an Agreement, an Option shall cease to be exercisable and shall be cancelled on or after the expiration of the Option Period.

        5.8  Terminated Employees. Except as otherwise provided by the Committee or in an Agreement, any Participant who incurs a Termination of Employment for any reason, except death, Disability or Retirement, during the Option Period shall cease to be a Participant, the Option shall be null and void on the date of the Termination of Employment without notice to the Participant and the balance of the Account of the Participant shall be distributed to him as soon as administratively possible.

        5.9  Deceased Employees. If a Participant shall die during an Option Period while an Eligible Employee, no further contributions by deduction from regularly scheduled payments on behalf of the deceased Participant shall be made, except that the Representative may make a single sum payment

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with respect to the Option at any time on or before the Exercise Date equal to the amount the Participant would have contributed as determined by the Committee for the payroll periods remaining to the Exercise Date. The Representative may at any time prior to the Exercise Date request a distribution of the Account. If the Representative does not request a distribution, the balance accumulated in the deceased Participant's Account shall be used to purchase shares of the Class A Common Stock on the previously mentioned Exercise Date.

        5.10  Disabled or Retired Employees. If a Participant incurs a Termination of Employment due to Disability, or if a Participant incurs a Termination of Employment due to Retirement, during an Option Period, no further contributions by deduction from regularly scheduled payments on behalf of the disabled or retired Participant shall be made, except that the Participant may make a single sum payment with respect to the Option at any time on or before the Exercise Date equal to the amount the Participant would have contributed as determined by the Committee for the payroll periods remaining to the Exercise Date. The Participant may at any time prior to the Exercise Date request a distribution of the Account. If the Participant does not request a distribution of the Account, the balance accumulated in the disabled or retired Participant's Account shall be used to purchase shares of the Class A Common Stock on the previously mentioned Exercise Date.

        5.11  Limitations. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, in no event may a Participant (i) purchase under the Plan during a calendar year Class A Common Stock having a fair market value (determined at Grant Date) of more than $25,000 or (ii) receive any rights to purchase stock hereunder if he or she beneficially owns, immediately after such receipt, five percent (5%) or more of the total voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company.

        5.12  Nonassignability. Neither the Option nor the Account shall be assigned, transferred (except as herein provided), pledged, or hypothecated in any way (whether by operation of law or otherwise), other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Except as provided herein, the Option is exercisable during a Participant's lifetime only by the Participant or the appointed guardian or legal representative of the Participant, and neither the Option nor the Account shall be subject to execution, attachment, or similar process. Any attempted assignment, transfer, pledge, hypothecation, or other disposition contrary to the provisions hereof, and the levy of any attachment or similar process upon the Option or the Account shall be null and void and without effect. The Company shall have the right to terminate the Option or the Account in the event of any such assignment, transfer, pledge, hypothecation, other disposition of the Option or the Account, or levy of attachment or similar process, by notice to that effect to the person then entitled to exercise the Option; provided, however, that termination of the Option hereunder shall not prejudice any rights or remedies which the Company may have under an Agreement or otherwise.

ARTICLE VI

GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE PLAN

        6.1  Termination of Plan. To the extent required by law, this Plan shall terminate on the last day of the ten (10) year period commencing with the effective date or at such earlier time as the Board may determine, and no Options shall be granted under the Plan after that date. Any Options outstanding under the Plan at the time of its termination shall remain in effect until they shall have been exercised, expired or otherwise cancelled, settled or terminated as provided herein or in an Agreement, and such outstanding Options shall not be affected by such termination of the Plan. The provisions of the Plan in respect to the full and final authority of the Committee under the Plan, other than the authority to grant Options, and in respect of a Participant's obligations respecting shares of Class A Common Stock received pursuant to the exercise of an Option shall continue notwithstanding the termination of the Plan.

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        6.2  Investment Representation. In the event the disposition of Class A Common Stock acquired upon the exercise of any Option is not covered by a then current registration statement under the Securities Act and is not otherwise exempt from such registration, the Class A Common Stock so acquired shall be restricted against transfer to the extent required by the Securities Act or regulations thereunder, and each Agreement shall contain a requirement that, upon demand by the Company for such representation, the individual exercising an Option shall state in writing, as a condition precedent to each exercise of the Option, in whole or in part, that the Class A Common Stock acquired by such exercise is acquired for investment purposes only and not for resale or with a view to distribution. The Committee may set forth in an Agreement such other terms and conditions relating to the registration or qualification of the Class A Common Stock under federal or state securities laws as it desires, including, in its discretion, the imposition of an obligation on the Company to cause the Class A Common Stock issued to a Participant to be registered under the Securities Act.

        6.3  Effect of Certain Changes.

        (a)  Anti-Dilution. In the event of any Company stock dividend, stock split, combination or exchange of shares, recapitalization or other change in the capital structure of the Company, corporate separation or division of the Company (including, but not limited to, a split-up, spin-off, split-off or distribution to Company stockholders other than a normal cash dividend), sale by the Company of all or a substantial portion of its assets (as measured on either a stand-alone or consolidated basis), reorganization, rights offering, partial or complete liquidation, or any other corporate transaction or event involving the Company and having an effect similar to any of the foregoing, then the Committee may adjust or substitute, as the case may be, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock available for Options under the Plan, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock covered by outstanding Options, the exercise price per share of outstanding Options, and any other characteristics or terms of the Options as the Committee shall deem necessary or appropriate to reflect equitably the effects of such changes to the Participants; provided, however, that any fractional shares resulting from such adjustment shall be eliminated by rounding to the next lower whole number of shares with appropriate payment for such fractional share as shall reasonably be determined by the Committee.

        (b)  Change in Control. If there is a Change in Control of the Company (as defined herein) or the Committee reasonably anticipates a Change in Control is likely to occur then (1) the Committee may cause each Option to be immediately exercisable; (2) the Committee may provide that any Option exercisable on the date of any such Change in Control may be purchased by the Company in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the aggregate fair market value per share of Class A Common Stock subject to the Option (or portion thereof) over the aggregate Option Price of the shares subject to the Option (or portion thereof) which the Committee determines to purchase; or (3) the Company may provide for any combination of (1) and (2) above. For purposes of this Section 6.3(b), the aggregate fair market value per share of Class A Common Stock subject to the Option that the Committee determines to purchase shall be determined by the Committee by reference to the cash or fair market value, determined by the Committee, of the securities, property or other consideration receivable pursuant to the Change in Control described in this Section 6.3(b). The aggregate Option Price of the Class A Common Stock shall be determined by multiplying the number of such shares by the Option Price. In the event of a Change in Control described in Section 6(c)(iii), and if the Option is unexercised and the Committee does not exercise its discretion hereunder to purchase the Option, then the Option shall be regarded as the right to receive the securities, property, cash or other consideration receivable by stockholders of the Company immediately prior to the Change in Control described in Section 6(c)(iii). The provisions of this Section 6.3(b) shall be construed consistently with the terms or conditions of any regulation or ruling respecting the status of Options under Section 423 of the Code and the receipt of cash or other consideration coincident with the cancellation of such Options, and in order to

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provide the Participant the economic benefit of the Option without incurring liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.

        (c)  "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred on the first to occur of any of the following events:

        (i)    An acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) (a "Person") of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 25% or more of either (1) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the "Outstanding Company Class A Common Stock") or (2) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the "Outstanding Company Voting Securities"); excluding, however, the following: (1) any acquisition directly from the Company, other than an acquisition by virtue of the exercise of a conversion privilege unless the security being so converted was itself acquired directly from the Company, (2) any acquisition by the Company; (3) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by the Company; or (4) any acquisition by any Person pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (1), (2) and (3) of subsection (iii) of this Section 6.3(c); or

        (ii)  Within any period of 24 consecutive months, a change in the composition of the Board such that the individuals who, immediately prior to such period, constituted the Board (such Board shall be hereinafter referred to as the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, for purposes of this Section 6.3(c), that any individual who becomes a member of the Board during such period, whose election, or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of those individuals who are members of the Board and who were also members of the Incumbent Board (or deemed to be such pursuant to this proviso) shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board; but, provided further, that any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of either an actual or threatened election contest (as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board shall not be so considered as a member of the Incumbent Board; or

        (iii)  The approval by the stockholders of the Company of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company ("Corporate Transaction"); excluding, however, such a Corporate Transaction pursuant to which (1) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who are the beneficial owners, respectively, of the outstanding Company Class A Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction will beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 75% of, respectively, the outstanding shares of common stock, and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company's assets, either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction, of the outstanding Company Class A Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (2) no Person (other than the Company; any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company, by any corporation controlled by the Company, or by such corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction) will beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 25% of, respectively, the outstanding shares of common

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stock of the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction or the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, except to the extent that such ownership existed with respect to the Company prior to the Corporate Transaction, and (3) individuals who were members of the Board immediately prior to the approval by the stockholders of the Corporation of such Corporate Transaction will constitute at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction; or

        (iv)  The approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company, other than to a corporation pursuant to a transaction which would comply with clauses (1), (2) and (3) of subsection (iii) of this Section 6.3(c), assuming for this purpose that such transaction were a Corporate Transaction.

        (d)  The Committee may, in its discretion, grant to the Participant, in exchange for the surrender and cancellation of the Option, a new Option on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Committee in accordance with the Plan.

        6.4  Withholding. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, as a condition of delivery or transfer of shares of Class A Common Stock, the Committee in its sole discretion may require the Participant to pay to the Company, or the Committee may at its election withhold from any wages, salary, or stock to be issued to a Participant pursuant to the exercise of an Option, or other payment due to the Participant, an amount sufficient to satisfy all present or estimated future federal, state and local withholding tax requirements related thereto. The Participant may satisfy any requirement under the Plan or an Agreement with respect to the Company's federal, state or local tax withholding obligation by requesting that the Committee withhold and not transfer or issue shares of Class A Common Stock with a Fair Market Value equal to such withholding obligation, otherwise issuable or transferable to him pursuant to the exercise of that portion of the Option. An Agreement may provide for shares of Class A Common Stock to be delivered or withheld having a Fair Market Value in excess of the minimum amount required to be withheld, but not in excess of the amount determined by applying the Participant's maximum marginal tax rate. Any right or election of the Participant under this Section 6.4 shall be subject to the approval of the Committee. The amount of required withholding shall, at the election of the Participant, be at a specified rate not less than the statutory minimum federal and state withholding rate and not greater than the maximum federal, state and local marginal tax rate applicable to the Participant and to the particular option exercise transaction.

        6.5  No Company Obligation. The Company shall have no duty or obligation to affirmatively disclose to a record or beneficial holder of an Option, and such holder shall have no right to be advised of, any material information regarding the Company at any time prior to, upon or in connection with the exercise of an Option.

        6.6  Committee Discretion. The Committee may in its sole discretion include in any Agreement an obligation that the Company purchase a Participant's shares of Class A Common Stock received upon the exercise of an Option (including the repurchase of any unexercised Options which have not expired), or may obligate a Participant to sell shares of Class A Common Stock to the Company upon such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine and set forth in an Agreement. The provisions of this Article VI shall be construed by the Committee in its sole discretion, and shall be subject to such other terms and conditions as the Committee may from time to time determine.

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

        7.1  Indemnification of the Board and Committee. In addition to such other rights of indemnification as they may have and to the extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify,

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defend and hold harmless the Board, the Committee, the members of the Committee, the officers of the Company, and any agent or representative selected by the Board or Committee (collectively "indemnified party") against the reasonable expenses, including, without limitation, attorneys' fees, actually and necessarily incurred in connection with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding, or any threat thereof, or in connection with any appeal therein, to which they or any of them may be a party by reason of any act or omission in connection with the Plan or any Option granted thereunder, and against all amounts paid by them in settlement thereof (provided such settlement is approved by legal counsel selected by the Company) or paid by them in satisfaction of a judgment in any action, suit or proceeding, except in relation to matters as to which it shall be adjudged in such action, suit or proceeding that such indemnified party is liable for gross negligence or gross misconduct in the performance of his duties; provided that within sixty (60) days after institution of any such action, suit or proceeding the indemnified party may in writing elect to defend the same at its sole expense, and if such election is made, the Company shall have no further liability or obligations to the indemnified party under this Section. The provisions of this Section 7.1 shall in no way limit any other obligation or arrangements the Company may have with regard to indemnifying an indemnified party.

        7.2  Mitigation of Excise Tax. If any payment or right accruing to a Participant under this Plan (without the application of this Section 7.2), either alone or together with other payments or rights accruing to the Participant from the Company ("Total Payments") would constitute a "parachute payment" (as defined in Section 280G of the Code and regulations thereunder), such payment or right shall be reduced to the largest amount or greatest right that will result in no portion of the amount payable or right accruing under the Plan being subject to an excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code or being disallowed as a deduction under Section 280G of the Code. The determination of whether any reduction in the rights or payments under this Plan is to apply shall be made by the Committee in good faith after consultation with the Participant, and such determination shall be conclusive and binding on the Participant. The Participant shall cooperate in good faith with the Committee in making such determination and providing the necessary information for this purpose. The foregoing provisions of this Section 7.2 shall apply with respect to any person only if after reduction for any applicable federal excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code and federal income tax imposed by the Code, the Total Payments accruing to such person would be less than the amount of the Total Payments as reduced, if applicable, under the foregoing provisions of the Plan and after reduction for only federal income taxes.

        7.3  Interpretation. Whenever necessary or appropriate in this Plan and where the context so requires, the singular term and the related pronouns shall include the plural and the masculine and feminine gender.

        7.4  Governing Law. The Plan and any Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware (other than its laws respecting choice of law).

        7.5  Limitations on Liability. No liability whatever shall attach to or be incurred by any past, present or future stockholders, officers or directors, merely as such, of the Company under or by reason of any of the terms, conditions or agreements contained in this Plan, in an Agreement or implied from either thereof, and any and all liabilities of, and any and all rights and claims against the Company, or any shareholder, officer or director, merely as such, whether arising at common law or in equity or created by statute or constitution or otherwise, pertaining to this Plan or to an Agreement, are hereby expressly waived and released by every Participant as a part of the consideration for any benefits provided by the Company under this Plan. A person who shall claim a right or benefit under this Plan shall be entitled only to claim against the Company for such benefit.

        7.6  Validity. If any provision of this Plan shall for any reason be held to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision hereof, and this Plan shall be construed as if such invalid or unenforceable provision were omitted.

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        7.7  Assignment. This Plan shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereof and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

        7.8  Captions. The captions and headings to this Plan are for convenience of reference only and in no way define, limit or describe the scope or the intent of this Plan or any part hereof, nor in any way affect this Plan or any part hereof.

        7.9  Amendments. The Board of Directors may at any time amend, waive, discharge or terminate the Plan even with prejudice to a Participant. In addition, the Board may create and adopt supplements to this Plan in order to allow foreign Participants, provided such supplement does not cause the Plan to fail to be a plan as described in Section 423 of the Code. The Board or the Committee may amend, waive, discharge, terminate, modify, extend, replace or renew an outstanding Option Agreement, even with prejudice to a Participant, provided such a change does not cause the Plan to fail to be a plan as described in Section 423 of the Code.

        7.10  Entire Agreement. This Plan and the Agreement constitute the entire agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, provided that in the event of any inconsistency between the Plan and the Agreement, the terms and conditions of this Plan shall control.

        7.11  Rights with Respect to Continuance of Employment. Nothing contained herein or in an Agreement shall be deemed to alter the at-will employment relationship between the Company or a Subsidiary and a Participant. Nothing contained herein or in an Agreement shall be construed to constitute a contract of employment between the Company or a Subsidiary and a Participant. The Company or, as applicable, the Subsidiary and the Participant each continue to have the right to terminate the employment relationship at any time for any reason. The company or Subsidiary shall have no obligation to retain the Participant in its employ as a result of this Plan. There shall be no inference as to the length of employment hereby, and the Company or Subsidiary reserves the same rights to terminate the Participant's employment as existed prior to the individual becoming a Participant in this Plan.

        7.12  Options for Shares in Substitution for Stock Options Granted by Other Corporations. Options may be granted under the Plan from time to time in substitution for stock options or stock appreciation rights held by employees, directors or service providers of other corporations who are about to become employees of the Company as the result of a merger or consolidation of the employing corporation with the Company, or the acquisition by the Company of the assets of the employing corporation, or the acquisition by the Company of the stock of the employing corporation, as the result of which it becomes a designated employer under the Plan. The terms and conditions of the Options so granted may vary from the terms and conditions set forth in this Plan at the time of such grant as the majority of the members of the Committee may deem appropriate to conform, in whole or in part, to the provisions of the Options in substitution for which they are granted.

        7.13  Procedure for Adoption. Any Subsidiary of the Company may by resolution of such Subsidiary's board of directors, with the consent of the Board of Directors and subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the Board of Directors, adopt the Plan for the benefit of its employees as of the date specified in the board resolution. The Board shall have the power to make such designation before or after the Plan is approved by stockholders.

        7.14  Procedure for Withdrawal. Any Subsidiary which has adopted the Plan may, by resolution of the board of directors of such Subsidiary, with the consent of the Board of Directors and subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the Board of Directors, terminate its adoption of the Plan; provided such termination of adoption does not cause the Plan to fail to be a plan described in Section 423 of the Code.

        7.15  Expenses. Expenses of the Plan, including the fees or expenses incurred by the transfer agent in connection with the transfer of Class A Common Stock and brokerage fees or expenses incurred in

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connection with the acquisition of Class A Common Stock in connection with the Plan or transfer to the Participant, shall be charged to the Accounts of affected Participants or charged to the accretion to the amounts credited to any Account if the Participant is credited with such accretion regardless of the method of accounting for such accretion, except to the extent paid by the Company or otherwise accounted for by the Company. Any expense or fee associated with the Class A Common Stock, including, for example, custodian or brokerage fees after the Class A Common Stock is transferred to the Participant or for his account, or fees or commissions in connection with the disposition of shares, shall be borne by the Participant.

        Executed and effective as of the            day of            , 2001.

ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

By:

Title:

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Exhibit 5.1

December 20, 2002

Zebra Technologies Corporation
333 Corporate Woods Parkway
Vernon Hills, Illinois 60061

Re:

Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

        We have acted as counsel for Zebra Technologies Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation and filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"). The Registration Statement relates to, among other things, the Company's registration of 737,000 shares of its Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), issuable pursuant to the Zebra Technologies Corporation Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, the Zebra Technologies Corporation 2002 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, the Zebra Technologies Corporation 2001 Stock Purchase Plan and the Zebra Technologies Corporation 1997 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (collectively, the "Plans"). This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act.

        In connection with this opinion, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such instruments, documents and records as we have deemed relevant and necessary to examine for the purpose of this opinion, including (a) the Registration Statement, (b) the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, (c) the Company's By-laws, as amended, (d) the Plans, (e) forms of option agreements under the Plans, and (f) such other instruments, documents, statements and records of the Company and others as we have deemed relevant and necessary to examine and rely upon for the purpose of this opinion.

        In connection with this opinion, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the accuracy and completeness of all documents and records that we have reviewed, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of the documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or reproduced copies.

        Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the 737,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plans, when issued and delivered by the Company and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Plans, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable securities of the Company.

        Our opinion expressed above is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the applicable provisions of the Delaware constitution and the reported judicial decisions interpreting such laws, and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any other laws. This opinion is given as of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to advise you of changes that may hereafter be brought to our attention.

        We hereby consent to the use of this opinion for filing as Exhibit 5 to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the related rules and regulations thereunder.

Very truly yours,

KATTEN MUCHIN ZAVIS ROSENMAN

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Exhibit 5.2

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE P. O. BOX 2508 CINCINNATI, OH 45201	DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
	Employer Identification Number: 36-2675536
Date: September 11, 2002	DLN: 17007074137032
ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION C/O JEFFREY P CARREN LMDBLT 515 N STATE ST STE 2800 CHICAGO, IL 60610-0000	Person to Contact: SANDRA CADIEU              ID# 11151 Contact Telephone Number: (877) 829-5500 Plan Name:
	ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION PROFIT SHARING AND SAVINGS Plan Number: 002

Dear Applicant:

        We have made a favorable determination on the plan identified above based on the information you have supplied. Please keep this letter, the application forms submitted to request this letter and all correspondence with the Internal Revenue Service regarding your application for a determination letter in your permanent records. You must retain this information to preserve your reliance on this letter.

        Continued qualification of the plan under its present form will depend on its effect in operation. See section 1.401-1(b) (3) of the Income Tax Regulations. We will review the status of the plan in operation periodically.

        The enclosed Publication 794 explains the significance and the scope of this favorable determination letter based on the determination requests selected on your application forms. Publication 794 describes the information that must be retained to have reliance on this favorable determination letter. The publication also provide examples of the effect of a plan's operation on its qualified status and discusses the reporting requirements for qualified plans. Please read Publication 794.

        This letter relates only to the status of your plan under the Internal Revenue Code. It is not a determination regarding the effect of other federal or local statutes.

        This determination is subject to your adoption of the proposed amendments submitted in your letter dated August 30, 2002. The proposed amendments should be adopted on or before the date prescribed by the regulations under Code section 401(b).

        This determination letter is applicable for the amendment(s) executed on August 31, 2001.

        This letter considers the changes in qualification requirements made by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, Pub. L. 103-465, the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-188, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, Pub. L. 103-353, the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Pub. L. 105-34, the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, Pub. L. 105-206, and the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000, Pub. L. 106-554.

        This letter may not be relied on with respect to whether the plan satisfies the requirements of section 401(a) of the Code, as amended by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, Pub L. 107-16.

        The requirement for employee benefits plans to file summary plan descriptions (SPD) with the U.S. Department of Labor was eliminated effective August 5, 1997. For more details, call 1-800-998-7542 for a free copy of the SPD card.

        We have sent a copy of this letter to your representative as indicated in the power of attorney.

        If you have questions concerning this matter, please contact the person whose name and telephone number are shown above.

	Sincerely yours,
	/s/ Paul T. Shultz
	Paul T. Shultz Director, Employee Plans Rulings & Agreements
Enclosures: Publication 794

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CONSENT OF KPMG LLP

The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Zebra Technologies Corporation:

        We consent to incorporation by reference in this registration statement on Form S-8 of Zebra Technologies Corporation of our report dated February 1, 2002, except as to Note 17, which is as of March 13, 2002, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Zebra Technologies Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, comprehensive income, shareholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2001, and the related schedule, which report appears in the December 31, 2001 annual report on Form 10-K of Zebra Technologies Corporation.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Chicago, Illinois
December 16, 2002

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Exhibit 23.2

CONSENT OF KPMG LLP

The Board of Directors
Zebra Technologies Corporation:

        We consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration statement on Form S-8 of Zebra Technologies Corporation of our report dated June 21, 2002 relating to the statements of net assets available for benefits of Zebra Technologies Corporation Profit Sharing and Savings Plan as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended, and the supplemental schedule, which report appears in the December 31, 2001 Annual Report on Form 11-K of Zebra Technologies Corporation Profit Sharing and Savings Plan.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Chicago, Illinois
December 16, 2002

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