Basis of Presentation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 27, 2014

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

Note 1 – Basis of Presentation

Management prepared these unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for Zebra Technologies Corporation and subsidiaries (“Zebra”) according to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim financial information. These financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for complete financial statements. Therefore, these consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes included in Zebra’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013.

The consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2013, included in this Form 10-Q is taken from the audited consolidated balance sheet in our Form 10-K. These interim financial statements include all adjustments (of a normal, recurring nature) necessary to present fairly Zebra’s consolidated financial position as of September 27, 2014, the consolidated statements of earnings and consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the three and nine months ended September 27, 2014 and September 28, 2013 and the consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 27, 2014 and September 28, 2013. These results, however, are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year.

On April 14, 2014, Zebra entered into a definitive agreement under which Zebra will acquire a portion of the Enterprise business of Motorola Solutions, Inc. for $3.45 billion in an all-cash transaction. Zebra completed the transaction on October 27, 2014. See Note 18 for more details. Zebra funded the acquisition with a combination of approximately $200 million of available cash on hand and the issuance of $3.25 billion in new debt.