TIDMNOKIA
Nokia Corporation
Stock Exchange Release
February 4, 2021 at 9:00 (CET +1)
Nokia Board of Directors resolved to issue shares to the company and
resolved on a directed share issuance for the settlement of shares under
previous Nokia Equity Programs
Nokia's Board of Directors has resolved to issue 21 575 000 new shares
in a directed share issuance without consideration to Nokia Corporation
to be later used to fulfil the company's obligations primarily under its
equity plans that vest in 2021 and in the first quarter of 2022.
Nokia expects that the shares are registered with the Finnish Trade
Register on or about February 5, 2021 and the shares will carry the
shareholder rights attached to them as of the registration date. The
total number of Nokia shares following the registration will equal 5 675
461 159 and following the issuance the number of shares held by Nokia
Corporation will equal 46 506 138. The new shares are expected to
commence trading on Nasdaq Helsinki as of February 8, 2021, and on
Euronext Paris as of February 9, 2021, together with other Nokia shares
(NOKIA). Euronext Paris will publish a separate notice announcing the
admission of the new shares to trading on Euronext Paris.
Additionally, the Board of Directors has resolved on a directed issuance
of a maximum number of 21 575 000 Nokia shares (NOKIA) held by Nokia
Corporation, as a result of the above-mentioned issuance to itself, to
settle its commitments under the 2020 Employee Share Purchase Plan, 2018
Performance Share Plan and various Restricted Share plans that vest in
2021 and in the first quarter of 2022. The shares are issued without
consideration. Each share delivery would be published separately by a
stock exchange release.
Both resolutions to issue shares are based on the authorization granted
to the Board of Directors by the Annual General Meeting on May 27, 2020.
About Nokia
We create the critical networks and technologies to bring together the
world's intelligence, across businesses, cities, supply chains and
societies.
With our commitment to innovation and technology leadership, driven by
the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs, we deliver networks at the limits of
science across mobile, infrastructure, cloud, and enabling technologies.
Adhering to the highest standards of integrity and security, we help
build the capabilities we need for a more productive, sustainable and
inclusive world.
For our latest updates, please visit us online www.nokia.com and follow
us on Twitter @nokia.
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
It should be noted that Nokia and its businesses are exposed to various
risks and uncertainties and certain statements herein that are not
historical facts are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements reflect Nokia's current expectations and views of future
developments and include statements regarding: A) expectations, plans or
benefits related to our strategies, growth management and operational
key performance indicators; B) expectations, plans or benefits related
to future performance of our businesses (including the expected impact,
timing and duration of that impact of COVID-19 on our businesses, our
supply chain and our customers' businesses) and any future dividends
including timing and qualitative and quantitative thresholds associated
therewith; C) expectations and targets regarding financial performance,
cash generation, results, the timing of receivables, operating expenses,
taxes, currency exchange rates, hedging, cost savings, product cost
reductions and competitiveness, as well as results of operations
including targeted synergies, better commercial management and those
results related to market share, prices, net sales, income and margins;
D) expectations, plans or benefits related to changes in organizational
and operational structure; E) expectations regarding competition within
our market, market developments, general economic conditions and
structural and legal change globally and in national and regional
markets, such as China; F) our ability to integrate acquired businesses
into our operations and achieve the targeted business plans and benefits,
including targeted benefits, synergies, cost savings and efficiencies;
G) expectations, plans or benefits related to any future collaboration
or to business collaboration agreements or patent license agreements or
arbitration awards, including income to be received under any
collaboration or partnership, agreement or award; H) timing of the
deliveries of our products and services, including our short term and
longer term expectations around the rollout of 5G, investment
requirements with such rollout, and our ability to capitalize on such
rollout; I) expectations and targets regarding collaboration and
partnering arrangements, joint ventures or the creation of joint
ventures, and the related administrative, legal, regulatory and other
conditions, as well as our expected customer reach; J) outcome of
pending and threatened litigation, arbitration, disputes, regulatory
proceedings or investigations by authorities; K) expectations regarding
restructurings, investments, capital structure optimization efforts,
uses of proceeds from transactions, acquisitions and divestments and our
ability to achieve the financial and operational targets set in
connection with any such restructurings, investments, capital structure
optimization efforts, divestments and acquisitions, including our
current cost savings program; L) expectations, plans or benefits related
to future capital expenditures, reduction of support function costs,
temporary incremental expenditures or other R&D expenditures to develop
or rollout software and other new products, including 5G, ReefShark and
increased digitalization; M) expectations regarding our customers'
future actions, including our customers' capital expenditure constraints
and our ability to satisfy customer's needs and retain their business;
and N) statements preceded by or including "believe", "expect",
"expectations", "deliver", "maintain", "strengthen", "target",
"estimate", "plan", "intend", "assumption", "focus", "continue",
"should", "will" or similar expressions. These forward-looking
statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of
which are beyond our control, which could cause our actual results to
differ materially from such statements. These statements are based on
management's best assumptions and beliefs in light of the information
currently available to them. These forward-looking statements are only
predictions based upon our current expectations and views of future
events and developments and are subject to risks and uncertainties that
are difficult to predict because they relate to events and depend on
circumstances that will occur in the future. Factors, including risks
and uncertainties that could cause these differences include, but are
not limited to: 1) our strategy is subject to various risks and
uncertainties and we may be unable to successfully implement our
strategic plans, sustain or improve the operational and financial
performance of our business groups, correctly identify or successfully
pursue business opportunities or otherwise grow our business; 2) general
economic and market conditions, general public health conditions
(including its impact on our supply chains) and other developments in
the economies where we operate, including the timeline for the
deployment of 5G and our ability to successfully capitalize on that
deployment; 3) competition and our ability to effectively and profitably
invest in existing and new high-quality products, services, upgrades and
technologies and bring them to market in a timely manner; 4) our
dependence on the development of the industries in which we operate,
including the cyclicality and variability of the information technology
and telecommunications industries and our own R&D capabilities and
investments; 5) our dependence on a limited number of customers and
large multi-year agreements, as well as external events impacting our
customers including mergers and acquisitions and the possibility of our
customers awarding business to our competitors; 6) our ability to
maintain our existing sources of intellectual property-related revenue
through our intellectual property, including through licensing,
establishing new sources of revenue and protecting our intellectual
property from infringement; 7) our ability to manage and improve our
financial and operating performance, cost savings, competitiveness and
synergies generally, expectations and timing around our ability to
recognize any net sales and our ability to implement changes to our
organizational and operational structure efficiently; 8) our global
business and exposure to regulatory, political or other developments in
various countries or regions, including emerging markets and the
associated risks in relation to tax matters and exchange controls, among
others; 9) our ability to achieve the anticipated benefits, synergies,
cost savings and efficiencies of acquisitions; 10) exchange rate
fluctuations, as well as hedging activities; 11) our ability to
successfully realize the expectations, plans or benefits related to any
future collaboration or business collaboration agreements and patent
license agreements or arbitration awards, including income to be
received under any collaboration, partnership, agreement or arbitration
award; 12) Nokia Technologies' ability to protect its IPR and to
maintain and establish new sources of patent, brand and technology
licensing income and IPR-related revenues, particularly in the
smartphone market, which may not materialize as planned, 13) our
dependence on IPR technologies, including those that we have developed
and those that are licensed to us, and the risk of associated
IPR-related legal claims, licensing costs and restrictions on use; 14)
our exposure to direct and indirect regulation, including economic or
trade policies, and the reliability of our governance, internal controls
and compliance processes to prevent regulatory penalties in our business
or in our joint ventures; 15) our reliance on third-party solutions for
data storage and service distribution, which expose us to risks relating
to security, regulation and cybersecurity breaches; 16) inefficiencies,
breaches, malfunctions or disruptions of information technology systems,
or our customers' security concerns; 17) our exposure to various legal
frameworks regulating corruption, fraud, trade policies, and other risk
areas, and the possibility of proceedings or investigations that result
in fines, penalties or sanctions; 18) adverse developments with respect
to customer financing or extended payment terms we provide to customers;
19) the potential complex tax issues, tax disputes and tax obligations
we may face in various jurisdictions, including the risk of obligations
to pay additional taxes; 20) our actual or anticipated performance,
among other factors, which could reduce our ability to utilize deferred
tax assets; 21) our ability to retain, motivate, develop and recruit
appropriately skilled employees; 22) disruptions to our manufacturing,
service creation, delivery, logistics and supply chain processes, and
the risks related to our production sites; 23) the impact of litigation,
arbitration, agreement-related disputes or product liability allegations
associated with our business; 24) our ability to re-establish investment
grade rating or maintain our credit ratings; 25) our ability to achieve
targeted benefits from, or successfully implement planned transactions,
as well as the liabilities related thereto; 26) our involvement in joint
ventures and jointly-managed companies; 27) the carrying amount of our
goodwill may not be recoverable; 28) uncertainty related to the amount
of dividends and equity return (if any) we are able to distribute to
shareholders for each financial period; 29) pension costs, employee
fund-related costs, and healthcare costs; 30) our ability to
successfully complete and capitalize on our order backlogs and continue
converting our sales pipeline into net sales; 31) risks related to
undersea infrastructure; and 32) the scope and duration of the COVID-19
impact on the global economy and financial markets as well as our
customers, supply chain, product development, service delivery, other
operations and our financial, tax, pension and other assets, and the
shape of the economic recovery following the pandemic as well as the
risk factors specified in our 2019 annual report on Form 20-F published
on March 5, 2020 under "Operating and financial review and
prospects-Risk factors" as supplemented by the form 6-K published on
April 30, 2020 under the header "Risk Factors" and in our other filings
or documents furnished with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Other unknown or unpredictable factors or underlying assumptions
subsequently proven to be incorrect could cause actual results to differ
materially from those in the forward-looking statements. We do not
undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise, except to the extent legally required.
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