Nokia - Company Announcement

Nokia sharpens strategy and provides updates to its targets and outlook

Company announces targeted investments in key growth areas, operational changes
and significantly increased cost reduction target 

Company lowers Devices & Services outlook for the second quarter 2012

Nokia Corporation
Stock exchange release
June 14, 2012 at 9.30 (CET+1)

Espoo, Finland - Nokia today outlined a range of planned actions aimed at
sharpening its strategy, improving its operating model and returning the
company to profitable growth. While planning to significantly reduce its
operating expenses, Nokia remains focused on the unique experiences offered by
its smartphones and feature phones, including an increased emphasis on
location-based services. 

Nokia's strategy is about delivering great mobile products that sense the
world. Nokia plans to: 

- Invest strongly in products and experiences that make Lumia smartphones stand
out and available to more consumers; 
- Invest in location-based services as an area of competitive differentiation
for Nokia products and extend its location-based platform to new industries;
and 
- Improve the competitiveness and profitability of its feature phone business.

To execute this strategy, Nokia is making changes to its management team by
tapping into the strong leadership bench at the company. 

To support this period of transition, Nokia intends to improve its operating
model by significantly reducing its Device & Services operating expenses,
substantially reducing its headcount and reducing its factory footprint. As a
result, Nokia intends to return to sustainable non-IFRS operating profitability
in Devices & Services as soon as possible. "We are increasing our focus on the products and services that our consumers
value most while continuing to invest in the innovation that has always defined
Nokia," said Stephen Elop, Nokia president and CEO. "We intend to pursue an
even more focused effort on Lumia, continued innovation around our feature
phones, while placing increased emphasis on our location-based services.
However, we must re-shape our operating model and ensure that we create a
structure that can support our competitive ambitions."

Targeted investments
In Smart Devices, Nokia plans to extend its strategy by broadening the price
range of Lumia and continuing to differentiate with the Windows Phone platform,
new materials, new technologies and location-based services. In line with this
strategy, Nokia today announced the planned acquisition of assets from
Sweden-based Scalado, which currently has imaging technology on more than 1
billion devices. This acquisition is aimed at strengthening Nokia's imaging
assets. 

Nokia's location-based platform is expected to be another principal area of
investment as Nokia plans to differentiate its portfolio of Lumia smartphones
with leading location-based services including navigation and visual search
applications such as the recently announced Nokia City Lens. Additionally, the
company plans to extend its mapping technology to multiple industries to
strengthen the platform and generate new revenue. 

In Mobile Phones, Nokia intends to improve its competitiveness and
profitability. Nokia aims to further develop its Series 40 and Series 30
devices, and invest in key feature phone technologies like the Nokia Browser,
aiming to be the world's most data efficient mobile browser. Early results of
this innovation can be found in Nokia's latest Asha feature phones which offer
a full-touch screen experience at lower prices. 

Operational changes and updated cost reduction target
Balancing its investment priorities, Nokia plans to rescale the company by
making additional reductions in Devices & Services. Nokia plans to pursue a
range of planned measures including: 

- Reductions within certain research and development projects, resulting in the
planned closure of its facilities in Ulm, Germany and Burnaby, Canada; 
- Consolidation of certain manufacturing operations, resulting in the planned
closure of its manufacturing facility in Salo, Finland. Research and
Development efforts in Salo to continue; 
- Focusing of marketing and sales activities, including prioritizing key
markets; 
- Streamlining of IT, corporate and support functions; and
- Reductions related to non-core assets, including possible divestments.

As a result of the planned changes announced today, Nokia plans to reduce up to
10,000 positions globally by the end of 2013. Nokia is beginning the process of
engaging with employee representatives in accordance with country-specific
legal requirements. "These planned reductions are a difficult consequence of the intended actions
we believe we must take to ensure Nokia's long-term competitive strength,"
added Elop. "We do not make plans that may impact our employees lightly, and as
a company we will work tirelessly to ensure that those at risk are offered the
support, options and advice necessary to find new opportunities."

Taking into account these planned measures the company now targets to reduce
its Devices & Services non-IFRS operating expenses to an annualized run rate of
approximately EUR 3.0 billion by the end of 2013. This is an update to Nokia's
target to reduce Devices & Services non-IFRS operating expenses by more than
EUR 1.0 billion for the full year 2013, compared to the full year 2010 Devices& Services non-IFRS operating expenses of EUR 5.35 billion. This means that in
addition to the already achieved annualized run rate saving of approximately
EUR 700 million at the end of first quarter 2012, the company targets to
implement approximately EUR 1.6 billion of additional cost reductions by the
end of 2013. 

As part of these planned changes, Nokia will closely assess the future of
certain non-core assets. In line with this, Nokia today announced plans to
divest Vertu, its luxury mobile phones business to EQT VI, a European private
equity firm. 

Renewed leadership team
Nokia also announced today in a separate press release a number of changes to
its senior leadership. Nokia announced that it has appointed Juha Putkiranta as
executive vice president of Operations; Timo Toikkanen as executive vice
president of Mobile Phones; Chris Weber as executive vice president of Sales
and Marketing; Tuula Rytila as senior vice president of Marketing and Chief
Marketing Officer; and Susan Sheehan as senior vice president of
Communications. Putkiranta, Toikkanen and Weber will join the Nokia Leadership
Team effective July 1, 2012. 

Jerri DeVard steps down as chief marketing officer; Mary McDowell steps down as
executive vice president of Mobile Phones; and Niklas Savander steps down as
executive vice president of Markets. DeVard, McDowell and Savander will all
continue in advisory roles through the transition of their roles; however, they
step down from the Nokia Leadership Team effective June 30, 2012. 

Financial impact and outlook for Devices & Services
Nokia expects further charges of approximately EUR 1.0 billion relating to
restructuring activities in Devices & Services by the end of 2013 in connection
with its updated Devices & Services operating expense target. This is in
addition to cumulative charges of approximately EUR 900 million recognized as
of the end of first quarter 2012 in connection with previously announced
restructuring activities. By the end of the first quarter 2012, Nokia had
cumulative restructuring related cash outflows of approximately EUR 450
million. From the second quarter 2012 onwards, Nokia expects restructuring
related cash outflows to be approximately EUR 650 million in 2012 and
approximately EUR 600 million in 2013. Out of the total expected charges
relating to restructuring activities of EUR 1.9 billion, Nokia expects non-cash
charges to be approximately EUR 200 million. 

These cost reduction measures are designed to return Nokia's Devices & Services
business to sustainable non-IFRS operating profitability as soon as possible. 

During the second quarter 2012, competitive industry dynamics are negatively
affecting the Smart Devices business unit to a somewhat greater extent than
previously expected. Furthermore, while visibility remains limited, Nokia
expects competitive industry dynamics to continue to negatively impact Devices& Services in the third quarter 2012. Nokia now expects its non-IFRS Devices &
Services operating margin in the second quarter 2012 to be below the first
quarter 2012 level of negative 3.0%. This compares to the previous outlook of
similar to or below the first quarter level of negative 3.0%. "Nokia is significantly increasing its cost reduction target for Devices &
Services in support of the streamlined strategy announced today," said Timo
Ihamuotila, executive vice president and CFO. "With these planned actions, we
believe our Devices & Services business has a clear path to profitability.
Nokia intends to maintain its strong financial position while proceeding
aggressively with actions aimed at creating shareholder value."

Nokia will be hosting a conference call today at 13:00 UK time (8:00 EST). The
dial-in number for media (listen only - the question and answer session will be
limited to financial analysts and investors only) is +1 706 634 5012.
Conference ID: 90228970. 

The dial-in number for financial analysts and investors is US: +1 888 636 1561.
Conference ID: 90228970. UK: +44 1452 560 299. Conference ID: 90489609. 

A replay of the call will be available soon after the call completion. The
replay number is US: +1 800 585 8367.  Conference ID: 90228970 . UK: +44 1452
550 000. Conference ID: 90489609. 

Nokia will provide full second quarter results and more details when it reports
its second quarter 2012 results on July 19, 2012. 

About Nokia
Nokia is a global leader in mobile communications whose products have become an
integral part of the lives of people around the world. Every day, more than 1.3
billion people use their Nokia to capture and share experiences, access
information, find their way or simply to speak to one another. Nokia's
technological and design innovations have made its brand one of the most
recognized in the world. For more information, visit
http://www.nokia.com/about-nokia 



FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
It should be noted that certain statements herein that are not historical facts
are forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, those regarding:
A) the expected plans and benefits of our partnership with Microsoft to bring
together complementary assets and expertise to form a global mobile ecosystem
for smartphones; B) the timing and expected benefits of our new strategies,
including expected operational and financial benefits and targets as well as
changes in leadership and operational structure; C) the timing of the
deliveries of our products and services; D) our ability to innovate, develop,
execute and commercialize new technologies, products and services; E)
expectations regarding market developments and structural changes; F)
expectations and targets regarding our industry volumes, market share, prices,
net sales and margins of our products and services; G) expectations and targets
regarding our operational priorities and results of operations; H) expectations
and targets regarding collaboration and partnering arrangements; I) the outcome
of pending and threatened litigation; J) expectations regarding the successful
completion of  restructurings, investments, acquisitions and divestments on a
timely basis and our ability to achieve the financial and operational targets
set in connection with any such restructurings, investments, acquisitions and
divestments; and K) statements preceded by "believe,""expect,""anticipate,""foresee,""target,""estimate,""designed,""aim", "plans,""intends,""will"
or similar expressions. These statements are based on management's best
assumptions and beliefs in light of the information currently available to it.
Because they involve risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ
materially from the results that we currently expect. Factors that could cause
these differences include, but are not limited to: 1) our ability to
effectively and timely implement planned changes to our operational structure,
including the planned restructuring measures, and to successfully complete the
planned investments, acquisitions and divestments in order to improve our
operating model and achieve targeted efficiencies and reductions in operating
expenses;  2) our success in the smartphone market, including our ability to
introduce and bring to market quantities of attractive, competitively priced
Nokia products with Windows Phone that are positively differentiated from our
competitors' products, both outside and within the Windows Phone ecosystem; 3)
our ability to make Nokia products with Windows Phone a competitive choice for
consumers, and together with Microsoft, our success in encouraging and
supporting a competitive and profitable global ecosystem for Windows Phone
smartphones that achieves sufficient scale, value and attractiveness to all
market participants; 4) the difficulties we experience in having a competitive
offering of Symbian devices and maintaining the economic viability of the
Symbian smartphone platform during the transition to Windows Phone as our
primary smartphone platform; 5) our ability to realize a return on our
investment in next generation devices, platforms and user experiences; 6) our
ability to produce attractive and competitive feature phones, including devices
with more smartphone-like features, in a timely and cost efficient manner with
differentiated hardware, software, localized services and applications; 7) the
intensity of competition in the various markets where we do business and our
ability to maintain or improve our market position or respond successfully to
changes in the competitive environment; 8) our ability to retain, motivate,
develop and recruit appropriately skilled employees; 9) the success of our
Location & Commerce strategy, including our ability to maintain current sources
of revenue, provide support for our Devices & Services business and create new
sources of revenue from our location-based services and commerce assets; 10)
our success in collaboration and partnering arrangements with third parties,
including Microsoft; 11) our ability to increase our speed of innovation,
product development and execution to bring new innovative and competitive
mobile products and location-based or other services to the market in a timely
manner; 12) our dependence on the development of the mobile and communications
industry, including location-based and other services industries, in numerous
diverse markets, as well as on general economic conditions globally and
regionally; 13) our ability to protect numerous patented standardized or
proprietary technologies from third-party infringement or actions to invalidate
the intellectual property rights of these technologies; 14) our ability to
maintain and leverage our traditional strengths in the mobile product market if
we are unable to retain the loyalty of our mobile operator and distributor
customers and consumers as a result of the implementation of our strategies or
other factors; 15) the success, financial condition and performance of our
suppliers, collaboration partners and customers; 16) our ability to manage
efficiently our manufacturing and logistics, as well as to ensure the quality,
safety, security and timely delivery of our products and services; 17) our
ability to source sufficient amounts of fully functional quality components,
sub-assemblies, software and services on a timely basis without interruption
and on favorable terms; 18) our ability to manage our inventory and timely
adapt our supply to meet changing demands for our products; 19) any actual or
even alleged defects or other quality, safety and security issues in our
product; 20) the impact of a cybersecurity breach or other factors leading to
any actual or alleged loss, improper disclosure or leakage of any personal or
consumer data collected by us or our partners or subcontractors, made available
to us or stored in or through our products; 21) our ability to successfully
manage the pricing of our products and costs related to our products and
operations; 22) exchange rate fluctuations, including, in particular,
fluctuations between the euro, which is our reporting currency, and the US
dollar, the Japanese yen and the Chinese yuan, as well as certain other
currencies; 23) our ability to protect the technologies, which we or others
develop or that we license, from claims that we have infringed third parties'
intellectual property rights, as well as our unrestricted use on commercially
acceptable terms of certain technologies in our products and services; 24) the
impact of economic, political, regulatory or other developments on our sales,
manufacturing facilities and assets located in emerging market countries; 25)
the impact of changes in government policies, trade policies, laws or
regulations where our assets are located and where we do business; 26) the
potential complex tax issues and obligations we may incur to pay additional
taxes in the various jurisdictions in which we do business; 27) any disruption
to information technology systems and networks that our operations rely on; 28)
unfavorable outcome of litigations;  29) allegations of possible health risks
from electromagnetic fields generated by base stations and mobile products and
lawsuits related to them, regardless of merit; 30) Nokia Siemens Networks
ability to implement its new strategy and restructuring plan effectively and in
a timely manner to improve its overall competitiveness and profitability; 31)
Nokia Siemens Networks' success in the telecommunications infrastructure
services market and Nokia Siemens Networks' ability to effectively and
profitably adapt its business and operations in a timely manner to the
increasingly diverse service needs of its customers; 32) Nokia Siemens
Networks' ability to maintain or improve its market position or respond
successfully to changes in the competitive environment; 33) Nokia Siemens
Networks' liquidity and its ability to meet its working capital requirements;
34) Nokia Siemens Networks' ability to timely introduce new competitive
products, services, upgrades and technologies; 35) Nokia Siemens Networks'
ability to execute successfully its strategy for the acquired Motorola
Solutions wireless network infrastructure assets; 36) developments under large,
multi-year contracts or in relation to major customers in the networks
infrastructure and related services business; 37) the management of our
customer financing exposure, particularly in the networks infrastructure and
related services business; 38) whether ongoing or any additional governmental
investigations into alleged violations of law by some former employees of
Siemens may involve and affect the carrier-related assets and employees
transferred by Siemens to Nokia Siemens Networks; and 39) any impairment of
Nokia Siemens Networks customer relationships resulting from ongoing or any
additional governmental investigations involving the Siemens carrier-related
operations transferred to Nokia Siemens Networks, as well as the risk factors
specified on pages 13-47 of Nokia's annual report on Form 20-F for the year
ended December 31, 2011 under Item 3D. "Risk Factors." Other unknown or
unpredictable factors or underlying assumptions subsequently proving to be
incorrect could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements. Nokia does 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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