Nokia Board of Directors convenes Annual General Meeting 04; Ordinary dividend of EUR 0. per share and special dividend of EUR 0.6 proposed for 0

Nokia Corporation

Stock Exchange Release

April 29, 2014 at 8.30 am (CET +1)

Espoo, Finland - Nokia announced today that its Board of Directors has resolved to convene the Annual General Meeting on June 17, 2014 and that the Board and its Committees submit the below proposals to the Annual General Meeting.

Proposal to pay an ordinary dividend of EUR 0.11 per share and a special dividend of EUR 0.26 per share

Proposals on the Board composition and remuneration

Proposals to authorize the Board to repurchase and issue shares

Proposals on the re-election of the external auditor and auditors remuneration

Proposal on the payment of dividend

The Board proposes to the Annual General Meeting that an ordinary dividend of EUR 0.11 per share be paid for the fiscal year 2013. In addition the Board proposes that in line with the capital structure optimization program decided by the Board a special dividend of EUR 0.26 per share be paid. The ex-dividend date would be June 18, 2014, the record date June 23, 2014 and the payment date on or about July 3, 2014.

Proposals on Board composition and remuneration

Henning Kagermann and Helge Lund have informed that they will no longer be available for re-election to the Nokia Board of Directors after the Annual General Meeting. Mr. Kagermann has been a Nokia Board member since 2007 and Mr. Lund since 2011.

The Boards Corporate Governance and Nomination Committee proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the number of Board members be nine (9) and that the following current Nokia Board members be re-elected as members of the Nokia Board of Directors for a term ending at the Annual General Meeting in 2015: Bruce Brown, Elizabeth Doherty, Jouko Karvinen, M rten Mickos, Elizabeth Nelson, Risto Siilasmaa and Kari Stadigh.

In addition, the Committee proposes that Vivek Badrinath, Deputy CEO of Accor, and Dennis Strigl, Retired CEO of Verizon Wireless and Author and Consultant, be elected as members of the Nokia Board of Directors for the same term.

Additional information about the Board member candidates will be available in the Committee proposal which will be published simultaneously with the notice of the Annual General Meeting.

The Corporate Governance and Nomination Committee will propose in the assembly meeting of the new Board of Directors after the Annual General Meeting on June 17, 2014 that Risto Siilasmaa be elected as Chairman of the Board and Jouko Karvinen as Vice Chairman of the Board, subject to their election to the Board of Directors.

As to the Board remuneration, the Corporate Governance and Nomination Committee proposes that the annual fee payable to the Board members elected at the Annual General Meeting on June 17, 2014 for a term ending at the Annual General Meeting in 2015, remains at the same level as during the past six years as follows: EUR 440 000 for the Chairman, EUR 150 000 for the Vice Chairman, and EUR 130 000 for each member; EUR 25 000 for the Chairman of the Audit Committee and the Chairman of the Personnel Committee as an additional annual fee; and EUR 10 000 for each member of the Audit Committee as an additional annual fee. Further, the Corporate Governance and Nomination Committee proposes that, in line with the Companys Corporate Governance Guidelines, approximately 40% of the remuneration be paid in Nokia shares purchased from the market, or alternatively by using own shares held by the Company. The shares shall be retained until the end of the Board membership in line with the current Nokia policy (except for those shares needed to offset any costs relating to the acquisition of the shares, including taxes).

Proposal to authorize the Board to repurchase shares

In line with the capital optimization program announced today the Board proposes that the Annual General Meeting authorizes the Board to resolve to repurchase a maximum of 370 million Nokia shares. The proposed amount of shares represents less than 10% of all the shares of the Company. The shares may be repurchased under the proposed authorization in order to optimize the capital structure of the Company and are expected to be cancelled. In addition, shares may be repurchased in order to finance or carry out acquisitions or other arrangements, to settle the Companys equity-based incentive plans, or to be transferred for other purposes.The shares may be repurchased in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, through the use of derivative instruments, or through a tender offer made to all shareholders on equal terms. The authorization would be effective until December 17, 2015 and terminate the current authorization granted by the Annual General Meeting on May 7, 2013. The Nokia Board plans to commence the repurchases following the publication of the Companys interim report for the second quarter of 2014.

Proposal to authorize the Board to issue shares

The Board also proposes that the Annual General Meeting authorize the Board to resolve to issue a maximum of 740 million shares through issuance of shares or special rights entitling to shares in one or more issues. The Board proposes that it may issue either new shares or shares held by the Company. The Board proposes that the authorization may be used to develop the Companys capital structure, diversify the shareholder base, finance or carry out acquisitions or other arrangements, settle the Companys equity-based incentive plans, or for other purposes resolved by the Board. The proposed authorization includes the right for the Board to resolve on all the terms and conditions of the issuance of shares and special rights entitling to shares, including issuance in deviation from the shareholders pre-emptive rights. The authorization would be effective until December 17, 2015 and terminate the current authorization granted by the Annual General Meeting on May 7, 2013. This is a change from

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