Nokia and Apple Sign Patent License & Busine Cooperation Agreement, Settle All Litigation

25/05/2017

Nokia and Apple Sign Patent License & Business Cooperation Agreement, Settle All Litigation CUPERTINO, California and ESPOO, Finland May 23, 2017 Nokia and Apple announced today that they have settled all litigation related to their intellectual property dispute and agreed a multi-year patent license.

This is a meaningful agreement between Nokia and Apple, said Maria Varsellona, Chief Legal Officer at Nokia, responsible for Nokia's patent licensing business. It moves our relationship with Apple from being adversaries in court to business partners working for the benefit of our customers.

Under a business collaboration agreement, Nokia will be providing certain network infrastructure product and services to Apple. Apple will resume carrying Nokia digital health products (formerly under the Withings brand) in Apple retail and online stores, and Apple and Nokia are exploring future collaboration in digital health initiatives. Regular summits between top Nokia and Apple executives will ensure that the relationship works effectively and to the benefit of both parties and their customers.

We are pleased with this resolution of our dispute and we look forward to expanding our business relationship with Nokia, said Jeff Williams, Apple s chief operating officer.

This agreement will strengthen our collaboration, said Basil Alwan, President of Nokia's IP/Optical Networks business. We look forward to supporting Apple. While details of the agreement remain confidential, Nokia will receive an up-front cash payment from Apple, with additional revenues during the term of the agreement.

The value of the agreement will be reflected partially as patent licensing net sales in Nokia Technologies and partially as net sales in other Nokia business groups. Nokia will follow its existing practices for disclosing patent licensing revenue in its quarterly announcements and expects that revenues for the agreement will start to be recognised in the second quarter of 2017, including an element of non-recurring catch-up revenue.

Due to the up-front cash payment from Apple, Nokia intends to provide a comprehensive update of its capital structure optimisation program in conjunction with its third quarter 2017 results.

Apple revolutionised personal technology with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV. Apple's four software platforms iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and empower people with breakthrough services including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay and iCloud. Apple's more than 100,000 employees are dedicated to making the best products on earth, and to leaving the world better than we found it.

Press Contacts:

Alan Hely

Apple

alanhely@apple.com

020 8278 1440

Mark Durrant

Nokia

mark.durrant@nokia.com

078 7527 6867

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