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NEWS
Nokia warrants exercised for share
subscription
(September 19, 2001)
A total of 23,368 Nokia shares were subscribed for after the increase in the
share capital registered on September 3, 2001. The shares were subscribed for
with the warrants under the Nokia Stock Option Plans issued to the key personnel
of Nokia. With the A and B warrants of the Nokia Stock Option Plan 1997, a total
of 23,088 shares were subscribed for and with the A warrants of the Nokia Stock
Option Plan 1999, a total of 280 shares. The Stock Option Plans were approved by
the Annual General Meetings of March 25, 1997 and March 17, 1999, respectively.
The corresponding increase in the share capital, in total EUR 1,402.08 has been
registered in the Finnish Trade Register on September 19, 2001. As a result of
the increase, the share capital of Nokia is currently EUR 283,092,905.58 and the
total number of shares is 4,718,215,093. Nokia received as additional
shareholders' equity a total of EUR 79,235.92.
The holders of the new shares are entitled to all shareholders' rights from the
registration date September 19, 2001. The new shares will be listed on the
Helsinki Exchanges together with the other shares on September 20, 2001. Listing
of the shares will also be applied for on the Frankfurt, London, New York, Paris
and Stockholm Stock Exchanges.
The subscription period for the A warrants of the Nokia Stock Option Plan 1997
began in December 1997 and for the B warrants in November 1999. The subscription
period for the A warrants of the Nokia Stock Option Plan 1999 began in April
2001. The A and B warrants of the Nokia Stock Option Plan 1997 are listed on the
Helsinki Exchanges as one security.