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INTRODUCTION AND USE OF CERTAIN TERMS
Nokia Corporation is a public limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Republic
of Finland. In this document, any reference to ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ ‘‘the Group’’ or ‘‘Nokia’’ means Nokia
Corporation and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, except where we make clear that the term
means Nokia Corporation or a particular subsidiary or business group only, and except that
references to ‘‘our shares,’’ matters relating to our shares or matters of corporate governance refer
to the shares and corporate governance of Nokia Corporation. Nokia Corporation has published its
consolidated financial statements in euro for periods beginning on or after January 1, 1999. In this
Form 20F, references to ‘‘EUR,’’ ‘‘euro’’ or ‘‘0’’ are to the common currency of the European
Economic and Monetary Union, or EMU, and references to ‘‘dollars,’’ ‘‘US dollars,’’ ‘‘USD’’ or ‘‘$’’ are
to the currency of the United States. Solely for the convenience of the reader, this Form 20F contains
conversions of selected euro amounts into US dollars at specified rates, or, if not so specified, at the
rate of 1.3197 US dollars per euro, which was the noon buying rate in New York City for cable
transfers in euro as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on
December 31, 2006. No representation is made that the amounts have been, could have been or
could be converted into US dollars at the rates indicated or at any other rates.
In this Form 20F, unless otherwise stated, references to ‘‘shares’’ are to Nokia Corporation shares,
par value EUR 0.06.
Our principal executive office is currently located at Keilalahdentie 4, P.O. Box 226, FIN00045 Nokia
Group, Espoo, Finland and our telephone number is [phone]8000.
Nokia Corporation furnishes Citibank, N.A., as Depositary, with consolidated financial statements and
a related audit opinion of our independent auditors annually. These financial statements are
prepared on the basis of International Financial Reporting Standards, or IFRS. Nokia’s consolidated
financial statements contain a reconciliation of net income and shareholders’ equity to accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States, or US GAAP. We also furnish the Depositary with
quarterly reports containing unaudited financial information prepared on the basis of IFRS, as well as
all notices of shareholders’ meetings and other reports and communications that are made available
generally to our shareholders. The Depositary makes these notices, reports and communications
available for inspection by record holders of American Depositary Receipts, or ADRs, evidencing
American Depositary Shares, or ADSs (one ADS represents one share), and delivers to all record
holders of ADRs notices of shareholders’ meetings received by the Depositary. In addition to the
materials delivered to holders of ADRs by the Depositary, holders can access our consolidated
financial statements, as well as other information previously included in our printed annual reports,
at www.nokia.com . This Form 20F is also available at www.nokia.com as well as on Citibank’s
website at http://citibank.ar.wilink.com (enter ‘‘Nokia’’ in the Company Name Search). Holders may
also request a hard copy of this Form 20F by calling the tollfree number 1877NOKIAADR (1877
6654223), or by directing a written request to Citibank, N.A., Shareholder Services, PO Box 43124,
Providence RI 029405140, or by calling Nokia Investor Relations US Main Office at 19143680555.
With each annual distribution of our proxy materials, we offer our record holders of ADRs the option
of receiving all of these documents electronically in the future.
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