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10E. Taxation
General
The taxation discussion set forth below is intended only as a descriptive summary and does not purport
to be a complete analysis or listing of all potential tax effects relevant to ownership of our shares
represented by ADSs.
The statements of United States and Finnish tax laws set out below are based on the laws in force as
of the date of this annual report and may be subject to any changes in US or Finnish law, and in any
double taxation convention or treaty between the United States and Finland, occurring after that date,
possibly with retroactive effect.
For purposes of this summary, beneficial owners of ADSs that hold the ADSs as capital assets and
that are considered residents of the United States for purposes of the current income tax convention
between the United States and Finland, signed September 21, 1989 (as amended by a protocol signed
May 31, 2006), referred to as the Treaty, and that are entitled to the benefits of the Treaty under the
“Limitation on Benefits” provisions contained in the Treaty, are referred to as US Holders. Beneficial
owners that are citizens or residents of the United States, corporations created in or organized under
US law, and estates or trusts (to the extent their income is subject to US tax either directly or in the
hands of beneficiaries) generally will be considered to be residents of the United States under the
Treaty. Special rules apply to US Holders that are also residents of Finland and to citizens or residents
of the United States that do not maintain a substantial presence, permanent home or habitual abode in
the United States. For purposes of this discussion, it is assumed that the Depositary and its custodian
will perform all actions as required by the deposit agreement with the Depositary and other related
agreements between the Depositary and Nokia.
If a partnership holds ADSs (including for this purpose any entity treated as a partnership for US
federal income tax purposes), the tax treatment of a partner will depend upon the status of the partner
and activities of the partnership. If a US holder is a partner in a partnership that holds ADSs, the holder
is urged to consult its own tax advisor regarding the specific tax consequences of owning and
disposing of its ADSs.
Because this summary is not exhaustive of all possible tax considerations—such as situations
involving financial institutions, banks, tax-exempt entities, pension funds, US expatriates, real estate
investment trusts, persons that are dealers in securities, persons who own (directly, indirectly or by
attribution) 10% or more of the share capital or voting stock of Nokia, persons who acquired their ADSs
pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options or otherwise as compensation, or persons whose
functional currency is not the US dollar, who may be subject to special rules that are not discussed
herein—holders of shares or ADSs that are US Holders are advised to satisfy themselves as to the
overall US federal, state and local tax consequences, as well as to the overall Finnish and other
applicable non-US tax consequences, of their ownership of ADSs and the underlying shares by
consulting their own tax advisors. This summary does not discuss the treatment of ADSs that are held
in connection with a permanent establishment or fixed base in Finland.
For the purposes of both the Treaty and the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, referred
to as the Code, US Holders of ADSs will be treated as the owners of the underlying shares that are
represented by those ADSs. Accordingly, the following discussion, except where otherwise expressly
noted, applies equally to US Holders of ADSs, on the one hand, and of shares, on the other.
The holders of ADSs will, for Finnish tax purposes, be treated as the owners of the shares that are
represented by the ADSs. The Finnish tax consequences to the holders of shares, as discussed below,
also apply to the holders of ADSs.
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