Nokia Corporation
Inside information
28 October 2025 at 17:30 EET
Inside Information: NVIDIA to make USD 1.0 billion equity investment in Nokia in addition to new strategic partnership – Nokia’s Board resolved on directed share issuance to NVIDIA
- NVIDIA to invest USD 1.0 billion (EUR 0.86 billion) in new Nokia shares at a purchase price of USD 6.01 (EUR 5.16) per share
- Investment comes in addition to strategic partnership to shape and lead the AI-RAN market and support evolution of data center networking
- Nokia will use the proceeds from the issuance to accelerate its strategic plans to advance trusted connectivity for the AI supercycle and other general corporate purposes
- Nokia’s press and investor conference call to be held at 3:30pm EST, 7:30pm GMT, 9:30pm EET
Espoo, Finland – The Board of Directors of Nokia Corporation (“Nokia”) has resolved to issue 166 389 351 new shares in a directed share issuance to enable NVIDIA Corporation (“NVIDIA”) to make a USD 1.0 billion equity investment in Nokia. Subject to certain customary closing conditions, NVIDIA will subscribe for the shares at a subscription price of USD 6.01 per share. The transaction will see NVIDIA become a 2.90% shareholder of Nokia.
The strategic partnership and investment are expected to create significant value for both companies. Nokia will use the proceeds from the issuance to accelerate its strategic plans to advance trusted connectivity for the AI supercycle and other general corporate purposes. Nokia intends to accelerate development of Nokia’s 5G & 6G RAN software to run on NVIDIA’s architecture and will make investments to drive Nokia’s strategic goal of increasing its presence in the AI & Cloud market with data center aligned networking solutions within its Network Infrastructure business. Nokia and NVIDIA have agreed to collaborate on AI networking solutions and explore opportunities to incorporate Nokia’s data center switching and optical technologies in NVIDIA’s future AI infrastructure architecture.
Nokia will host a press and investor conference call on 28 October 2025 at 3:30pm EST (7:30pm GMT, 9:30pm EET) to discuss both the strategic partnership and the purpose of the investment.
Details of the equity investment
Subject to certain customary closing conditions, NVIDIA will subscribe for the new shares at a price of USD 6.01 (EUR 5.16) per share, equating to an effective capital contribution to Nokia of approximately USD 1.0 billion (EUR 0.86 billion). All amounts denominated in USD have been converted into EUR using the USD/EUR exchange reference rate published by the European Central Bank for 27 October 2025, which was 0.8591 (USD 1 being EUR 0.8591). The subscription price shall be recorded in Nokia’s reserve for invested unrestricted equity. The directed share issuance is an essential part of the strategic partnership with NVIDIA.
The subscription price has been determined as part of the negotiations between Nokia and NVIDIA. In addition to its own assessment of the strategic partnership, Nokia has taken independent legal and financial advice to assist in its evaluation of the fairness to Nokia of the terms of the share issuance, taking into account the strategic partnership. In the assessment of Nokia, the strategic partnership, including the share issuance, benefits Nokia and its shareholders, and therefore there is a weighty financial reason for deviating from the pre-emptive rights of the shareholders of Nokia in the share issuance.
The Nokia shares will be delivered to NVIDIA in the form of American Depositary Shares.
Nokia expects that the new shares will be registered with the Finnish Trade Register in November and be entered in the book-entry system maintained by Euroclear Finland promptly thereafter. The total number of Nokia shares following the share issuance and registration of the new shares is expected to be 5 742 239 696. The new shares represent approximately 2.98% of the total number of Nokia shares prior to the share issuance and approximately 2.90% of the total number of Nokia shares following the share issuance. After their registration with the Finnish Trade Register, the new shares are expected to be admitted to trading on Nasdaq Helsinki and Euronext Paris together with other Nokia shares, and on the New York Stock Exchange, in the form of American Depositary Shares.
The resolution to issue shares is based on the authorization granted to the Board of Directors by the Annual General Meeting on 29 April 2025.
Advisors
J.P. Morgan served as financial advisor to Nokia. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, and Krogerus Attorneys Ltd served as legal advisors.
Conference call details
Members of the media, investors, and analysts are invited to participate in a conference call to discuss the strategic partnership and investment using the details below. Those wishing to ask a question should join using the dial-in details. Those wishing to just listen are encouraged to join via the webcast.
Call Details:
Date: 28 October 2025
Time: 3:30pm New York, 7:30pm London, 9:30pm Helsinki
Webcast link: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/6b9ibwqi
Speakers:
Justin Hotard, President and CEO, Nokia
Marco Wirén, CFO, Nokia
For those wishing to ask a question:
We encourage media and analysts who wish to ask a question to pre-register for the conference call using the link below. Participants who pre-register will be given a conference passcode and unique PIN to gain immediate access to the call and bypass the operator. Participants may pre-register at any time, including up to and after the call start time.
To pre-register: https://dpregister.com/sreg/10204315/10047f7ceb4
PLEASE NOTE! If you wish to ask a question on the call, you MUST MUTE the webcast and ONLY USE the participant dial-in during the Q&A session as there is a delay of approximately 15-30 seconds.
The question and answer session will be limited to members of the media and financial analysts only.
For those who do not wish to pre-register, please use the following dial-in numbers and ask for the “Nokia Conference Call”:
| PARTICIPANT DIAL IN (TOLL FREE): | 1-844-282-4574 | ||
| PARTICIPANT INTERNATIONAL DIAL IN: | 1-412-317-5619 | ||
| UK: | 44-20-3795-9972 |
Also, a replay of the call will be available one hour after the call ends and may be accessed until 23 November 2025.
| US Toll Free: | 1-877-344-7529 |
| International Toll: | 1-412-317-0088 |
| Replay Access Code: | 1181900 |
To access the replay using an international dial-in number, please select the link below.
https://services.choruscall.com/ccforms/replay.html
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