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Nokia provides recast segment results for 2015 reflecting new financial reporting structure
Nokia Corporation
Stock Exchange Release
April 22, 2016 at 08:45 (CET +1)
Espoo, Finland - Nokia today provided recast segment results for 2015 reflecting the company's new financial reporting and organizational structure, following the acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent. Nokia's organizational structure is intended to enable the company to create an innovation leader in next generation technology and services. With state-of-the-art software, hardware and services for any type of network, Nokia is at the forefront of creating and licensing the technologies that are increasingly at the heart of our connected lives.
To support Nokia's strategic objectives and reflect the way the company evaluates operational performance and allocates resources, Nokia will revise its financial reporting structure. As of the first quarter 2016, Nokia will have three reportable segments: The (i) Ultra Broadband Networks and (ii) IP Networks and Applications reportable segments within Nokia's Networks business and the (iii) Nokia Technologies reportable segment within the Nokia Technologies business. In addition, Nokia will disclose segment-level data for Group Common and Other .
Ultra Broadband Networks
Ultra Broadband Networks is composed of the Mobile Networks and Fixed Networks business groups.
IP Networks and Applications
IP Networks and Applications is composed of the IP/Optical Networks and Applications & Analytics business groups.
Nokia Technologies
The Nokia Technologies business group has two main objectives:
As of the first quarter 2016, the majority of net sales and the related costs and expenses attributable to licensing and patenting the separate patent portfolios of Nokia Technologies, Nokia's Networks business, and Bell Labs will be recorded in Nokia Technologies. Each reportable segment will continue to separately record its research and development expenses.
Group Common and Other
As of the first quarter 2016, Group Common and Other includes the Alcatel Submarine Networks and Radio Frequency Systems businesses, both of which are being managed as separate entities. In addition, Group Common and Other includes Bell Labs' operating expenses, as well as certain corporate-level and centrally-managed operating expenses.
As of the first quarter 2016, Nokia will additionally provide supplementary net sales information on a quarterly basis for:
This disclosure will be presented in the footnotes of the "Segment information and eliminations" table.
To provide a basis for comparison, the following tables present a recasting of combined company segment financial results on an unaudited basis for all four quarters of 2015 separately, as well as for full year 2015. This financial information has been prepared to reflect the financial results of the continuing operations of the combined company as if it had been operating as such for the full financial year of 2015. Certain accounting policy alignments, adjustments and reclassifications have been necessary in order to combine the financial information of Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent, and these are explained below in the "Basis of preparation" section of this stock exchange release.
The geographic exposure for Nokia's Networks business has changed significantly, following the acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent. The following table provides a recasting of combined company net sales for Nokia's Networks business by geographic area on an unaudited basis for all four quarters of 2015 separately, as well as for full year 2015.
In addition, to fulfill external reporting requirements, the following tables include a recasting of Nokia's standalone historical financial results, on an unaudited basis for all four of the quarters of 2015 separately, as well as for full year 2015. This financial information has been prepared to reflect the financial results of the continuing operations of Nokia on a standalone basis. Certain accounting policy alignments, adjustments and reclassifications have been necessary, and these are explained below in the "Basis of preparation" section of this stock exchange release.
The recast combined company financial results presented in this press release are derived from the unaudited condensed financial information presented in the interim reports of Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent for all quarters of 2015 and from the audited financial information presented in the annual report for 2015 for Nokia. Nokia financial information includes only continuing operations, which means that all periods presented exclude the historical operating results attributable to the divested HERE business. The accounting impact of the purchase price allocation done on Alcatel-Lucent, upon acquisition by Nokia, is not reflected in the combined company financial results.
The following tables provide a summary of the adjustments and reclassifications that have been made to align Alcatel-Lucent's and Nokia's historical income statement information with the combined company's accounting policies and financial statement presentation. These include the:
The recast combined company financial information has been prepared by management for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the financial position or results of Nokia's operations that would have been realized had the acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent or the sale of the HERE business occurred earlier, nor is it meant to be indicative of any anticipated future results of operations.
Nokia is a global leader in the technologies that connect people and things. Powered by the innovation of Bell Labs and Nokia Technologies, the company is at the forefront of creating and licensing the technologies that are increasingly at the heart of our connected lives.
With state-of-the-art software, hardware and services for any type of network, Nokia is uniquely positioned to help communication service providers, governments, and large enterprises deliver on the promise of 5G, the Cloud and the Internet of Things. http://nokia.com
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