NOK (NOK1V) Shareholder Return 1992-2005
RP99, a fellow contributor and mainstay of the TMF Nokia board attended the AGM and posted some notes on the meeting to that board. He noted that the CEO overview had a considerable "historical" emphasis on it and as this was the last time Oliila would be doing it so he spent some time time looking back at the things during his term. One table that he "quickly copied" was this one:
NOK (NOK1V) Shareholder Return 1992-2005
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Total Annualized
Nokia 15779% 43.6%
Ericsson 1208% 20.1%
Mototrola 400% 12.2%
HEX ¹ 948% 18.3%
Eurostox50 237% 9.1%
S&P500 202% 8.2%
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¹ Helsinki General Index
RP99 also noted ...
I must say this was probably the first AGM for few years where also the stock price development during the latest year was prominently displayed (up 35%). Most of the interesting bits have been posted here already. Ollila claimed that their handsets have the lowest failure rate (repairs during warranty time/unit sales) and that this was something they had been doing progress during the last couple of years. Ollila's talk ended with a general applause.
All board proposals were approved, a couple of shareholders voiced their disapproval (and there was an official vote on the issue) on Ollila's new pay at his part time position as a non-executive chairman of the board. The approved share cancellation of 341 890 000 is 4 million short of the amount held by the company. The remaining shares will be used for stock based compensation programs.
>> Nokia Annual General Meeting
• Dividend of EUR 0.37 per share for 2005
• Nokia to buy back own shares
• Board and Committee members elected
Nokia Press Release
Helsinki, Finland
March 30, 2006
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The Annual General Meeting of Nokia Corporation held on March 30, 2006 (AGM) resolved to distribute a dividend of EUR 0.37 per share for 2005, as proposed by the Board of Directors. The ex-date of the dividend payment is March 31, 2006 and the record date is April 4, 2006. The dividend will be paid as of April 21, 2006.
The AGM resolved to reduce the share capital through cancellation of 341 890 000 Nokia shares currently held by the Company. The share capital will be reduced by a transfer of the aggregate par value of these shares from the share capital to the share issue premium.
The AGM resolved to continue the authorizations held by the Board. It authorized the Board of Directors to increase the share capital by a maximum of EUR 48,540,000, disapplying the shareholders' pre-emptive right for subscription. The AGM further authorized the Board to repurchase a maximum of 405 million Nokia shares, and to dispose a maximum of 405 million Nokia shares. The authorizations are effective until March 30, 2007.
Nokia To Buy Back Own Shares
The Board of Directors confirmed its previously announced plan and resolved to repurchase Nokia shares under the authorization given by the AGM and the Board's share repurchase plan by using a maximum of EUR 6.5 billion for the repurchases, however, so that a maximum of 405 million Nokia shares be repurchased.
The shares will be repurchased through public trading for purposes identified in the authorization. Shares may be repurchased by using certain derivative, share lending or other arrangements, in which case the repurchase price paid by the Company may differ from the market price of the day of execution of the arrangement. All shares, however, are to be purchased at a price based on the market price of the Nokia share in public trading.
The repurchases will commence no earlier than April 21, 2006.
Board And Committee Members Elected
The AGM confirmed the number of the Board members to be ten. The following members of the Nokia Board of Directors - Paul J. Collins, Georg Ehrnrooth, Daniel R. Hesse, Bengt Holmström, Per Karlsson, Edouard Michelin, Jorma Ollila, Marjorie Scardino and Vesa Vainio - were re-elected to the Board for the period ending at the close of the next Annual General Meeting. Keijo Suila was elected as a new member to the Board for the same period.
In its assembly meeting, the Board of Directors re-elected CEO Jorma Ollila to chair the Board. Paul J. Collins was re-elected as Vice Chairman of the Board. As of June 1, 2006 Jorma Ollila will continue as a Non-Executive Chairman, following the termination of his employment with Nokia.
The Board of Directors also elected the members of the Board Committees. For the Personnel Committee, Paul J. Collins was elected as Chairman and Georg Ehrnroot, Daniel R. Hesse, Edouard Michelin and Marjorie Scardino as members. For the Audit Committee, Per Karlsson was elected as Chairman and Georg Ehrnroot, Keijo Suila and Vesa Vainio as members. For the Corporate Governance and Nomination Committee, Marjorie Scardino was elected as Chairman and Paul J. Collins, Per Karlsson and Vesa Vainio as members.
The AGM resolved the following annual fees to the members of the Board of Directors: EUR 375,000 to the Chairman, EUR 137,500 to the Vice Chairman and EUR 110,000 to each member of the Board of Directors. In addition, the AGM resolved that the chairmen of the Audit Committee and the Personnel Committee will each be paid an additional annual fee of EUR 25,000 and the other members of the Audit Committee an additional annual fee of EUR 10,000 each. The Annual General Meeting also resolved that approximately 40% of the remuneration will be paid in Nokia shares purchased from the market, in accordance with the practice since 1999.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy was re-elected as the external auditor for Nokia for the fiscal period 2006. <<
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