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Microsoft buying Nokia's Devices & Services unit, licensing IP for $7.17B

Sep. 02, 2013 11:51 PM ETMicrosoft Corporation (MSFT) StockMSFT, NOKBy: Eric Jhonsa, SA News Editor153 Comments
  • Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is paying €3.79B for Nokia's (NYSE:NOK) Devices & Services ops, and €1.65B to obtain a 10-year non-exclusive license to Nokia's patents. The deal is expected to close in Q1 2014.
  • 32K Nokia workers will be joining Microsoft. Stephen Elop and other senior Nokia execs (Jo Harlow, Juha Putkiranta, Timo Toikkanen, and Chris Weber) are expected to be among them. Elop has already been viewed by many as a top candidate to replace Steve Ballmer as Microsoft's CEO.
  • Elop is resigning as Nokia's CEO, and from the company's board, to avoid signs of conflicts of interest. He's now head of Devices & Services. Chairman Risto Siilasmaa has been named interim CEO.
  • Microsoft is also licensing Nokia's Here mapping platform, and providing Nokia with €1.5B in new financing. Nokia will now focus its efforts on NSN (telecom equipment), Here, and IP licensing; with no phones to obtain licenses for, Nokia now has more leverage in patent negotiations.
  • Nokia will "maintain and own" the Nokia brand. Microsoft has obtained a license to use the Nokia brand with Series 30 and Series 40 phones, but apparently not Lumia phones (which presumably will be Microsoft-branded). Nokia won't be able to use its brand "on Nokia's own mobile devices" until the end of 2015.
  • Nokia will hold a shareholder's meeting on Nov. 19 to vote on the sale. The company expects the deal to be "significantly accretive to earnings." The deal has a $750M termination fee.
  • PRs: Microsoft, Nokia
  • Previous: Nokia, Microsoft held advanced talks about phone unit sale

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