The Nokia two hundred million U.S. dollars sale of the headquarters in Finland leaseback

Beijing time on the evening of December 4, Nokia today confirmed, and has Espoo, Finland (Espoo) headquarters to 170 million euros (about $ 222 million), sold to the Finnish company Exilion. Nokia will Exilion hands leaseback of the headquarters for the office, a move aimed at reducing costs.
　　The size of the transaction is lower than the market expected, the Finland newspapers "Iltasanomat" and previously expected, the Nokia headquarters valuation in, 200000000-300000000 euros (U.S. $ 258 million to 387 million U.S. dollars).
　　Nokia CFO Timo, (Timo Ihamuotila), Hamm Umatilla expressed: "We have a complete plan for the sale, including the sale to Finnish companies and foreign investors, our current results are satisfied., As we said before not own real estate Nokia core business, and when the opportunity comes, we are willing to give up these non-core assets. course, we will continue to long-term office in the headquarters building. "
　　Hamm the Umatilla previously told the Finnish newspaper "Helsingin Sanomat" said, Nokia is considering the sale of its real estate, in order to improve the company's balance sheet. But Hamm the Umatilla also said, the company headquarters will not move out of Finland.
　　Recently, Nokia has launched a new series of Windows Phone smartphones, want to be able to the hands of Apple and Samsung to win some market share. In the third quarter, the Nokia operating loss of $ 754 million net revenue of $ 9.49 billion. The third quarter, Nokia sold only 2.9 million Lumia phones.