Availability of Alcatel-Lucent’s response offer document in connection with public exchange offer initiated by Nokia

November 12, 2015

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These materials relate to the proposed public exchange offer by Nokia to exchange all of the ordinary shares, American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) and convertible securities issued by Alcatel Lucent for new ordinary shares and ADSs of Nokia. These materials are for informational purposes only, do not constitute an offer to purchase or exchange, or a solicitation of an offer to sell or exchange, any ordinary shares, ADSs or convertible securities of Alcatel Lucent and may notably include the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO or the Preliminary Prospectus / Offer to Exchange included in the Registration Statement, a preliminary draft of which was filed by Nokia with the SEC on August 14, 2015 (as amended on October 22, 2015), the Solicitation / Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 to be filed by Alcatel Lucent with the SEC, the listing prospectus filed by Nokia on October 8, 2015 with, and approved on October 23, 2015 by, the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority or the draft offer document ( projet de note d’information ) filed by Nokia on October 29, 2015 and the offer document ( note d’information ) which received a visa by the French Autorité des marchés financiers (“AMF”) on November 12, 2015, or the draft response offer document ( projet de note en réponse ) filed by Alcatel Lucent on October 29, 2015 and the response offer document which received a visa by the AMF on November 12, 2015 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Exchange Offer Documents”). No offering of securities shall be made in the United States except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933. Making these materials available in electronic format does not constitute a recommendation by us or any other party to sell or buy securities.

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These materials, if filed or furnished by Nokia or Alcatel Lucent with the SEC, as applicable, including the preliminary Registration Statement, are or will be available free of charge at the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov). Once the public exchange offer has been filed by Nokia with the AMF, Nokia’s draft offer document ( projet de note d’information ) and Alcatel Lucent’s draft response document ( projet de note en réponse ), containing detailed information with regard to the French public exchange offer, will be available on the website of the AMF (www.amf-france.org) and on the websites of Nokia (www.nokia.com) and/or Alcatel Lucent (www.alcatel-lucent.com), as applicable.

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