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Nokia has confirmed that it’s acquiring Alcatel-Lucent for $16.6 billion

Shortly after the two companies confirmed that they were advanced talks about a potential merger, Nokia announced that it will be acquiring Alcatel-Lucent, one of its biggest rivals, for $16.6 billion. While both companies have received approval for the merger from their boards, Nokia doesn’t expect the deal to close until somewhere around the first half of next year due to the necessity for regulatory approval as well. 

Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent announce today their intention to combine to create an innovation leader in next generation technology and services for an IP connected world. The two companies have entered into a memorandum of understanding under which Nokia will make an offer for all of the equity securities issued by Alcatel-Lucent, through a public exchange offer in France and in the United States, on the basis of 0.55 of a new Nokia share for every Alcatel-Lucent share. The all-share transaction values Alcatel-Lucent at EUR 15.6 billion on a fully diluted basis, corresponding to a fully diluted premium of 34% (equivalent to EUR 4.48 per share), and a premium to shareholders of 28% (equivalent to EUR 4.27 per share) (see Appendix 1), on the unaffected weighted average share price of Alcatel-Lucent for the previous three months. This is based on Nokia’s unaffected closing share price of EUR 7.77 on April 13, 2015.

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