Nokia US Twitter Contest Official Rules

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OFFICIAL RULESNOKIA U.S. PHOTO PROMOTION

THE FOLLOWING PROMOTION IS INTENDED FOR PLAY IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY ANDSHALL BE CONSTRUED AND EVALUATED ACCORDING TO UNITED STATES LAW. DO NOTENTER THIS PROMOTION IF YOU ARE NOT LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIMEOF ENTRY.

1. ELIGIBILITY: NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER ORWIN. PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. The Nokia U.S. PhotoPromotion (Promotion) is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbiawho are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry. Employees, officers and directors of Nokia, Inc.(Sponsor), its subsidiaries and affiliated companies, advertising, promotion, or production agenciesand Web masters/suppliers (and their respective IRS dependents, immediate family members andindividuals residing in their same household) are not eligible to participate or win. The Promotion issubject to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Sponsor reserves the right, at anytime, to verify eligibility requirements in any manner it deems appropriate. By participating, participantsagree to these Official Rules, which are final and binding in all respects. Void where prohibited.

2. PROMOTION PERIOD:Promotion begins at 12:00:00 a.m. CST on March 1st, 2011 and ends at11:59:59 p.m. CST on March 07, 2011 as described in Rule #4 (Promotion Period).

3. PROMOTION REGISTRATION:Log on to your Twitter account and follow the Nokia US feed onTwitter athttp://twitter.com/nokiaus to participate. To sign up for a free Twitter account, follow theonscreen instructions to register for a free Twitter account at http://twitter.com. You will be asked toprovide your first and last name and email address and to set up a user name and password. You mayalso be asked to answer optional questions; however, they need not be answered in order to beeligible for the Promotion. Participating is subject to Twitter Terms of Use, available athttp://twitter.com/tos. Please see the privacy policy located atwww.nokia.com/about-nokia/privacy/privacy-policy for details of Sponsors policy regarding the use of personal informationcollected in connection with this Promotion.

YOU MUST REGISTER BY THE ABOVE REGISTRATION METHOD TO PARTICIPATE IN THISPROMOTION. TWITTER REGISTRATION ALONE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AS AN ENTRY (ASDEFINED IN RULE #4) IN THIS PROMOTION.

4. TO PARTICIPATE:Take a photo which illustrates your favorite person, place or thing. Upload yourphoto to any online photo-share service. Then log on to your Twitter account, and submit a link to yourphoto and the hashtag #BestNokiaPic to @NokiaUS (an Entry or a Tweet). For the purposes ofthis Promotion, a participant is defined as a Twitter user, uniquely identified by his or her Twitterusername. The Sponsor is not responsible for late, lost, incomplete, misdirected, unintelligible or lostTweets. Any other forms of a Tweet, other than as described herein are void. Submission of an Entrygrants Sponsor and its agents the right to publish, use, adapt, edit and/or modify such Entry in any

way, in any and all media, without limitation, and without consideration to the entrant. Tweet must beno more than one hundred and forty (140) characters in length. You may submit a Tweet as manytimes as you like, the photo contained in the Entry must be unique. Entries will be deemed made bythe authorized account holder of the Twitter account that the Entry is submitted from at the time ofentry. Potential winner may be requested to provide Sponsor with proof that the potential winner is theauthorized account holder of the Twitter account associated with the winning Entry and/or an eligibleentrant. All Entries submitted become the sole property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowledgedor returned.

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VIEWS/OPINIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL ENTRANT AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OFSPONSOR IN ANY MANNER. Any waiver of any obligation hereunder by Sponsor does not constitutea general waiver of any obligation to entrants. By submitting an Entry, you agree that your submissionis gratuitous and made without restriction, and will not place Sponsor under any obligation, thatSponsor is free to disclose or otherwise disclose the ideas contained in the photo on a non-confidential basis to anyone or otherwise use the ideas without any additional compensation to you.You acknowledge that, by acceptance of your submission, Sponsor does not waive any rights to use

similar or related ideas previously known to Sponsor, or developed by its employees, or obtained fromsources other than you. Sponsor reserves the right to, and may or may not, monitor/screen Entries.By entering, you acknowledge that Sponsor has no obligation to use or post any Entry you submit.

By submitting a Entry you warrant and represent that it: (a) is your original work, (b) has not beenpreviously published, (c) has not won previous awards, (d) does not infringe upon the copyrights,trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other rights of any person orentity; (e) that you have obtained permission from a person who's name, likeness or image is used inthe photo and (f) and that publication of the photo via various media including Web posting, will notinfringe on the rights of any third party rights. Any such entrant will indemnify and hold harmless,Sponsor and Released Parties from any claims to the contrary. Any entrant whose work includeslikenesses of third parties or contains elements not owned by the entrant (such as, but not limited to,

depictions of persons, buildings, trademarks or logos) must be able to provide legal releases for suchuse including Sponsors use of such Entry, in a form satisfactory to administrator, upon request, priorto award of prize.

By accepting a prize, the winner agrees that his/her Entry will be deemed a Work Made For Hire underthe Copyright laws of the United States, but if it cannot be so deemed, then the winner irrevocablyassigns and transfers to Sponsor all of his/her right, title and interest in and to his/her photo, includingall but not limited to all copyright and trademark rights which he or she may have, in the United Statesand worldwide, therein, for consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged.Winner hereby waives in favor of Sponsor, all rights of Droit Moral or Moral Rights of Authors or anysimilar rights or principles of law that winner may now or later have to their Entry. Sponsor reservesthe right to alter, change or modify the winning Entry, in its sole discretion. Upon request of Sponsor,

winner shall execute and deliver such additional instrument of assignment, as may be solely deemedby Sponsor, reasonably necessary to establish the ownership of record of the right, title and interest inand to the Entry and of the copyrights transferred and Moral Rights of Authors waived under theseOfficial Rules. Should Sponsor fail to request the said assignment as stated, that shall not be deemeda waiver of Sponsors rights and Sponsor may at a later time request the assignment.

5. TWEET/PHOTO GUIDELINES: Tweet must contain a link to a photo and the #BestNokiaPichashtag to be valid. Tweets/Photos may not be obscene or indecent; cannot be sexually explicit orsuggestive, profane or pornographic, unnecessarily violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender,religious, professional or age group; cannot promote alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons(or the use of any of the foregoing), any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous, or anyparticular political agenda or message; cannot be offensive, endorse any form of hate or hate group;

cannot defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging remarks about Sponsor or its products orservices, or other people, products or companies; cannot communicate messages or imagesinconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which Sponsor wishes to associate; may notinvade privacy or other rights of any person, firm or entity; may not in any other way violate anyapplicable federal, state or local laws or regulations or the Twitter.com Terms of Service; may notcontain any reference to any third party trademarks, names or third party logos or any copyrightedcomponents; and cannot contain any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personalnames, e-mail addresses or street addresses. Tweets or photos not in compliance with theTweet/Photo Guidelines may be disqualified.


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6. JUDGING CRITERIA: Each Entry will be judged by a qualified judge or panel of judges, appointedby the Sponsor, based upon the following equally weighted criteria (Judging Criteria):

Creativity of photo.

Quality of photo.

The one (1) Entry with the highest total score will be deemed the winner, subject to verification. In theevent of a tie, tie breaker will be based upon the highest score in the first Judging Criteria, continuing

thereafter to each Judging Criteria in order, as needed, to break the tie. The judge(s) decisions arefinal in all matters relating to this Promotion.

7. WINNER NOTIFICATION/REQUIREMENTS: Potential winner will be contacted by Twitter DirectMessage on or about March 9, 2011 to the potential winners Twitter ID as recorded in the potentialwinners Twitter account to obtain mailing address and/or phone number. Sponsor is not responsiblefor any change in participant's Twitter account, email, mailing address and/or telephone number.Prizewinner may be required to complete, sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, andwhere lawful, a Publicity Release within seven (7) days of receipt of notification. Prize won by aneligible minor will be awarded to a parent or legal guardian who must sign all required documents. Ifdocuments are not returned in a timely manner, or if the prize notification or prize is returned as non-deliverable, or if a winner is found to be ineligible or otherwise not in compliance with these Official

Rules, prize may be forfeited.

8. PRIZE/ODDS: Grand Prize (1):One (1) Nokia N8 mobile phone, Approximate Retail Value(ARV) $549.00. No mobile phone service will be provided. All costs and expenses associatedwith prize acceptance and use not specifically provided herein are the responsibility of the winner. Anydifference between stated ARV and actual value of prize will not be awarded. Winner must acceptprize as stated, or prize may be forfeited. Winner is responsible for all taxes on prizes (including butnot limited to federal, state and local income taxes). Unclaimed prize will not be awarded. Prize cannotbe transferred, redeemed for cash or substituted, butSponsor reserves the right to substitute a prizeof equal or greater value at its sole discretion.

9. GENERAL CONDITIONS: As a condition of entering, participants agree (a) that Sponsor, its

parent, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, advertising and promotion agencies, and all of theirrespective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents (Released Parties) arereleased, will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be held harmless by participants against anyliability for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind to person(s), including death, or propertyresulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of theprize or participation in this Promotion or any Promotion-related activities; (b) under no circumstanceswill participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and participant hereby waives all rights to claim,punitive, incidental, consequential, or any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocketexpenses; (c) all causes of action arising out of or connected with this Promotion, or any prizeawarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and (d) any and allclaims, judgments, and award shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, excludingattorneys' fees and court costs. Except where legally prohibited, winners grant (and agree to confirm

that grant in writing) permission to Sponsor and those acting under its authority the right to the use ofhis/her name, picture, likeness, voice, biographical information and statements, at any time or times,for advertising, trade, publicity and promotional purposes without additional compensation, in all medianow known or hereafter discovered, worldwide and on the Internet and World Wide Web, withoutnotice, review or approval.

10. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY:Neither Sponsor nor its agencies are responsible for lost, illegible,late, misdirected, incomplete, mutilated, or non-delivered Tweets, photos, mail or email; or forinterrupted or unavailable satellite, network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, telephoneor other connections, availability or accessibility, or miscommunications, or failed computer, satellite,


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telephone or cable transmissions, or lines, or technical failure or jumbled, garbled, corrupted,scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions, or computer hardware or software or telephonemalfunctions, failures, or technical errors or difficulties, or other errors of any kind whether human,mechanical, electronic or network or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of Entry or other information orthe failure to capture, or loss of, any such information. Neither Sponsor nor its agencies areresponsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users, or by anyequipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Promotion; and assume no responsibility

for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operation or transmission,communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or tampering with orhacking of the website. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual itfinds to be tampering with entry process or operation of Promotion or to be acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to threaten, abuse or harass any other person.Potential winners may be requested to provide Sponsor with proof that the potential winner is theauthorized account holder of the Twitter account associated with the winning Entry and/or an eligibleentrant. Sponsor is not responsible for injury or damage to participant's or any other personscomputer related to or resulting from participating in this Promotion or downloading or copyingmaterials from or use of website. If, for any reason, Promotion, in the sole opinion of Sponsor, is notcapable of running as planned by reason of infection by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering,hacking, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes which, in sole opinion

of the Sponsor, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of thisPromotion, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspendPromotion, and determine winners from eligible Tweets /Entries received prior to action taken, or asotherwise deemed fair and equitable by Sponsor. Use of any device to automate entry is prohibited.

11. GOVERNING LAW: By entering, participants agree that all issues and questions concerning theconstruction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, participants rights andobligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in connection with the Promotion, shall begoverned by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of State of New York, without giving effect toany choice of law or conflict of law rules. By entering, participants consent to the jurisdiction andvenue of the federal, state and local courts located in Westchester County, New York.

12. WINNER LIST: For the names of the winner, mail a self addressed stamped envelope to:Attn: Nokia U.S. Photo Promotion4228 N. Central Expressway, Suite 200Dallas, TX 75206

Requests must be received by April 7, 2011.

13. SPONSOR: Nokia Inc., 102 Corporate Park Drive, White Plains, NY 10604.

Twitter is not a Sponsor of or otherwise affiliated with this Promotion.

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Nokia US Twitter Contest Official Rules