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OFFICIAL RULES

NOKIA EARTH WEEK TRIVIA SWEEPSTAKES

THE FOLLOWING PROMOTION IS INTENDED FOR PLAY IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY AND
SHALL BE CONTRUED AND EVALUATED ACCORDING TO UNITED STATES LAW. DO NOT
ENTER THIS PROMOTION IF YOU ARE NOT LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME
OF ENTRY.

1. ELIGIBILITY: NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR


WIN. PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. The Nokia Earth Week
Trivia Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District
of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry. Employees, officers and directors of
the Nokia, Inc. (“Sponsor”), its subsidiaries and affiliated companies, advertising, promotion, or
production agencies and Web masters/suppliers (and their respective IRS dependents, immediate
family members and individuals residing in their same household) are not eligible to participate or win.
The Promotion is subject to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Sponsor reserves
the right, at any time, to verify eligibility requirements in any manner it deems appropriate. By
participating, participants agree to these Official Rules, which are final and binding in all respects. Void
where prohibited.

2. PROMOTION PERIOD: Promotion begins at 6:00:00 a.m. EDT on April 18, 2011 and ends at
11:59:59 p.m. EDT on April 22, 2011 as described in Rule #4 (“Promotion Period”). The promotion
period is separated into five “Entry Periods” as set forth below:

Entry Winner
Start Date/Time End Date/Time Drawing Date
Period Notification Date
1 4/18/11; 6:00:00 a.m. EDT 4/18/11; 11:59:59 p.m. EDT 4/19/11 4/20/11
2 4/19/11; 6:00:00 a.m. EDT 4/19/11; 11:59:59 p.m. EDT 4/20/11 4/21/11
3 4/20/11; 6:00:00 a.m. EDT 4/20/11; 11:59:59 p.m. EDT 4/21/11 4/22/11
4 4/21/11; 6:00:00 a.m. EDT 4/21/11; 11:59:59 p.m. EDT 4/22/11 4/23/11
5 4/22/11; 6:00:00 a.m. EDT 4/22/11; 11:59:59 p.m. EDT 4/25/11 4/26/11

3. PROMOTION REGISTRATION: Become a Nokia follower of the Nokia Twitter feed on Twitter at
http://twitter.com/nokiaus to participate. To sign up for a free Twitter account, follow the onscreen
instructions to register for a free Twitter account at http://twitter.com. You will be asked to provide your
first and last name and email address and to set up a user name and password. You may also be
asked to answer optional questions; however, they need not be answered in order to be eligible for the
Promotion. Participating is subject to Twitter Terms of Use, available at http://twitter.com/tos.

YOU MUST REGISTER BY THE ABOVE REGISTRATION METHOD TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS


PROMOTION. TWITTER REGISTRATION ALONE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A “TWEET BACK” OR
“ENTRY” (AS DEFINED IN RULE #4) IN THIS PROMOTION.

4. TO PARTICIPATE: During each Entry Period, Sponsor will publish post one (1) trivia question or
request one (1) photo (the “Initiating Tweet”) inviting participants to respond via tweet to the Nokia
handle (“Tweet Back” or "Entry"). For each Initiating Tweet published, you will receive one (1) entry
into the Sweepstakes. Your Tweet Back must include # NokiaEarthWeek to be valid. Each Tweet
Back must be at least ten (10) characters and no more than one hundred and forty (140) characters in
length and must be in English. Limit one (1) Tweet Back per person/email address/Twitter account for
each Initiating Tweet for each Entry Period. Only the first Tweet Back from a particular participant will
be eligible, subsequent Tweet Backs from the same participant for the same Initiating Tweet will be

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void. All Tweet Backs must be received by Sponsor after the Initiating Tweet and before the end of the
Entry Period in order to be eligible. For each Initiating Tweet, if a valid Tweet Back is not received
before the end of the Entry Period, a prize will not be awarded for that particular Initiating Tweet.
Photos (defined below) will not be judged. Entries will be deemed made by the authorized account
holder of the Twitter account that the Entry/Photo is submitted from at the time of entry. Potential
winners may be requested to provide Sponsor with proof that the potential winners are the authorized
account holders of the Twitter accounts associated with the winning Entries and/or an eligible entrant.
All Entries submitted become the sole property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or
returned.

5. TWEET BACK/PHOTO GUIDELINES: Tweet Back must contain either the correct answer to
the trivia question, or a link to your photo (a “Photo) as requested, and the “#NokiaEarthWeek”
hashtag to be valid. Tweet Backs/Photos may not be obscene or indecent; cannot be sexually
explicit or suggestive, 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 any particular 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 or services, or other people, products or companies; cannot communicate messages or
images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which Sponsor wishes to associate;
may not invade privacy or other rights of any person, firm or entity; may not in any other way violate
any applicable federal, state or local laws or regulations or the Twitter.com Terms of Service; may not
contain any reference to any third party trademarks, names or third party logos or any copyrighted
components; and cannot contain any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personal
names, e-mail addresses or street addresses. Tweet Backs/Photos not in compliance with the Tweet
Back/Photo Guidelines may be disqualified.

ENTRIES/PHOTOS POSTED TO THE WEBSITE WERE NOT EDITED BY SPONSOR AND ARE THE
VIEWS/OPINIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL ENTRANT AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF
SPONSOR IN ANY MANNER. Any waiver of any obligation hereunder by Sponsor does not constitute
a general waiver of any obligation to entrants. By submitting an Entry/Photo, you agree that your
submission is gratuitous and made without restriction, and will not place Sponsor under any obligation,
that Sponsor 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 from
sources 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/Photo you
submit.

By submitting a Entry/Photo you warrant and represent that it: (a) is your original work, (b) has not
been previously 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 or
entity; (e) that you have obtained permission from a person who's name, likeness or image is used in
the photo and (f) and that publication of the photo via various media including Web posting, will not
infringe 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 includes
likenesses 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 such
use including Sponsor’s use of such Entry/Photo, in a form satisfactory to administrator, upon request,
prior to award of prize.

6. WINNER SELECTION: One (1) potential winner per Entry Period, will be selected in a random

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drawings to be held on or about the Drawing Date set forth above, from among all eligible Tweet
Backs sent in compliance with these rules, by an independent judging agency, whose decisions are
final and binding in all matters relating to this Promotion. Prizes cannot be transferred, redeemed for
cash or substituted, but Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value at its
sole discretion.

By accepting a prize, the winner agrees that his/her Entry/Photo will be deemed a Work Made For Hire
under the Copyright laws of the United States, but if it cannot be so deemed, then the winner
irrevocably assigns and transfers to Sponsor all of his/her right, title and interest in and to his/her
Entry/Photo, including all but not limited to all copyright and trademark rights which he or she may
have, in the United States and 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 any similar rights or principles of law that winner may now or later have to
their Entry/Photo. Sponsor reserves the right to alter, change or modify the winning Entry/Photo, in its
sole discretion. Upon request of Sponsor, winner shall execute and deliver such additional instrument
of assignment, as may be solely deemed by Sponsor, reasonably necessary to establish the
ownership of record of the right, title and interest in and to the Entry/Photo and of the copyrights
transferred and “Moral Rights of Authors” waived under these Official Rules. Should Sponsor fail to
request the said assignment as stated, that shall not be deemed a waiver of Sponsor’s rights and
Sponsor may at a later time request the assignment.

7. PRIZE/ODDS: Grand Prize (5): One (1) Nokia N8 mobile phone. ARV: $449.00 each. No mobile
phone service will be provided. Total ARV of prizes: $2,245.00. Any difference between stated ARV
and actual value of prize will not be awarded. Winner must accept prize as stated, or prize may be
forfeited. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible Tweet Backs received in compliance with
these rules. Taxes on prizes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the winner. Limit one (1) prize per
person/address/household for the entire Promotion Period.

8. 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 their
respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents are released, will have no
liability whatsoever for, and shall be held harmless by participants against any liability for any injuries,
losses or damages of any kind to person(s), including death, or property resulting in whole or in part,
directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prize or participation in this
Promotion or any Promotion-related activities; (b) under no circumstances will 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-pocket expenses; (c) all causes of
action arising out of or connected with this Promotion, or any prize awarded, shall be resolved
individually, without resort to any form of class action; and (d) any and all claims, judgments, and
award shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, excluding attorneys' 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 of his/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 media now known or hereafter
discovered, worldwide and on the Internet and World Wide Web, without notice, review or approval.

9. WINNER NOTIFICATION: Potential winner will be contacted by Twitter Direct Message, on or


about the dates as defined in the chart above, to the potential winner’s Twitter ID as recorded in the
potential winner’s Twitter account to obtain mailing address and/or phone number. Sponsor is not
responsible for any change in participant's Twitter account, email, mailing address and/or telephone
number. Prize winner may be required to complete, sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability
Release, and where lawful, a Publicity Release within seven (7) days of receipt of notification. Prize
won by an eligible minor will be awarded to a parent or legal guardian who must sign all required

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documents. If documents are not returned timely, 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.

10. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: Neither Sponsor nor its agencies are responsible for lost, illegible,
late, misdirected, incomplete, mutilated, or non-delivered Initiating Tweets, Tweet Backs, Entries, mail
or email; or for interrupted or unavailable satellite, network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP),
Website, telephone or other connections, availability or accessibility, or miscommunications, or failed
computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, or lines, or technical failure or jumbled, garbled,
corrupted, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions, or computer hardware or software or
telephone malfunctions, 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/Photo or
other information or the failure to capture, or loss of, any such information. Neither Sponsor nor its
agencies are responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Website
users, or by any equipment 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 or hacking of the Website. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any
individual it finds 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 the
authorized account holder of the Twitter account associated with the winning Entry/Photo and/or an
eligible entrant. Sponsor is not responsible for injury or damage to participant's or any other person’s
computer related to or resulting from participating in this Promotion or downloading or copying
materials from or use of Website. If, for any reason, Promotion, in the sole opinion of Sponsor, is not
capable 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 this
Promotion, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend
Promotion, and randomly award the prizes from among all eligible, non-suspect Tweet Backs/Entries
received prior to action taken. Use of any device to automate entry is prohibited.

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

12. WINNERS LIST: For the names of the winners, hand print your name and complete address on a
3”x5” card and mail in a first-class stamped envelope to: Nokia Earth Week Trivia Sweepstakes, 4228
N. Central Expressway, Suite 200, Dallas, TX 75206. Requests must be received by May 22, 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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