...+ Finland-based technology company Nokia Corp. is issuing two-part 1.25 billion new unsecured notes. + Nokia will use the proceeds to finance a tender offer for the 500 million notes due 2019 issued by Nokia Corp. and the $300 million debentures due 2028 and $1.36 billion debentures due 2029 issued by Nokia's wholly owned subsidiary Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. (formerly Lucent Technologies Inc.). The tender offer will expire on March 21, 2017. By the end of the early tender period on March 7, notes with a nominal value of about $765 million were tendered. + We are assigning our '##+' issue ratings to the proposed 1.25 billion unsecured notes. + We are also affirming our '##+' issue ratings on existing unsecured debt. LONDON (S&P Global Ratings) March 9, 2017--S&P Global Ratings said today that it has assigned its '##+' issue rating to the proposed unsecured notes to be issued by Finnish technology group Nokia Corp. (##+/Stable/A-3). The proposed notes consist of four-year 500 million unsecured...
