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[LINSTINCT]

Nur eine Idee, die mir durch den Kopf ging:

Wenn ein Unternehmen, wie NOKIA ein Unternehmen wie BALDA schlucken bzw. übernehmen würde, dann würde es seine Konkurenten dominieren, da NOKIA dann zusäzlich als Zulieferer für Handys auftreten würde und damit Kontrolle über das Zulifern hätte.

Wenn ich für NOKIA (was ich nicht bin, da ich für ein anderes Unternehmen tätig bin) tätig wäre, wäre dies ein perfekter Schachzug!

Was meint Ihr?

[bcschirmer]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 23.242.217 von LINSTINCT am 30.07.06 19:59:06

warum sollte ein Producer einen Distributor/Supplier kaufen

aber auch nur so meine Meinung

bcs

[LINSTINCT]

WENN FAST ALLE BEI BALDA KAUFEN UND DANN AUF EINMAL BEI NOKIA KAUFEN MÜSSTEN, DANN...........

[ShanghaiSchwengel]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 23.242.935 von LINSTINCT am 30.07.06 20:55:13

kaufen sie nicht mehr bei Balda/Nokia...

[LINSTINCT]

und wo sollten sie dann kaufen????

!!!


Balda ist Marktführer bzw. Monopolist in diesem Bereich!

[LINSTINCT]

Wenn NOKIA bald schlau ist, dann ist BALD BALDA bald NOKIA

BALD BALD(NOKI)A

[bcschirmer]

... wohl kein interesse an Balda


Espoo, Finland / Seattle, USA - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Loudeye Corp.
(Nasdaq: LOUD) today announced that they have signed an agreement for
Nokia to acquire Loudeye for approximately USD 60 million. Loudeye
is a global leader of digital music platforms and digital media
distribution services. Under the terms of the agreement, Loudeye
stockholders will receive USD 4.50 per share in cash for each share
of Loudeye common stock. By acquiring Loudeye, Nokia can offer
consumers a comprehensive mobile music experience, including devices,
applications and the ability to purchase digital music.

The multi-function mobile device will become the preferred medium for
enjoying music and Nokia is leading this trend. With music optimized
products like the Nokia N91 and other Nokia devices, Nokia sold more
than 15 million music enabled devices in the 2nd quarter, making it
the world's largest manufacture of digital music players.

"Music is a key experience for Nokia and Nokia Nseries multimedia
computers and we want to be able to offer the best fully integrated
mobile music experience to our customers. Loudeye brings a number of
key assets to Nokia, including a great team of people, a substantial
content catalogue and a robust service platform that will help us to
achieve this objective," said Anssi Vanjoki, executive vice president
and general manager, Multimedia, Nokia. "People should be able to
access all the music they want, anywhere, anytime and at a reasonable
cost. With this acquisition, we aim to deliver that vision and a
comprehensive music experience to Nokia device owners during 2007."

Loudeye operates 60 live services in over 20 countries and multiple
languages across Europe and South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
Loudeye aggregates rights and content from all the major labels and
hundreds of independents and currently offers licensed catalog and
complete media for over 1.6 million tracks.

"This agreement recognizes the key roles that Loudeye and our people
play in the digital mobile music market, and reflects the power of
our products, our team and our technology," said Michael Brochu,
president and chief executive officer of Loudeye. "Our combined
teams will deliver a comprehensive mobile music experience to Nokia
device owners all over the world. With an industry leading music
experience, a robust service platform, and extensive music rights,
Loudeye has long been committed to delivering on the digital music
needs of consumers, and we've built a leadership brand in the digital
music marketplace".

Nokia Nseries multimedia computers represent the next leap forward in
personal computing. The multimedia computer offers all the
functionalities of a PC and many portable single purpose devices in a
connected mobile device that is always with you and always connected.
Because multimedia computers have a programmable operating system,
people can download and install software applications. Unlike most
mobile devices, this means people can add features and applications
to their multimedia computers without having to buy a new device.

Tens of millions of Nokia devices have a music player and every Nokia
Nseries device incorporates a music player, high memory capacity and
an FM radio, as well as support for a wide range of digital music
formats including MP3, M4A, AAC and WMA. With the Nokia Nseries, you
can quickly and easily find and purchase music over the air and
download it to your device from your music store. Or, simply drag and
drop your personal music collection from your PC to your Nokia
Nseries device or synchronize your recent music purchases with your
PC via Bluetooth or USB cable.

The transaction is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of
2006. Closing of the transaction is subject to satisfaction of a
number of conditions, including approval of Loudeye's stockholders,
regulatory approvals, obtaining consents from third parties to the
continuation, modification, extension and/or termination of certain
specified contracts, and the absence of a material adverse effect in
Loudeye's business or operations, including loss of employees, loss
of customers, or failure to maintain a minimum specified cash
balance, each as described in the merger agreement.

About Nokia Nseries
Nokia Nseries is a range of high performance multimedia devices that
delivers unparalleled mobile multimedia experiences by combining the
latest technologies with stylish design and ease of use. With Nokia
Nseries products, consumers can use a single device to enjoy
entertainment, access information and to capture and share pictures
and videos, whenever and wherever they want.

About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications, driving the
growth and sustainability of the broader mobility industry. Nokia
connects people to each other and the information that matters to
them with easy-to-use and innovative products like mobile phones,
devices and solutions for imaging, games, media and businesses.
Nokia provides equipment, solutions and services for network
operators and corporations (www.nokia.com).

About Loudeye
Loudeye is a worldwide leader in business-to-business digital media
solutions. Loudeye combines innovative services with a broad catalog
of licensed digital music and an industry leading digital media
infrastructure, enabling partners to rapidly and cost effectively
launch complete, customized digital media stores and services.
Loudeye is headquartered in Seattle, USA with offices in London and
Bristol UK, Paris France, Cologne Germany and Milan Italy. It employs
approximately 130 people with reported revenue in 2005 of
approximately $20.3 million, excluding discontinued operations. For
more information, visit www.Loudeye.com.


Nokia Forward-Looking Statement Disclaimer
It should be noted that certain statements herein which are not
historical facts, including, without limitation, those regarding: A)
the timing of product and solution deliveries; B) our ability to
develop, implement and commercialize new products, solutions and
technologies; C) expectations regarding market growth, developments
and structural changes; D) expectations regarding our mobile device
volume growth, market share, prices and margins, E) expectations and
targets for our results of operations; F) the outcome of pending and
threatened litigation; and G) statements preceded by "believe,"
"expect," "anticipate," "foresee," "target," "estimate," "designed"
or similar expressions are forward-looking statements. Because these
statements involve risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ
materially from the results that we currently expect. Factors that
could cause these differences include, but are not limited to: 1) the
extent of the growth of the mobile communications industry, as well
as the growth and profitability of the new market segments within
that industry which we target; 2) the availability of new products
and services by network operators and other market participants; 3)
our ability to identify key market trends and to respond timely and
successfully to the needs of our customers; 4) the impact of changes
in technology and our ability to develop or otherwise acquire complex
technologies as required by the market, with full rights needed to
use; 5) competitiveness of our product portfolio; 6) timely and
successful commercialization of new advanced products and solutions;
7) price erosion and cost management; 8) the intensity of competition
in the mobile communications industry and our ability to maintain or
improve our market position and respond to changes in the competitive
landscape; 9) our ability to manage efficiently our manufacturing and
logistics, as well as to ensure the quality, safety, security and
timely delivery of our products and solutions; 10) inventory
management risks resulting from shifts in market demand; 11) our
ability to source quality components without interruption and at
acceptable prices; 12) our success in collaboration arrangements
relating to development of technologies or new products and
solutions; 13) the success, financial condition and performance of
our collaboration partners, suppliers and customers; 14) any
disruption to information technology systems and networks that our
operations rely on; 15) our ability to protect the complex
technologies that we or others develop or that we license from claims
that we have infringed third parties' intellectual property rights,
as well as our unrestricted use on commercially acceptable terms of
certain technologies in our products and solution offerings; 16)
general economic conditions globally and, in particular, economic or
political turmoil in emerging market countries where we do business;
17) developments under large, multi-year contracts or in relation to
major customers; 18) exchange rate fluctuations, including, in
particular, fluctuations between the euro, which is our reporting
currency, and the US dollar, the Chinese yuan, the UK pound sterling
and the Japanese yen; 19) the management of our customer financing
exposure; 20) our ability to recruit, retain and develop
appropriately skilled employees; and 21) the impact of changes in
government policies, laws or regulations; as well as 22) the risk
factors specified on pages 12 - 22 of the company's annual report on
Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2005 under "Item 3.D Risk
Factors."

Loudeye Forward-Looking Statement Disclaimer
This release contains forward-looking information within the meaning
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The
forward-looking statements in this release are based on current
estimates and actual results may differ materially due to risks
associated with the fact that the consummation of the transaction is
subject to numerous closing conditions, including, among others, (i)
the approval of the transaction by Loudeye's stockholders and by
regulatory authorities, (ii) Loudeye's ability to obtain consents
from third parties to the continuation, modification, extension
and/or termination of certain specified contracts, and (iii) the
absence of a material adverse effect in Loudeye business or
operations, including as a result of loss of employees, loss of
customers or failure to maintain a minimum specified cash balance,
each as described in the merger agreement; the risk that the
transaction may not be consummated if the conditions to closing are
not satisfied or waived; the risk that Nokia has certain termination
rights in the definitive merger agreement including as a result of a
material adverse effect in Loudeye's business or operations; the
effect of announcement of the proposed transaction on Loudeye's
business and the overall demand for Loudeye's services; the timing of
market adoption and movement toward digital mobile music offerings;
the ability of Loudeye to offer its services into new territories and
markets; the market adoption of new mobile music devices; margin
erosion or market shrinkage; other risks set forth in Loudeye's most
recent Form 10-Q, Form 10-K and other SEC filings which are available
through EDGAR at www.sec.gov. These are among the primary risks we
foresee at the present time. Loudeye assumes no obligation to update
the forward-looking statements.

Additional Information and Where to Find It
In connection with Loudeye's solicitation of proxies with respect to
the meeting of stockholders to be called with respect to the proposed
merger, Loudeye will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC"), and will furnish to stockholders of Loudeye, a proxy
statement. Stockholders are advised to read the proxy statement when
it is finalized and distributed to stockholders because it will
contain important information. Stockholders will be able to obtain a
free-of-charge copy of the proxy statement (when available) and other
relevant documents filed with the SEC from the SEC's website at
www.sec.gov. Stockholders will also be able to obtain a
free-of-charge copy of the proxy statement and other relevant
documents (when available) by directing a request by mail or
telephone to Loudeye Corp.,1130 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle, WA
98144, Attention: Corporate Secretary, Telephone: [phone], or
from Loudeye's website, www.loudeye.com.

Loudeye and certain of its directors, executive officers and other
members of management and employees may, under the rules of the SEC,
be deemed to be "participants" in the solicitation of proxies from
stockholders of Loudeye in favor of the proposed merger. Information
regarding the persons who may be considered "participants" in the
solicitation of proxies will be set forth in Loudeye's proxy
statement when it is filed with the SEC. Information regarding
certain of these persons and their beneficial ownership of Loudeye
common stock as of March 1, 2006 is also set forth in the Schedule
14A filed by Loudeye on May 10, 2006 with the SEC. This document is
available free of charge at the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov or by
going to Loudeye's corporate website at www.loudeye.com.

In addition, Nokia may be deemed to be participating in the
solicitation of proxies from Loudeye's stockholders in favor of the
approval of the proposed merger. Information concerning Nokia's
directors and executive officers is set forth in Nokia's proxy
material for its 2006 annual general meeting, which was filed with
the SEC on February 16, 2006, and Nokia's 2005 annual report on Form
20-F filed with the SEC on March 2, 2006. These documents are
available free of charge at the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov or by
going to Nokia's Investor Relations page on its corporate website at
www.Nokia.com.

Nokia
Media Contacts:
Nokia, Multimedia
Communications
Kari Tuutti
Tel. [phone]
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