Stephen Elop given €18.8m for moving from Nokia to Microsoft

Charlee Gothard
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Windfall comes only three years after $6.2m payout for Microsoft-Nokia move

Nokia's outgoing CEO Stephen Elop is to receive €18.8m ($25.5m) from Nokia and Microsoft due to contractual clauses pertaining to a change in control of the company.  Revealed in a "proxy materi...

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