Sampo - Company Announcement

IF COMBINED ITS SUBSIDIARIES OPERATING IN THE BALTIC COUNTRIES UNDER ONE COMPANY

SAMPO PLC         STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE           1 July 2009 at 12.00 pm      


IF COMBINED ITS SUBSIDIARIES OPERATING IN THE BALTIC COUNTRIES UNDER ONE COMPANY

If P&C Insurance Holding Ltd, a subsidiary of Sampo plc, has finalised the      
project to combine its subsidiaries operating in the Baltic countries under one 
company on 1 July 2009.                                                         

The new company, If P&C Insurance AS, will operate in all the Baltic countries  
having its domicile in Estonia and branches in Latvia and Lithuania.            

The legal rearrangement will have no effect on valid insurance contracts and    
will require no action by customers.                                            


SAMPO PLC                                                                       

Essi Nikitin                                                                    
IR Manager                                                                      


For further information, please contact:                                        

Ville Haapalinna                                                                
Head of Business Development, If Baltic and Russia                              
tel. +358 10 514 5097                                                           


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