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Sampo plc: Disclosure Under Chapter 9 Section 5 of the Securities Market Act (BlackRock, Inc.)

SAMPO PLC                 STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE       18 January 2018 at 3:15
pm



Disclosure Under Chapter 9 Section 5 of the Securities Market Act (BlackRock,
Inc.)

Sampo plc (business code 0142213-3) has today received a disclosure under
Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Securities Markets Act, according to which the total
number of Sampo A shares (ISIN: FI009003305) owned directly or through financial
instruments by BlackRock, Inc. (USA tax ID 32-0174421) and its funds decreased
on 17 January 2018 below five (5) per cent of Sampo plc's total stock. In
addition, the disclosure obligation arose due to Sampo A shares owned directly
by BlackRock, Inc. and its funds going below 5 per cent of all Sampo plc's
shares.

Sampo's share capital comprises 555,351,850 shares, of which 554,151,850 are A
shares and 1,200,000 are B shares. Each A share entitles its holder to one (1)
vote and each B share to five (5) votes. Thus, the total number of votes is
560,151,850.

Total positions of BlackRock, Inc and its funds subject to the notification:

+----------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+
|                      |% of shares and |% of shares and      |Total of both in|
|                      |voting rights   |voting rights through|% (A+B)         |
|                      |(total of A)    |financial instruments|                |
|                      |                |(total of B)         |                |
+----------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+
|Resulting situation on|Below 5% shares |Below 5% shares      |Below 5% shares |
|the date on which     |                |                     |                |
|threshold was crossed |Below 5% voting |Below 5% voting      |Below 5% voting |
|or reached            |rights          |rights               |rights          |
+----------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+
|                      |5.01% shares    |0.03% shares         |5.04% shares    |
|Positions of previous |                |                     |                |
|notification (if      |Below 5% voting |Below 5% voting      |Below 5% voting |
|applicable)           |rights          |rights               |rights          |
+----------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+


Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold
was crossed:

A: Shares and voting rights:

+--------------------+----------------------------+----------------------------+
|Class/type of shares|Number of shares and voting |% of shares and voting      |
|ISIN code           |rights                      |rights                      |
+--------------------+---------+------------------+---------+------------------+
|                    |Direct   |Indirect          |Direct   |Indirect          |
|                    |(SMA 9:5)|(SMA 9:6 and 9:7) |(SMA 9:5)|(SMA 9:6 and 9:7) |
+--------------------+---------+------------------+---------+------------------+
|FI0009003305        |         |Below 5% shares   |         |Below 5% shares   |
|                    |         |                  |         |                  |
|                    |         |Below 5% voting   |         |Below 5% voting   |
|                    |         |rights            |         |rights            |
+--------------------+---------+------------------+---------+------------------+
|SUBTOTAL A          |         |Below 5% shares   |         |Below 5% shares   |
|                    |         |                  |         |                  |
|                    |         |Below 5% voting   |         |Below 5% voting   |
|                    |         |rights            |         |rights            |
+--------------------+---------+------------------+---------+------------------+


B: Financial instruments according to SMA 9:6a:

+--------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+---------+---------+
|Type of       |Expiration    |Exercise/     |Physical or  |Number of|% of     |
|financial     |date          |Conversion    |cash         |shares   |shares   |
|instrument    |              |Period        |settlement   |and      |and      |
|              |              |              |             |voting   |voting   |
|              |              |              |             |rights   |rights   |
+--------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+---------+---------+
|CFD           |N/A           |N/A           |Cash         |Below 5% |Below 5% |
|              |              |              |             |shares   |shares   |
|              |              |              |             |         |         |
|              |              |              |             |Below 5% |Below 5% |
|              |              |              |             |voting   |voting   |
|              |              |              |             |rights   |rights   |
+--------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+---------+---------+
|              |              |              |SUBTOTAL B   |Below 5% |Below 5% |
|              |              |              |             |shares   |shares   |
|              |              |              |             |         |         |
|              |              |              |             |Below 5% |Below 5% |
|              |              |              |             |voting   |voting   |
|              |              |              |             |rights   |rights   |
+--------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+---------+---------+


SAMPO PLC

Jarmo Salonen
Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications
tel. +358 10 516 0030



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