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Decisions of the Sampo plc Annual General Meeting

SAMPO PLC         STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE  	7 April 2009 at 5.00 pm              


DECISIONS OF THE SAMPO PLC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING                               

The Annual General Meeting of Sampo plc, held today, decided to distribute a    
dividend of EUR 0.80 per share for 2008. The record date for dividend payment is
14 April 2009. The dividend will be paid on 21 April 2009. The Annual General   
Meeting adopted the financial accounts for 2008 and discharged the Board of     
Directors and the Group CEO and President from liability for the financial year.

The following members were re-elected to the Board of Directors: Tom Berglund,  
Anne Brunila, Eira Palin-Lehtinen, Jukka Pekkarinen, Christoffer Taxell, Matti  
Vuoria and Björn Wahlroos. Veli-Matti Mattila was elected as new Board member.  

At its organisational meeting, the Board elected Björn Wahlroos as Chairman.    
The following members were elected to the Nomination and Compensation Committee:
Björn Wahlroos (Chairman), Matti Vuoria (Vice Chairman), Christoffer Taxell,    
Anne Brunila and Eira Palin-Lehtinen. Christoffer Taxell (Chairman), Tom        
Berglund (Vice Chairman), Jukka Pekkarinen and Veli-Matti Mattila were elected  
to the Audit Committee.                                                         

The Board of Directors has assessed the independence of its members and         
concluded that Berglund, Brunila, Mattila, Palin-Lehtinen, Pekkarinen and Taxell
are non-executive members independent of the company and its major shareholders.
Based on the Board's assessment, Wahlroos and Vuoria are not independent of the 
company.                                                                        

The Annual General Meeting decided to pay the following fees to the members of  
the Board of Directors until the close of the 2010 Annual General Meeting: the  
Chairman of the Board will be paid EUR 160,000 per year, the Vice Chairman EUR  
100,000 per year and the other members EUR 80,000 per year. After deduction of  
taxes and similar payments, 50 per cent of the Board members' annual            
compensation will be paid in Sampo A shares and the rest in cash.               
Board members employed by the company will not be paid a separate fee for Board 
work during the validity of the employment or service relationship.             

Ernst & Young Oy was elected as Auditor. The Auditor will be paid a fee         
determined by a reasonable invoice.                                             

The Annual General Meeting authorised the Board to acquire in one or several    
lots a maximum of 50,000,000 Sampo A shares. Shares can be repurchased in other 
proportion than the shareholders' proportional shareholdings (private           
repurchase). The share price will be no higher than the highest price paid for  
Sampo shares in public trading at the time of purchase. The authorisation will  
be valid until the close of the next Annual General Meeting, nevertheless not   
more than 18 months after AGM's decision.                                       

The Annual General Meeting decided to reduce the share premium account and the  
reserve fund on the company's Balance Sheet on 31 December 2008 by transferring 
all the funds in the share premium account and reserve fund on the Balance Sheet
on 31 December 2008 to the invested unrestricted equity.                        

The proposals of the Board of Directors and its Nomination and Compensation     
Committee and Audit Committee approved by the Annual General Meeting were       
published in a stock exchange release on 11 February 2009. The Board proposals  
are also available in their entirety at www.sampo.com                           

SAMPO PLC   
Jarmo Salonen                                                                   
Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications                             


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

Maria Silander                                                                  
Press Officer                                                                   
Tel. +358 10 516 0031                                                           


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