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TIMO VUORINEN BECOMES A MEMBER OF SAMPO'S GROUP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

SAMPO PLC         STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE           27 August 2009 at 12.25 pm 


TIMO VUORINEN BECOMES A MEMBER OF SAMPO'S GROUP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 
The Board of Directors of Sampo Group has today nominated Timo Vuorinen as a    
member of Group Executive Committee starting from 1 September 2009. Vuorinen is 
responsible for BA Baltic and Russia in If P&C Insurance, Sampo plc's           
subsidiary, and Managing Director of If P&C Insurance Company Ltd (Finland).    

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Jarmo Salonen, Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications              
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