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Decisions of the Sampo plc Annual General Meeting

SAMPO PLC        STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE   14 April 2011 at 4.20 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 1.15 per share for 2010. The record date for dividend payment is
19 April 2011. The dividend will be paid on 28 April 2011. The Annual General
Meeting adopted the financial accounts for 2010 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: Anne Brunila,
Veli-Matti Mattila, Eira Palin-Lehtinen, Jukka Pekkarinen, Christoffer Taxell,
Matti Vuoria and Björn Wahlroos. Adine Grate Axén was elected a new Board
member.

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

The Board of Directors assessed the independence of its members and concluded
that all the Board members are independent of the major shareholders and all but
Anne Brunila, Björn Wahlroos and Matti Vuoria are independent of the company.
The Committees fulfil the Finnish Corporate Governance Code's requirement for
independence.

The Annual General Meeting decided to pay the following fees to the members of
the Board of Directors until the close of the 2012 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, approximately 50 per cent of the Board members'
annual compensation will be paid in Sampo A shares and the rest in cash.

Ernst & Young Oy was elected as Auditor. The Auditor will be paid a fee
determined by a reasonable invoice. Heikki Ilkka, APA, was re-elected as the
principally responsible auditor.

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 proposals of the Board of Directors and its Nomination and Compensation
Committee and Audit Committee approved by the Annual General Meeting were
published in stock exchange releases on 9 February 2011. The Board proposals are
available in their entirety at www.sampo.com/agm.


SAMPO PLC

Jarmo Salonen
Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications

For additional information, please contact:

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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