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

SAMPO PLC      STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE       22 January 2018 at 8:15 AM



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

Sampo plc (business code 0142213-3) has received a disclosure under Chapter 9,
Section 5 of the Securities Markets Act, according to which the number of Sampo
A shares (ISIN: FI009003305) owned directly or through financial instruments by
BlackRock, Inc. (USA tax ID 32-0174421) and its funds increased on 18 January
2018 above five (5) per cent of all Sampo plc's shares. In addition, the
disclosure obligation arose due to Sampo A shares owned directly by BlackRock,
Inc. and its funds, going above 5 per cent of all 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|5.02% shares    |0.01% shares         |5.03% shares    |
|the date on which     |                |                     |                |
|threshold was crossed |Below 5% voting |Below 5% voting      |Below 5% voting |
|or reached            |rights          |rights               |rights          |
+----------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+
|                      |Below 5% shares |Below 5% shares      |Below 5% 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        |         |27,872,981 shares   |         |5.02% shares    |
|                    |         |                    |         |                |
|                    |         |Below 5% voting     |         |Below 5% voting |
|                    |         |rights              |         |rights          |
+--------------------+---------+--------------------+---------+----------------+
|SUBTOTAL A          |27,872,981 shares             |5.02% shares              |
|                    |                              |                          |
|                    |Below 5% voting rights        |Below 5% voting 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 voting|and      |
|              |              |             |             |rights    |voting   |
|              |              |             |             |          |rights   |
+--------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----------+---------+
|CFD           |N/A           |N/A          |Cash         |78,806    |0.01%    |
|              |              |             |             |shares    |shares   |
|              |              |             |             |          |         |
|              |              |             |             |Below 5%  |Below 5% |
|              |              |             |             |voting    |voting   |
|              |              |             |             |rights    |rights   |
+--------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----------+---------+
|              |              |             |SUBTOTAL B   |78,806    |0.01%    |
|              |              |             |             |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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