Sampo - Total number of voting rights and capital

Sampo plc: Disclosure Under Chapter 9 Section 5 of the Securities Market Act

SAMPO PLC          STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE     6 April 2016 at 4.40 pm



Disclosure Under Chapter 9 Section 5 of the Securities Market Act

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 voting rights related to Sampo A shares (ISIN: FI009003305) owned
directly or through financial instruments by BlackRock, Inc. (USA tax ID32-
0174421) has on 5 April 2016 increased above five (5) per cent of Sampo plc's
entire voting rights. According to the disclosure the current holding of Sampo
shares is 5.05 per cent.

According to the notification dated on 5 April 2016 BlackRock, Inc. and its
funds held previously 5.01 per cent of Sampo plc's shares. The voting rights
attached to the shares owned directly or through financial instruments remained
below five (5) per cent of total number of voting rights at the time.

Sampo's share capital comprises 560,000,000 shares, of which 558,800,000 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
564,800,000.

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|5.01% shares    |0.03% shares         |5.05% shares    |
|the date on which     |                |                     |                |
|threshold was crossed |4.97% voting    |0.03% voting rights  |5.00% voting    |
|or reached            |rights          |                     |rights          |
+----------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+
|Positions of previous |4.95% shares    |0.05% shares         |5.00% shares    |
|notification (if      |                |                     |                |
|applicable)           |Below 5% voting |Below 5% voting      |Below 5% voting |
|                      |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 (if        |rights                       |rights                    |
|possible)            +---------+-------------------+---------+----------------+
|                     |Direct   |Indirect           |Direct   |Indirect        |
|                     |(SMA 9:5)|(SMA 9:6 and 9:7)  |(SMA 9:5)|(SMA 9:6 and    |
|                     |         |                   |         |9:7)            |
+---------------------+---------+-------------------+---------+----------------+
|FI0009003305         |         |28,083,922 shares  |         |5.01% shares    |
|                     |         |28,083,922 voting  |         |4.97% voting    |
|                     |         |rights             |         |rights          |
+---------------------+---------+-------------------+---------+----------------+
|SUBTOTAL A           |28,083,922 shares            |5.01% shares              |
|                     |28,083,922 voting rights     |4.97% 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   |
+--------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+---------+
|Securities    |N/A          |N/A          |Physical     |160,161    |0.03%    |
|Lent          |             |             |             |shares     |shares   |
|              |             |             |             |160,161    |0.03%    |
|              |             |             |             |voting     |voting   |
|              |             |             |             |rights     |rights   |
+--------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+---------+
|Depository    |N/A          |N/A          |Physical     |378 shares |0.00%    |
|Receipt       |             |             |             |378 voting |shares   |
|              |             |             |             |rights     |0.00%    |
|              |             |             |             |           |voting   |
|              |             |             |             |           |rights   |
+--------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+---------+
|CFD           |N/A          |N/A          |Cash         |19,196     |0.00%    |
|              |             |             |             |shares     |shares   |
|              |             |             |             |19,196     |0.00%    |
|              |             |             |             |voting     |voting   |
|              |             |             |             |rights     |rights   |
+--------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+---------+
|              |             |             |SUBTOTAL B   |179,735    |0.03%    |
|              |             |             |             |shares     |shares   |
|              |             |             |             |179,735    |0.03%    |
|              |             |             |             |voting     |voting   |
|              |             |             |             |rights     |rights   |
+--------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+---------+


SAMPO PLC

Jarmo Salonen

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



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