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

SAMPO PLC      STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE       1 September 2016 at 5:30 pm



Disclosure Under Chapter 9 Section 5 of the Securities Market Act

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) and financial instruments owned by BlackRock, Inc.
(USA tax ID32-0174421) and its funds directly or indirectly have on 31 August
2016 decreased below five (5) per cent of Sampo plc's total number of shares.
The number of voting rights related to shares remained under 5 per cent.

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|below 5% shares |below 5% shares      |below 5% shares |
|the date on which     |                |                     |                |
|threshold was crossed |below 5% voting |below 5% voting      |below 5% voting |
|or reached            |rights          |rights               |rights          |
+----------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+
|Positions of previous |4.88% shares    |0.14% shares         |5.03% shares    |
|notification (if      |                |                     |                |
|applicable)           |4.84% voting    |0.14% voting rights  |4.99% voting    |
|                      |rights          |                     |rights          |
|                      |                |                     |                |
+----------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+


SAMPO PLC

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



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