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

SAMPO PLC           STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE       23 January 2018 at 2:45 PM



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 voting
rights attached to Sampo A shares (ISIN: FI009003305) owned directly or through
financial instruments by BlackRock, Inc. (USA tax ID 32-0174421) and its funds
decreased under five (5) per cent of Sampo plc's total voting rights on 22
January 2018. In addition, the disclosure obligation arose due to Sampo voting
rights held directly by BlackRock, Inc. and its funds, decreasing under five (5)
per cent of all voting rights attached to all Sampo plc's 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|5.01% shares    |0.01% shares         |5.02% shares    |
|the date on which     |                |                     |                |
|threshold was crossed |Below 5% voting |Below 5% voting      |Below 5% voting |
|or reached            |rights          |rights               |rights          |
+----------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+
|                      |5.04% shares    |0.01% shares         |5.06% shares    |
|Positions of previous |                |                     |                |
|notification (if      |5.00% voting    |0.01% voting rights  |5.01% voting    |
|applicable)           |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        |         |27,813,525 shares   |         |5.01% shares    |
|                    |         |                    |         |                |
|                    |         |27,813,525 voting   |         |Below 5% voting |
|                    |         |rights              |         |rights          |
+--------------------+---------+--------------------+---------+----------------+
|SUBTOTAL A          |27,813,525 shares             |5.01% shares              |
|                    |                              |                          |
|                    |27,813,525 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         |66,566    |0.01%    |
|              |              |             |             |shares    |shares   |
|              |              |             |             |          |         |
|              |              |             |             |Below 5%  |Below 5% |
|              |              |             |             |voting    |voting   |
|              |              |             |             |rights    |rights   |
+--------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----------+---------+
|              |              |             |SUBTOTAL B   |66,566    |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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