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

SAMPO PLC              STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE         16 October 2017 at 1:40 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 shares and voting rights related to Sampo A shares (ISIN: FI009003305)
owned directly and through financial instruments by BlackRock, Inc. (USA tax ID
32-0174421) and its funds decreased on 13 October 2017 below five (5) per cent
of all shares and votes.

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% of     |Below 5% of voting   |Below 5% of     |
|or reached            |voting rights   |rights               |voting rights   |
+----------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+
|Positions of previous |5.05% shares    |0.01% shares         |5.06% shares    |
|notification          |                |                     |                |
|                      |5.01% voting    |0.01% voting rights  |5.01% voting    |
|                      |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        |         |Below 5% shares   |         |Below 5% shares   |
|                    |         |                  |         |                  |
|                    |         |Below 5% of voting|         |Below 5% of voting|
|                    |         |rights            |         |rights            |
+--------------------+---------+------------------+---------+------------------+
|SUBTOTAL A          |                            |Below 5% shares             |
|                    |                            |                            |
|                    |                            |Below 5% of 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      |and      |
|              |              |              |             |voting   |voting   |
|              |              |              |             |rights   |rights   |
+--------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+---------+---------+
|Securities    |N/A           |N/A           |Physical     |         |Below 5% |
|Lent          |              |              |             |         |shares   |
|              |              |              |             |         |         |
|              |              |              |             |         |Below 5% |
|              |              |              |             |         |of voting|
|              |              |              |             |         |rights   |
+--------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+---------+---------+
|CFD           |N/A           |N/A           |Cash         |         |Below 5% |
|              |              |              |             |         |shares   |
|              |              |              |             |         |         |
|              |              |              |             |         |Below 5% |
|              |              |              |             |         |of voting|
|              |              |              |             |         |rights   |
+--------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+---------+---------+
|              |              |              |SUBTOTAL B   |         |Below 5% |
|              |              |              |             |         |shares   |
|              |              |              |             |         |         |
|              |              |              |             |         |Below 5% |
|              |              |              |             |         |of voting|
|              |              |              |             |         |rights   |
+--------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+---------+---------+


SAMPO PLC

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



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