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     4 February 2016 at 4:10 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 the
notification the total 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 3 February 2016 over five (5) per cent of
Sampo plc's entire stock. 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.

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    |0.02% 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          |
+----------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+
|Positions of previous |Below 5% shares |Below 5% shares      |Below 5% 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         |         |28,033,526 shares  |         |5.01% shares    |
|                     |         |Below 5% voting    |         |Below 5% voting |
|                     |         |rights             |         |rights          |
+---------------------+---------+-------------------+---------+----------------+
|SUBTOTAL A           |28,033,526 shares            |5.01% 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   |
+--------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+---------+
|Depository    |N/A          |N/A          |Physical     |360 shares |0.00%    |
|Receipt       |             |             |             |Below 5%   |shares   |
|              |             |             |             |voting     |Below 5% |
|              |             |             |             |rights     |voting   |
|              |             |             |             |           |rights   |
+--------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+---------+
|CFD           |N/A          |N/A          |Cash         |122,704    |0.02%    |
|              |             |             |             |shares     |shares   |
|              |             |             |             |Below 5%   |Below 5% |
|              |             |             |             |voting     |voting   |
|              |             |             |             |rights     |rights   |
+--------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+---------+
|              |             |             |SUBTOTAL B   |123,064    |0.02%    |
|              |             |             |             |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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