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

SAMPO PLC                 STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE       22 January 2018 at 4:40
PM



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

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
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 exceeded five (5) per cent of Sampo plc's total voting
rights on 19 January 2018. In addition, the disclosure obligation arose due to
Sampo voting rights held directly by BlackRock, Inc. and its funds, exceeding
five (5) per cent of all shares and related voting rights.

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|5.04% shares    |0.01% shares         |5.06% shares    |
|the date on which     |                |                     |                |
|threshold was crossed |5.00% voting    |0.01% voting rights  |5.01% voting    |
|or reached            |rights          |                     |rights          |
+----------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+
|                      |5.02% shares    |0.01% shares         |5.03% shares    |
|Positions of previous |                |                     |                |
|notification (if      |Below 5% voting |Below 5% voting      |Below 5% voting |
|applicable)           |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           |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        |         |28,014,055 shares   |         |5.04% shares    |
|                    |         |                    |         |                |
|                    |         |28,014,055 voting   |         |5.00% voting    |
|                    |         |rights              |         |rights          |
+--------------------+---------+--------------------+---------+----------------+
|SUBTOTAL A          |28,014,055 shares             |5.04% shares              |
|                    |                              |                          |
|                    |28,014,055 voting rights      |5.00% 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   |
|              |              |             |             |          |         |
|              |              |             |             |66,566    |0.01%    |
|              |              |             |             |voting    |voting   |
|              |              |             |             |rights    |rights   |
+--------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----------+---------+
|              |              |             |SUBTOTAL B   |66,566    |0.01%    |
|              |              |             |             |shares    |shares   |
|              |              |             |             |          |         |
|              |              |             |             |66,566    |0.01%    |
|              |              |             |             |voting    |voting   |
|              |              |             |             |rights    |rights   |
+--------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----------+---------+


SAMPO PLC

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



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