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SAMPO PLC: Disclosure Under Chapter 9 Section 5 of the Securities Market Act

SAMPO PLC                 STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE        3 January 2018 at 4:50
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 Sampo A shares (ISIN: FI009003305) and voting rights owned directly or
through financial instruments by BlackRock, Inc. (USA tax ID 32-0174421) and its
funds increased on 2 January 2018 over five (5) per cent of Sampo plc's entire
stock and voting rights. In addition, the shares owned directly by BlackRock,
Inc. and its funds, increased above 5 per cent of all 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  |
|                      |voting rights    |voting rights through|in % (A+B)     |
|                      |(total of A)     |financial instruments|               |
|                      |                 |(total of B)         |               |
+----------------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------+
|                      |5.04% shares     |0.03% shares         |5.07% shares   |
|                      |                 |                     |               |
|Resulting situation on|                 |                     |               |
|the date on which     |                 |                     |               |
|threshold was crossed |4.99% voting     |0.03% voting rights  |5.03% voting   |
|or reached            |rights           |                     |rights         |
+----------------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------+
|                      |below 5% shares  |below 5% shares      |below 5% 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        |         |27,970,988 shares   |         |5.04% shares    |
|                    |         |                    |         |                |
|                    |         |                    |         |                |
|                    |         |                    |         |                |
|                    |         |27,970,988 voting   |         |4.99% voting    |
|                    |         |rights              |         |rights          |
+--------------------+---------+--------------------+---------+----------------+
|SUBTOTAL A          |27,970,988 shares             |5.04% shares              |
|                    |                              |                          |
|                    |                              |                          |
|                    |                              |                          |
|                    |27,970,988 voting rights      |4.99% 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         |179,111    |0.03%    |
|              |             |             |             |shares     |shares   |
|              |             |             |             |           |         |
|              |             |             |             |           |         |
|              |             |             |             |           |         |
|              |             |             |             |179,111    |0.03%    |
|              |             |             |             |voting     |voting   |
|              |             |             |             |rights     |rights   |
+--------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+---------+
|              |             |             |SUBTOTAL B   |179,111    |0.03%    |
|              |             |             |             |shares     |shares   |
|              |             |             |             |           |         |
|              |             |             |             |           |         |
|              |             |             |             |           |         |
|              |             |             |             |179,111    |0.03%    |
|              |             |             |             |voting     |voting   |
|              |             |             |             |rights     |rights   |
+--------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+---------+



SAMPO PLC

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



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