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

SAMPO PLC         STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE        9 October 2015 at 4.35 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) owned by BlackRock, Inc. (USA tax
ID32-0174421) has on 8 October 2015 decreased below five (5) per cent of Sampo
plc's entire stock.

According to a previous disclosure on 8 October 2015 BlackRock, Inc. held 5.03
per cent of the total number of Sampo plc shares.

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.



SAMPO PLC

Jarmo Salonen

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



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