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

SAMPO PLC       STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE       14 December 2017 at 1:50 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
number of Sampo A shares (ISIN: FI009003305) and financial instruments owned by
BlackRock, Inc. (USA tax ID32-0174421) and its funds directly or indirectly have
on 13 December 2017 decreased below five (5) per cent of Sampo plc's total
number of shares. The number of voting rights related to shares remained under
five (5) per cent.

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% voting |below 5% voting      |below 5% voting |
|or reached            |rights          |rights               |rights          |
+----------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+
|                      |4.97% shares    |0.05% shares         |5.02% shares    |
|Positions of previous |                |                     |                |
|notification (if      |below 5% voting |below 5% voting      |below 5% voting |
|applicable)           |rights          |rights               |rights          |
+----------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+


SAMPO PLC

Maria Silander
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