Sampo - Total number of voting rights and capital

Disclosure Under Chapter 9 Section 5 of the Securities Market Act

SAMPO PLC           STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE           14 December 2015 at 8:15 am



Disclosure Under Chapter 9 Section 5 of the Securities Market Act

Sampo plc (business code 0142213-3) has on 11 December 2015 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 10 December 2015 above 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 voting     Total of 
                            voting rights    rights through financial   both in 
                            (total of A)     instruments (total of B)   % (A+B) 
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Resulting situation on     4.96% shares     0.04% shares               5.00%    
 the date on which         Below 5% voting  Below 5% voting rights      shares  
 threshold was crossed or   rights                                     Below 5% 
 reached                                                                voting  
                                                                        rights  
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Positions of previous      Below 5% shares  Below 5% shares            Below 5% 
 notification (if          Below 5% voting  Below 5% voting rights      shares  
 applicable)                rights                                     Below 5% 
                                                                        voting  
                                                                        rights  
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Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold
was crossed: 

A: Shares and voting rights:

Class/type of     Number of shares and voting     % of shares and voting rights 
 shares            rights                                                       
ISIN code (if                                                                   
 possible)                                                                      
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Direct            Indirect       Direct           Indirect       
(SMA 9:5)         (SMA 9:6 and   (SMA 9:5)        (SMA 9:6 and   
                   9:7)                            9:7)          
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FI0009003305                     27,796,707                      4.96% shares   
                                  shares                         Below 5% voting
                                 Below 5% voting                  rights        
                                  rights                                        
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SUBTOTAL A        27,796,707 shares               4.96% shares                  
                  Below 5% voting rights          Below 5% voting rights        
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B: Financial instruments according to SMA 9:6a:

Type of      Expiration  Exercise/    Physical    Number of       % of shares   
 financial    date       Conversion    or          shares          and          
instrument                Period      cash        and voting      voting rights 
                                       settlemen   rights                       
                                      t                                         
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Securities   N/A         N/A          Physical    19,040 shares   0.00% shares  
 Lent                                             Below 5%        Below 5%      
                                                   voting rights   voting rights
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Depository   N/A         N/A          Physical    486 shares      0.00% shares  
 Receipt                                          Below 5%        Below 5%      
                                                   voting rights   voting rights
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CFD          N/A         N/A          Cash        184,848         0.03% shares  
                                                   shares         Below 5%      
                                                  Below 5%         voting rights
                                                   voting rights                
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                                      SUBTOTAL B  204,374 shares  0.04% shares  
                                                  Below 5%        Below 5%      
                                                   voting rights   voting rights
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SAMPO PLC

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



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