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

SAMPO PLC          STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE         17 March 2017 at 1:30 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 the
notification the total number of Sampo A shares (ISIN: FI009003305) directly
owned by BlackRock, Inc. (USA tax ID 32-0174421) and its funds increased on 16
March 2017 above five (5) per cent of Sampo plc's entire stock. The voting
rights attached to the shares owned 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      |Total of both in|
|                      |voting rights   |voting rights through|% (A+B)         |
|                      |(total of A)    |financial instruments|                |
|                      |                |(total of B)         |                |
+----------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+
|Resulting situation on|5.02% shares    |0.05% shares         |5.07% shares    |
|the date on which     |                |                     |                |
|threshold was crossed |4.98% voting    |0.05% voting rights  |5.03% voting    |
|or reached            |rights          |                     |rights          |
+----------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+
|Positions of previous |4.99% shares    |0.06% shares         |5.04% shares    |
|notification          |                |                     |                |
|                      |4.94% voting    |0.06% voting rights  |5.00% voting    |
|                      |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        |         |28,119,805 shares   |         |5.02% shares    |
|                    |         |28,119,805 voting   |         |4.98% voting    |
|                    |         |rights              |         |rights          |
+--------------------+---------+--------------------+---------+----------------+
|SUBTOTAL A          |28,119,805 shares             |5.02% shares              |
|                    |28,119,805 voting rights      |4.98% 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   |
+--------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+---------+
|Securities    |N/A          |N/A          |Physical     |42,976     |0.01%    |
|Lent          |             |             |             |shares     |shares   |
|              |             |             |             |42,976     |0.01%    |
|              |             |             |             |voting     |voting   |
|              |             |             |             |rights     |rights   |
+--------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+---------+
|CFD           |N/A          |N/A          |Cash         |252,606    |0.05%    |
|              |             |             |             |shares     |shares   |
|              |             |             |             |252,606    |0.04%    |
|              |             |             |             |shares     |shares   |
|              |             |             |             |voting     |         |
|              |             |             |             |rights     |         |
+--------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+---------+
|              |             |             |SUBTOTAL B   |295,582    |0.05%    |
|              |             |             |             |shares     |shares   |
|              |             |             |             |295,582    |0.05%    |
|              |             |             |             |voting     |voting   |
|              |             |             |             |rights     |rights   |
+--------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+---------+




SAMPO PLC

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



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www.sampo.com


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