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

SAMPO PLC       STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE         28 March 2017 at 2:45 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 voting rights related to Sampo A shares (ISIN: FI009003305) owned
directly by BlackRock, Inc. (USA tax ID 32-0174421) and its funds increased on
27 March 2017 above five (5) per cent of all votes.

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  |
|                      |voting rights    |voting rights through|in % (A+B)     |
|                      |(total of A)     |financial instruments|               |
|                      |                 |(total of B)         |               |
+----------------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------+
|Resulting situation on|5.07% shares     |0.07% shares         |5.14% shares   |
|the date on which     |                 |                     |               |
|threshold was crossed |5.03% voting     |0.07% voting rights  |5.10% voting   |
|or reached            |rights           |                     |rights         |
+----------------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------+
|Positions of previous |5.04% shares     |0.06% shares         |5.10% shares   |
|notification          |                 |                     |               |
|                      |4.995% voting    |0.06% voting rights  |5.05% 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        |         |28,405,370 shares   |         |5.07% shares    |
|                    |         |28,405,370 voting   |         |5.03% voting    |
|                    |         |rights              |         |rights          |
+--------------------+---------+--------------------+---------+----------------+
|SUBTOTAL A          |28,405,370 shares             |5.07% shares              |
|                    |28,405,370 voting rights      |5.03% 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     |54,375     |0.01%    |
|Lent          |             |             |             |shares     |shares   |
|              |             |             |             |54,375     |0.01%    |
|              |             |             |             |voting     |voting   |
|              |             |             |             |rights     |rights   |
+--------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+---------+
|CFD           |N/A          |N/A          |Cash         |317,640    |0.06%    |
|              |             |             |             |shares     |shares   |
|              |             |             |             |317,640    |0.06%    |
|              |             |             |             |voting     |voting   |
|              |             |             |             |rights     |rights   |
+--------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+---------+
|              |             |             |SUBTOTAL B   |372,015    |0.07%    |
|              |             |             |             |shares     |shares   |
|              |             |             |             |372,015    |0.07%    |
|              |             |             |             |voting     |voting   |
|              |             |             |             |rights     |rights   |
+--------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+---------+


SAMPO PLC

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



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