Proposals of Sampo plc's Board of Directors and its Committees to the Annual General Meeting

SAMPO PLC           STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE         12 February 2014 at 11.15 am

Proposals of Sampo plc's Board of Directors and its Committees to the Annual General Meeting

Sampo plc's Board of Directors has decided to summon the Annual General Meeting for 24 April 2014. The notice of Annual General Meeting will be published on 12 February 2014 and registration will commence on 13 February 2014. The Board of Directors and its committees have made the following proposals to the Annual General Meeting.

• Proposal of the Board of Directors for Distribution of Profit
• Proposal of the Nomination and Compensation Committee for the Remuneration of the Members of the Board of Directors
• Proposal of the Nomination and Compensation Committee for the Number of Members of the Board of Directors and the Members of the Board of Directors
• Proposal of the Audit Committee for the Remuneration of the Auditor
• Proposal of the Audit Committee for the Election of the Auditor
• Proposal of the Board of Directors for Authorization to Decide on the Repurchase of the Company's Own Shares

The Board proposes to the Annual General Meeting a dividend of EUR 1.65 per share and an authorization for the Board to decide on repurchasing a maximum of 50,000,000 Sampo A shares using funds available for profit distribution.

The Nomination and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the number of members remains unchanged and that the current eight members of the Board Anne Brunila, Jannica Fagerholm, Adine Grate Axén, Veli-Matti Mattila, Eira Palin-Lehtinen, Per Arthur Sørlie, Matti Vuoria and Björn Wahlroos are re-elected for a term continuing until the close of the next Annual General Meeting.

The Nomination and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the fees of the members of the Board of Directors remain unchanged.

The Audit Committee proposes that Ernst & Young Oy be elected as the company's auditor until the close of the next Annual General Meeting.

The proposals are attached in full to this release.

SAMPO PLC
Board of Directors

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ANNEX 1

Proposal of the Board of Directors for Distribution of Profit

According to Sampo plc's dividend policy the total amount of dividends paid shall be at least 50 per cent of the Group's annual net profit (excluding extraordinary items). Share buy-backs can be used to complement dividends.