Sampo plc

Disclosure Under Chapter 9 Section 5 of the Securities Market Act

SAMPO PLC         STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE        9 October 2015 at 4.35 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 Sampo A shares (ISIN: FI009003305) owned by BlackRock, Inc. (USA tax ID32-0174421) has on 8 October 2015 decreased below five (5) per cent of Sampo plc's entire stock.

According to a previous disclosure on 8 October 2015 BlackRock, Inc. held 5.03 per cent of the total number of Sampo plc shares.

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.

SAMPO PLC

Jarmo Salonen

Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications
tel. [phone]

Distribution:
NASDAQ Helsinki
The principal media
Financial Supervisory Authority
www.sampo.com

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