Sampo plc

Disclosure Under Chapter 9 Section 5 of the Securities Market Act

SAMPO PLC     STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE       15 March 2017 at 6:20 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 number of Sampo A shares (ISIN: FI009003305) owned directly by BlackRock, Inc. (USA tax ID32-0174421) and its funds decreased on 14 March 2017 below five (5) per cent of Sampo plc's entire stock. According to the disclosure, the current holding is 4.99 per cent of the physical shares. The number of voting rights related to these shares remained below five (5) per cent.

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 voting rights (total of A)	% of shares and voting rights through financial instruments (total of B)	Total of both in % (A+B)
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	4.99% shares 4.94% voting rights	0.06% shares 0.06% voting rights	5.04% shares 5.00% voting rights
Positions of previous notification	5.01% shares 4.97% voting rights	0.06% shares 0.06% voting rights	5.07% shares 5.03% voting 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 ISIN code	Number of shares and voting rights		% of shares and voting rights
	Direct (SMA 9:5)	Indirect (SMA 9:6 and 9:7)	Direct (SMA 9:5)	Indirect (SMA 9:6 and 9:7)
FI0009003305		27,924,416 shares 27,924,416 voting rights		4.99% shares 4.94% voting rights
SUBTOTAL A	27,924,416 shares 27,924,416 voting rights		4.99% shares 4.94% voting rights

B: Financial instruments according to SMA 9:6a:

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Physical or cash settlement	Number of shares and voting rights	% of shares and voting rights
Securities Lent	N/A	N/A	Physical	42,976 shares 42,976 voting rights	0.01% shares 0.01% voting rights
CFD	N/A	N/A	Cash	282,800 shares 282,800 voting rights	0.05% shares 0.05% voting rights
			SUBTOTAL B	325,776 shares 325,776 voting rights	0.06% shares 0.06% voting rights

SAMPO PLC

Jarmo Salonen
Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications
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