Decisions of Sampo plc's Annual General Meeting - Seite 2

Ernst & Young Oy was elected as Auditor. The Auditor will be paid a fee determined by an invoice approved by Sampo. Kristina Sandin, APA, will act as the principally responsible auditor.

Based on the proposal made by a shareholder and the Board of Directors, the AGM made the decision on the forfeiture of the share certificates that were still in the joint account and the rights carried by the shares. The forfeiture concerns the paper shares that are still in the joint account with regard to which the registration of shareholder rights in the book-entry system has not been requested prior to the resolution by the AGM on 27 April 2017 at 2 pm. The decision does not apply to shares whose transfer into the book-entry system has been validly requested by the aforementioned deadline and whose request for conversion after the conversion period will be finalized by 31 October 2017. The company's Board of Directors will cancel the treasury shares to be held by the company as a result of the forfeiture. Approximately 98.9 per cent of the votes cast at the AGM were in favor of the proposal for the forfeiture of the share certificates that were still in the joint account and the rights carried by the shares.

The Annual General Meeting authorized the Board to repurchase a maximum of 50,000,000 Sampo A shares. The price paid for the shares repurchased under the authorization shall be based on the current market price of Sampo A shares on the securities market. The authorization will be valid until the close of the next Annual General Meeting, nevertheless not more than 18 months after AGM's decision.

There were 3,105 shareholders represented at the beginning of the meeting holding altogether 373,911,948 shares and 378,711,948 votes in the company.

The proposals approved by the Annual General Meeting were published in stock exchange releases on 8 February 2017. Proposals are available in their entirety at www.sampo.com/agm.

The minutes of the Annual General Meeting will be available for viewing at www.sampo.com/agm and at Sampo plc's head office at Fabianinkatu 27, Helsinki, Finland, on 11 May 2017 at the latest.

SAMPO PLC

Jarmo Salonen
Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications
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Maria Silander
Communications Manager
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Distribution:
Nasdaq Helsinki
London Stock Exchange
The principal media
Financial Supervisory Authority
www.sampo.com

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