Sampo Oyj — Major Shareholding Notification 2017

Mar 10, 2017

Disclosure 350086

Sampo - Major shareholder announcements

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

SAMPO PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 10 March 2017 at 3:50 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) and financial instruments owned by BlackRock, Inc. (USA tax ID32-0174421) and its funds directly or indirectly have on 9 March 2017 decreased below five (5) per cent of Sampo plc's total number of shares. The number of voting rights related to shares remained under 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 |% of shares and |Total of both in| | |voting rights |voting rights through|% (A+B) | | |(total of A) |financial instruments| | | | |(total of B) | | +----------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+ |Resulting situation on|below 5% shares |below 5% shares |below 5% shares | |the date on which | | | | |threshold was crossed |below 5% voting |below 5% voting |below 5% voting | |or reached |rights |rights |rights | +----------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+ | |4.97% shares |0.06% shares |5.02% shares | |Positions of previous | | | | |notification (if |below 5% voting |below 5% voting |below 5% voting | |applicable) |rights |rights |rights | +----------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+ SAMPO PLC Jarmo Salonen Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications tel. +358 10 516 0030 Distribution: Nasdaq Helsinki London stock exchange The principal media Financial Supervisory Authority www.sampo.com []