Change in Björn Wahlroos' shareholding in Sampo

SAMPO PLC                   PRESS RELEASE           17 March 2017 at 9:01 am

Change in Björn Wahlroos' shareholding in Sampo

Sampo's Chairman of the Board Björn Wahlroos has informed the company that he has today transferred 400,000 Sampo A-shares to a company in which he exercises controlling power. Furthermore, he has donated a total of 800,000 Sampo shares to members of his family and transferred 565,481 shares to a company in which his children exercise controlling power.

Following these transfers, Björn Wahlroos and companies in which he exercises controlling power own 10.4 million Sampo shares, amounting to 1.9 percent of all outstanding shares of Sampo plc. Before the transactions, Wahlroos owned 11.8 million Sampo shares corresponding to approximately 2.1 per cent of all outstanding shares.

More information on the transfers has been supplied in disclosures that have been published today in accordance with the market abuse regulation. The disclosures are available at the address www.sampo.com/releases .

SAMPO PLC

Jarmo Salonen Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications tel. +358 10 516 0030

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