DISCLOSURE UNDER CHAPTER 2 SECTION 9 OF THE SEC...

SAMPO PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 25.7.2007 DISCLOSURE UNDER CHAPTER 2 SECTION 9 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT Sampo plc (business code 01422113-3) has today received the following disclosure in accordance with Chapter 2 Section 9 of the Securities Market Act regarding Sampo plc's shares, according to which the holding of Exista hf. (610601-2350) and its subsidiaries has today exceeded 15 per cent of Sampo plc's shares and voting rights. The holding amounts to 90,121,408 A shares corresponding to 15.58 per cent of Sampo plc's total shares and 15.45 per cent of total voting rights. In addition, Exista Trading ehf. has entered into agreements which entitle Exista Trading ehf., if it so desires, to acquire in total 25,175,459 A shares in Sampo plc., or, alternatively and upon choice by Exista Trading ehf. with regard to some of the transactions, to receive a cash payment representing the increase in value of the Sampo plc shares. The maximum number of the shares which Exista Trading ehf. may acquire through these transactions represent at present 4.35% of Sampo plc's total shares and 4.32% of the total voting rights carried by the shares in Sampo plc. SAMPO PLC Jarmo Salonen Head of Investor Relations and Group Communication tel. +358 10 516 0030 Distribution: Helsinki Stock Exchange The principal media Financial Supervision www.sampo.com ATTACHMENT: DISCLOSURE Finnish Financial Supervision Authority Snellmaninkatu 6 P.O. Box 159 FI-00101 Helsinki Finland Fax: + 358 10 831 5230 Sampo Plc. Fabianinkatu 27 FI-00100 Helsinki Finland Fax: + 358 10 516 0016 25 July 2007 A flagging notification referred to in chapter 2, section 9, of the securities markets Act on a change in holdings As a result of consummation of the equity swap transactions and of the exercise of the forward agreements referred to in flagging notifications dated 8 February 2007 and 11 April 2007, the holdings of Exista hf. and its group companies now represent more than 15 per cent of the total number of shares and voting rights in the Sampo Plc. Under chapter 2, section 9 of the Securities Markets Act, we herby notify the Financial Supervision Authority and the Sampo Plc. of the following: 1. Name of the company in which holdings have been acquired Sampo Plc. (Sampo Oyj) 2. Reason for the notification This notification is made because the holdings of Exista hf. and companies controlled by Exista hf. in Sampo Plc. exceed the flagging threshold of 15 per cent calculated of the number of votes and shares set forth in chapter 2, section 9 of the Securities Markets Act. 3. Date of change in holdings 25 July 2007 4. Exact proportion of voting rights and shares in Sampo Plc., broken down by the share class The holdings of Exista hf.'s group companies in Sampo Plc. are follows: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Share class | No. of shares | % of all shares | % of all voting | | | | | rights | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | A-shares | 90,121,408 | 15.58 % | 15.45 % | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | B-shares | - | - | - | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Total | 90,121,408 | 15.58 % | 15.45 % | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (The share capital of Sampo Plc. comprises a total of 578,530,890 shares (577,330,890 class A shares and 1,200,000 class B shares), said shares entitling to a total of 583,330,890 votes.) 5. Shareholder's full name and trade register number Full name: Exista hf. Exista hf. is registered with the Register of Enterprises of Iceland by the registration number 610601-2350. Exista hf.'s address is ÃrmÃºla 3, 108 Reykjavik, Iceland. 6. Full names and trade register numbers of the subsidiaries through which the shares are held as well as grounds for including such shares in the holdings of the shareholder Exista hf. holds the shares in Sampo Plc. through its subsidiaries. These subsidiaries are controlled by Exista hf. within the meaning of chapter 1, section 5 of the Securities Markets Act. Therefore, the holdings of these subsidiaries shall be included in the holdings of Exista hf. The full names and trade register numbers of the subsidiaries are as follows: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Name | Trade register number | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Exista Trading ehf. (formerly Exista | 640205-1990, Register of Enterprises | | fjÃ¡rfestingar ehf.) | of Iceland | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | VÃ¡tryggingafÃ©lag Ãslands hf. | 690689-2009, Register of Enterprises | | | of Iceland | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Exafin B.V. | 34229055, Trade register maintained | | | by the Chambers of Commerce for | | | Amsterdam | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Allocation of holdings between Exista hf. and the subsidiaries -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Share class | No. of | % of all | % of all | | | | shares | shares | voting | | | | | | rights | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Exafin B.V. | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | A shares | 90,074,668 | 15.57 % | 15.44 % | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | B shares | - | - | - | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Total | 90,074,668 | 15.57 % | 15.44 % | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Exista Trading | | | | | | ehf | | | | | | (formerly Exista | | | | | | fjÃ¡rfestingar | | | | | | ehf.) | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | A shares | 15,340 | 0.003% | 0.003% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | B shares | - | - | - | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Total | 15,340 | 0.003% | 0.003% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | VÃ¡tryggingafÃ©lag | | | | | | Ãslands hf. | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | A shares | 31,400 | 0.005% | 0.005% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | B shares | - | - | - | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Total | 31,400 | 0.005% | 0.005% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. The chain of controlled companies through which the shares and votes in Sampo Plc. are held Exafin B.V., Exista Trading ehf. and VÃ¡tryggingafÃ©lag Ãslands hf. are 100 per cent owned subsidiaries of Exista hf. 9. Additional information In addition to the holding notified in this flagging notification, Exista Trading ehf has undertaken equity swap transactions and forward agreements which entitle Exista Trading ehf., if it so desires, to acquire in total 25,175,459 A shares in Sampo Plc., or, alternatively and upon choice by Exista Trading ehf with regard to some of the transactions, to receive a cash payment representing the increase in value of the Sampo Plc shares. The maximum number of the shares which Exista Trading ehf. may acquire through these transactions represent at present 4.35% of Sampo Plc's total shares and 4.32% of the total voting rights carried by the shares in Sampo Plc. The maturity dates for these transactions range from 9 August 2007 to 9 October 2007, but Exista Trading ehf. also has the right to consummate some of the transactions prior to these dates in whole or in part. ___________________________ Asmundur Tryggvason For and on behalf of Exista hf.

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