Sampo's Annual Report 2009 has been published

SAMPO PLC     STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE    12 March 2010 at 10:25 am



Sampo's Annual Report 2009 has been published

Sampo has published its Online Annual Report for 2009 at
www.sampo.com/annualreport <

http://www.sampo.com/annualreport>. The Annual
Report is available in Swedish at www.sampo.com/arsredovisning
<

http://www.sampo.com/arsredovisning>. The financial statements of the Group's
subsidiaries are also available at the above mentioned websites. The PDF file of
Sampo's Annual Report is attached to this release.

The Annual Report will be sent by mail automatically to shareholders holding
minimum of 2,000 Sampo plc shares. Mailing will start during the week 11.

Printed Annual Reports can be ordered at www.sampo.com/annualreport, by fax at
[phone], or by phone at [phone].

In addition, Sampo has published Corporate Governance Statement and Sampo
Group's Salary and Remuneration report at the address www.sampo.com/cg
<

http://www.sampo.com/cg>. The PDF files are attached to this release.

SAMPO PLC

Jarmo Salonen
Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications
Phone [phone]



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    Sampo Group's Corporate Governance Statement (PDF): 

http://hugin.info/3096/R/1393233/350580.pdf
    Sampo Group's Annual Report 2009 (PDF): 

http://hugin.info/3096/R/1393233/350576.pdf
    Sampo Group's Salary and Remuneration Report (PDF): 

http://hugin.info/3096/R/1393233/350578.pdf