SAMPO PLC STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT 3 January 2007 at 9:30 SAMPO PLC´S SHARES SUBSCRIBED WITH OPTIONS A total of 3,055,300 A shares have been subscribed, with the options of Sampo plc's 2000 option programme, and paid by 13 December 2006. As a result of the share subscription, Sampo received a total of EUR 18,759,542.00 in capital and reserves. The subsequent share capital increase of EUR 513,864.57 in total has been entered into the Finnish Trade Register today. Sampo plc's share capital after the increase amounts to EUR 95,980,383.38 and the number of A shares totals 569,473,445 shares. After the increase, the total number of shares of the company, including 1,200,000 B shares, comprises 570,673,445 shares. The new shares will be taken up for trading at the Helsinki Stock Exchange on or about 4 January 2007 and they will entitle to dividend from the accounting period 2006. SAMPO PLC Jarmo Salonen Head of Investor Relations Phone +358 10 516 0030 Distribution: Helsinki Stock Exchange The principal media Financial Supervision www.sampo.com