CANCELLATION OF SAMPO PLC'S A SHARES


SAMPO PLC        STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 13 February 2007 12.00 p.m.


CANCELLATION OF SAMPO PLC'S A SHARES

The Board of Sampo plc has today decided to cancel 4 827 500 Sampo A shares
repurchased in 2006. The cancellation reduces the number of Sampo A share with
the corresponding amount but has no effect on the share capital.

Once the cancellation is entered into the trade register, the number of Sampo
plc's A shares totals 577,330,890. Total number of shares of the company,
including 1,200,000 B shares, is 578,530,890 shares.



SAMPO PLC


Jarmo Salonen

Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications

phone +358 10 516 0030


Distribution:

Helsinki Stock Exchange

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