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 The principal media Financial Supervision www.sampo.com