Sampo plc (business code 01422113-3) has today received from Exista hf the attached disclosure in accordance with Chapter 2 Section 9 of the Securities Market Act regarding use of voting rights related to Sampo plc's shares. 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 EXISTA'S DISCLOSURE Finnish Financial Supervision Authority Snellmaninkatu 6 P.O. Box 159 FI-00101 Helsinki Finland Fax: + 358 10 831 5230 Sampo Plc. Unioninkatu 22, Helsinki FI-00075 SAMPO Finland Fax: + 358 10 516 0016 In Helsinki, 11 April 20 A FLAGGING NOTIFICATION REFERRED TO IN CHAPTER 2, SECTION 9, OF THE SECURITIES MARKETS ACT ON A CHANGE IN HOLDINGS As a result of completion of the share purchase agreement referred to in a flagging notification dated 8 February 2007, the holdings of Exista hf. and its group companies now represent more than one twentieth (1/20) 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 one-twentieth (1/20) 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 11 April 2007 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 55,387,140 9.57 % 9.50 % B-shares - - - Total 55,387,140 9.57 % 9.50 % (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 Ármúla 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 fjárfestingar ehf. 640205-1990, Register of Enterprises of Iceland Vátryggingafélag Íslands hf. 690689-2009, Register of Enterprises of Iceland Exafin B.V. 34229055, Trade register maintained by the Chambers of Commerce for Amsterdam Allocation of holdings between Exista hf. and the subsidiaries Share class No. of shares % of all shares % of all voting rights Exafin B.V. A shares 55,340,400 9.57% 9.49% B shares - - - Total 55,340,400 9.57% 9.49% Exista fjárfestingar ehf. A shares 15,340 0.003% 0.003% B shares - - - Total 15,340 0.003% 0.003% Vátryggingafélag Íslands 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 Exista fjárfestingar ehf. and Vátryggingafélag Íslands hf. are 100 per cent owned subsidiaries of Exista hf. Exafin B.V. is a 100 per cent owned subsidiary of Basiliko Glennalla S.àr.l., a private limited company registered in Luxembourg with organization number 115.830. Exista hf. owns and holds 100 per cent of the shares and votes in the Basiliko Glennalla S.àr.l. 9. Additional information In addition, the agreements referred to in the flagging notification made on 8 February 2007 that Exista fjárfestingar ehf. has made entitle the company to acquire in total 34,734,268 A shares in Sampo Plc., representing 6.00% of the all the shares and 5.95% of all the votes in Sampo Plc. ___________________________ Pekka Jaatinen, Attorney-at-Law For and on behalf of Exista hf.