SAMPO PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 7 May 2008 at 12.10 pm CANCELLATION OF SAMPO PLC'S A SHARES The Board of Sampo plc has today decided to cancel 6,715,000 Sampo A shares repurchased during 2007 and January-March 2008. The cancellation reduces the number of Sampo A shares 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 570,615,890. Total number of shares of the company, including 1,200,000 B shares, is 571,815,890 shares. SAMPO PLC Jarmo Salonen Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications phone +358 10 516 0030 Distribution: OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki The principal media Financial Supervision Insurance Supervisory Authority www.sampo.com