Sampo's subsidiary Sampo Life adopts a new name


SAMPO PLC         STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE           26 August 2008 at 10.10 am   


SAMPO'S SUBSIDIARY SAMPO LIFE ADOPTS A NEW NAME 
                            
Sampo's subsidiary Sampo Life adopts the name of Mandatum Life Insurance    
Company Limited. The company will keep its current name Sampo Life as           
supplementary firm name. The extraordinary general meeting of Sampo Life decided
on the name change on 26 August 2008.                                           

The company will disclose more details about the effects of the name change     
during this autumn.                                                             


SAMPO PLC                                                                       

Jarmo Salonen                                                                   
Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications                             

For more information, please contact:                                           

Kari Stadigh                                                                    
Chairman of the Board                                                           
Sampo Life                                                                      
phone +358 10 516 0004
                                                          
Petri Niemisvirta                                                               
Head of Life Insurance                                                          
Sampo Life                                                                      
phone +358 10 516 7200                                                          


Sampo Life will arrange a Finnish-language press conference at Pilarisali at the
address Bulevardi 56, Helsinki, 26 August 2008 at 12 pm Finnish time.           


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