SAMPO PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 8 October 2008 at 9.40 am
DISCLOSURE UNDER CHAPTER 2 SECTION 9 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT
Sampo plc (business code 01422113-3) has on 7 October received the following
disclosure in accordance with Chapter 2 Section 9 of the Securities Market Act
regarding Sampo plc's shares. According to the disclosure Exista hf.'s holdings
in Sampo plc fell below 5 per cent of the shares and votes of Sampo plc and is
as of 7 October 0 per cent.
SAMPO PLC
Jarmo Salonen
Head of Investor Relations and Group Communication
tel. +358 10 516 0030
Distribution:
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Financial Supervision
Insurance Supervisory Authority
www.sampo.com
DISCLOSURE
7 October 2008
A FLAGGING NOTIFICATION REFERRED TO IN CHAPTER 2, SECTION 9 OF THE SECURITIES
MARKETS ACT ON A CHANGE IN HOLDINGS
This is a notification about Exista's divestment of shares in Sampo Plc. As a
result of transaction entered into by Exista hf.'s group companies, Exista hf.'s
holdings in Sampo Plc. fall below 5 per cent of the shares and votes of Sampo
Plc. Exista hf's holding in Sampo Plc. is as of today 0 percent.
Under Chapter 2, section 9 of the Securities Markets Act, we herby notify the
Financial Supervision Authority and Sampo Plc. of the following:
1. Identity of the issuer
Sampo Plc. (Sampo Oyj)
2. Reason for the notification
This notification is made because Exista hf.'s group companies Exista B.V. and
Exafin B.V. have today divested in an accelerated bookbuilt offering a total of
114,257,867 A shares in Sampo Plc. representing an aggregate of 19.98 percent of
the shares of Sampo Plc. Following the transaction, Exista hf. and its group
companies do not own any shares in Sampo Plc.
3.Date of the transactions
7 October 2008
4.Information on Exista hf
Full name: Exista hf.
Exista hf. is registered with the Register of Enterprises of Iceland under the
registration number 610601-2350.
Exista hf.'s address is Ármúli 3, 108 Reykjavik, Iceland.
Pekka Jaatinen, Attorney-at-Law
For and on behalf of Exista hf.