SAMPO PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 10 November 2008 at 10.15am CANCELLATION OF THE REPURCHASED SAMPO A SHARES ENTERED INTO THE TRADE REGISTER The cancellation of repurchased 10,443,500 Sampo A shares has today been entered into the Trade Register. The Board of Sampo plc decided on the matter on 5 November 2008. The authorisation for the repurchases was granted by the Annual General Meeting on 15 April 2008. The shares represent 1.8 per cent of the total amount of shares and votes in the company. The cancellation reduced the number of Sampo A shares with the corresponding amount but had no effect on the share capital. The number of Sampo plc's A shares now totals 560,172,390. Total number of shares of the company, including 1,200,000 B shares, is 561,372,390 shares. SAMPO PLC Jarmo Salonen Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications phone +358 10 516 0030 Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki The principal media Financial Supervision Insurance Supervisory Authority www.sampo.com