SAMPO PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 7 January 2009 at 11.40 am THE ANNUAL REVIEW FOR 2008 Sampo plc has today published an annual review of releases issued in the financial year 2008 in accordance with Securities Market Act Chapter 2, 10 c §. The Annual Review is available at www.sampo.com/ir. SAMPO PLC Jarmo Salonen Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications phone +358 10 516 0030 Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki The principal media Financial Supervisory Authority www.sampo.com