SAMPO PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 4 February 2009 at 9.05 am SAMPO'S FINANCIAL STATEMENT RELEASE FOR 2008 WILL BE PUBLISHED ON 11 FEBRUARY 2009 Sampo's Financial Statement Release for January - December 2008 will be published on 11 February 2009 between 9.30 am and 10.00 am Finnish time. The result release, webcast presentation of CEO's review and the supplementary financial information package will be available on the Internet at www.sampo.com/ir. Sampo will arrange a press conference on 11 February at 1.30 pm Finnish time at Palace (Sea cabinets 1 & 2, Eteläranta 10, 10th floor, Helsinki). Group CEO and President Björn Wahlroos will present Sampo's result for year 2008. The press conference is held in Finnish. An English-language telephone conference for investors and analysts will be held at 4 pm Finnish time (2 pm GMT). Group CEO and President Björn Wahlroos, Group CFO Peter Johansson, Head of P&C Insurance Torbjörn Magnusson and Head of IR and Group Communications Jarmo Salonen attend the conference. To participate in the conference call, please call +44 207 162 0025 (Europe) or +1 334 323 6201 (USA). Password: Sampo. The conference can also be followed from a direct transmission on the Internet, at www.sampo.com/ir. A recorded version will later be available at the same address. SAMPO PLC Investor Relations and Group Communications DISTRIBUTION: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki The principal media Financial Supervisory Authority www.sampo.com