Sampo's Annual Report 2008 has been published


SAMPO PLC           STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE         13 March 2009 at 2:15 pm    


Sampo's Annual Report 2008 has been published                                   

Sampo has published its Annual Report for 2008.                                 
The Annual Report is available at www.sampo.com/vuosikertomus in Finnish, at    
www.sampo.com/annualreport in English, and at www.sampo.com/arsredovisningar in 
Swedish. The financial statements of the Group's subsidiaries are also available
at the above mentioned websites.                                                

The Annual Report will be sent automatically to shareholders holding at minimum 
2,000 Sampo plc shares.                                                         

Printed Annual Reports can be ordered by using the order forms at Sampo's Annual
Report websites, by fax at +358 10 516 0016, or by phone at +358 10 516 0033.   


SAMPO PLC                                                                       

Jarmo Salonen                                                                   
Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications                             
Phone +358 10 516 0030                                                          


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