SAMPO PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 15 April 2008 at 4.40 pm DECISIONS OF THE SAMPO PLC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Annual General Meeting of Sampo plc, held today, decided to distribute a dividend of EUR 1.20 per share for 2007. The record date for dividend payment is 18 April 2008. The dividend will be paid on 25 April 2008. The Annual General Meeting adopted the financial accounts for 2007 and discharged the Board of Directors and the Group CEO and President from liability for the financial year. The following members were re-elected to the Board of Directors: Tom Berglund, Anne Brunila, Georg Ehrnrooth, Jukka Pekkarinen, Christoffer Taxell, Matti Vuoria and Björn Wahlroos. Lýdur Gudmundsson and Eira Palin-Lehtinen were elected as new Board members. At its organisational meeting, the Board elected Georg Ehrnrooth as Chairman and Matti Vuoria as Vice Chairman. The Annual General Meeting decided to pay the following fees to the members of the Board of Directors until the close of the 2009 Annual General Meeting: the Chairman of the Board will be paid EUR 160,000 per year, the Vice Chairman EUR 100,000 per year and the other members EUR 80,000 per year. An amount equivalent to 30 per cent of the annual fee will be paid in Sampo plc A shares. Board members employed by the company will not be paid a separate fee for Board work. Ernst & Young Oy was elected as Auditor. The Auditor will be payed a fee determined by a reasonable invoice. The Annual General Meeting authorised the Board to acquire in one or several lots a maximum of 50 000 000 Sampo A shares. It was decided that the shares can also be acquired in a proportion differing from the proportions of shares owned by the shareholders. The share price will be no higher than the highest price paid for Sampo shares in public trading at the time of purchase. The authorisation will be valid until the close of the next Annual General Meeting, nevertheless not more than 18 months after AGM's decision. The proposals of the Board of Directors and its Nomination and Compensation Committee and Audit Committee approved by the Annual General Meeting were published in stock exchange releases on 12 February 2008 and 12 March 2008. The Board proposals are also available in their entirety at www.sampo.com SAMPO PLC Jarmo Salonen Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications For additional information, please contact: Jarmo Salonen Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications Tel. +358 10 516 0030 Maria Silander Press Officer Tel. +358 10 516 0031 DISTRIBUTION: OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki The principal media Financial Supervision Insurance Supervisory Authority www.sampo.com