Sampo New share category combined with Sampo A ...

SAMPO PLC        RELEASE 16 May 2007  


SAMPO NEW SHARE CATEGORY COMBINED WITH SAMPO A SHARE CATEGORY                   

Sampo Uudet (Sampo New) share category will be combined to Sampo A share        
category after the close of the trading day on Monday 21 May 2007. All 1,057,605
shares of the Sampo Uudet category will be traded from 22 May 2007 under the    
Sampo A category.                                                               

Sampo Uudet share category was introduced at the beginning of January 2007 to   
technically facilitate the payment of dividends.                                


SAMPO PLC                                                                       

Jarmo Salonen                                                                   
Head of Investor Relations and Communications                                   


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