DISCLOSURE UNDER CHP 2 SCT 9 OF SECURITIES MARK...
DISCLOSURE UNDER CHAPTER 2 SECTION 9 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT
Sampo plc (business code 01422113-3) has today received from Exista hf the
attached disclosure in accordance with Chapter 2 Section 9 of the Securities
Market Act regarding use of voting rights related to Sampo plc's shares.
SAMPO PLC
Jarmo Salonen
Head of Investor Relations and Group Communication
tel. +358 10 516 0030
Distribution:
Helsinki Stock Exchange
The principal media
Financial Supervision
www.sampo.com
ATTACHMENT
EXISTA'S DISCLOSURE
Finnish Financial Supervision Authority
Snellmaninkatu 6
P.O. Box 159
FI-00101 Helsinki
Finland
Fax: + 358 10 831 5230
Sampo Plc.
Unioninkatu 22, Helsinki
FI-00075 SAMPO
Finland
Fax: + 358 10 516 0016
In Helsinki, 11 April 20
A FLAGGING NOTIFICATION REFERRED TO IN CHAPTER 2, SECTION 9, OF THE SECURITIES
MARKETS ACT ON A CHANGE IN HOLDINGS
As a result of completion of the share purchase agreement referred to in a
flagging notification dated 8 February 2007, the holdings of Exista hf. and its
group companies now represent more than one twentieth (1/20) of the total
number of shares and voting rights in the Sampo Plc.
Under chapter 2, section 9 of the Securities Markets Act, we herby notify the
Financial Supervision Authority and the Sampo Plc. of the following:
1. Name of the company in which holdings have been acquired
Sampo Plc. (Sampo Oyj)
2. Reason for the notification
This notification is made because the holdings of Exista hf. and companies
controlled by Exista hf. in Sampo Plc. exceed the flagging threshold of
one-twentieth (1/20) calculated of the number of votes and shares set forth in
chapter 2, section 9 of the Securities Markets Act.
3. Date of change in holdings
11 April 2007
Exact proportion of voting rights and shares in Sampo Plc., broken down by the
share class
The holdings of Exista hf.'s group companies in Sampo Plc. are follows:
Share class No. of shares % of all shares % of all voting rights
A-shares 55,387,140 9.57 % 9.50 %
B-shares - - -
Total 55,387,140 9.57 % 9.50 %
(The share capital of Sampo Plc. comprises a total of 578,530,890 shares
(577,330,890 class A shares and 1,200,000 class B shares), said shares
entitling to a total of 583,330,890 votes.)
5. Shareholder's full name and trade register number
Full name: Exista hf.
Exista hf. is registered with the Register of Enterprises of Iceland by the
registration number 610601-2350.
Exista hf.'s address is Ãrmúla 3, 108 Reykjavik, Iceland.
6. Full names and trade register numbers of the subsidiaries through which the
shares are held as well as grounds for including such shares in the holdings of
the shareholder
Exista hf. holds the shares in Sampo Plc. through its subsidiaries. These
subsidiaries are controlled by Exista hf. within the meaning of chapter 1,
section 5 of the Securities Markets Act. Therefore, the holdings of these
subsidiaries shall be included in the holdings of Exista hf.
The full names and trade register numbers of the subsidiaries are as follows:
Name Trade register number
Exista fjárfestingar ehf. 640205-1990, Register of Enterprises of Iceland
Vátryggingafélag Ãslands hf. 690689-2009, Register of Enterprises of Iceland
Exafin B.V. 34229055, Trade register maintained by the Chambers of
Commerce for Amsterdam
Allocation of holdings between Exista hf. and the subsidiaries
Share class No. of shares % of all shares % of all voting rights
Exafin B.V.
A shares 55,340,400 9.57% 9.49%
B shares - - -
Total 55,340,400 9.57% 9.49%
Exista fjárfestingar ehf.
A shares 15,340 0.003% 0.003%
B shares - - -
Total 15,340 0.003% 0.003%
Vátryggingafélag Ãslands hf.
A shares 31,400 0.005% 0.005%
B shares - - -
Total 31,400 0.005% 0.005%
8. The chain of controlled companies through which the shares and votes in
Sampo Plc. are held
Exista fjárfestingar ehf. and Vátryggingafélag Ãslands hf. are 100 per cent
owned subsidiaries of Exista hf.
Exafin B.V. is a 100 per cent owned subsidiary of Basiliko Glennalla S.Ã r.l., a
private limited company registered in Luxembourg with organization number
115.830. Exista hf. owns and holds 100 per cent of the shares and votes in the
Basiliko Glennalla S.Ã r.l.
9. Additional information
In addition, the agreements referred to in the flagging notification made on 8
February 2007 that Exista fjárfestingar ehf. has made entitle the company to
acquire in total 34,734,268 A shares in Sampo Plc., representing 6.00% of the
all the shares and 5.95% of all the votes in Sampo Plc.
___________________________
Pekka Jaatinen, Attorney-at-Law
For and on behalf of Exista hf.
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