SAMPO PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 14 April 2011 at 4.20 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 1.15 per share for 2010. The record date for dividend payment is 19 April 2011. The dividend will be paid on 28 April 2011. The Annual General Meeting adopted the financial accounts for 2010 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: Anne Brunila, Veli-Matti Mattila, Eira Palin-Lehtinen, Jukka Pekkarinen, Christoffer Taxell, Matti Vuoria and Björn Wahlroos. Adine Grate Axén was elected a new Board member. At its organisational meeting, the Board elected Björn Wahlroos as Chairman and Matti Vuoria as Vice Chairman. The following members were elected to the Nomination and Compensation Committee: Veli-Matti Mattila, Eira Palin-Lehtinen, Christoffer Taxell, Matti Vuoria, and Björn Wahlroos. Adine Grate Axén, Jukka Pekkarinen and Christoffer Taxell were elected to the Audit Committee. The Board of Directors assessed the independence of its members and concluded that all the Board members are independent of the major shareholders and all but Anne Brunila, Björn Wahlroos and Matti Vuoria are independent of the company. The Committees fulfil the Finnish Corporate Governance Code's requirement for independence. The Annual General Meeting decided to pay the following fees to the members of the Board of Directors until the close of the 2012 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. After deduction of taxes and similar payments, approximately 50 per cent of the Board members' annual compensation will be paid in Sampo A shares and the rest in cash. Ernst & Young Oy was elected as Auditor. The Auditor will be paid a fee determined by a reasonable invoice. Heikki Ilkka, APA, was re-elected as the principally responsible auditor. The Annual General Meeting authorised the Board to acquire in one or several lots a maximum of 50,000,000 Sampo A shares. Shares can be repurchased in other proportion than the shareholders' proportional shareholdings (private repurchase). 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 9 February 2011. The Board proposals are available in their entirety at www.sampo.com/agm. 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: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Financial Supervisory Authority www.sampo.com The principal media [HUG#1506540]