SAMPO PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE
5 October, 2004 at 4.30 p.m.
SAMPO SEEKS LISTING OF NEW SHARE CATEGORY ON STOCK EXCHANGE
Sampo plc's Board of Directors has decided to apply for the listing of a new share category called Sampo Uudet (Sampo New) on the main list of the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Sampo A shares subscribed for with warrants after 31 December 2004 will traded under the new share category.
The new share category will be adopted in order to facilitate the payment of year 2004 dividends, because Sampo's A shares subscribed for after 31 December 2004 are entitled, on the basis of the option programs, to dividends only after the dividend distribution for 2004.
Sampo plc has two option programs, of which the first was authorised by the Annual General Meeting of 21 April 1998 and the second by the Extraordinary General Meeting of 29 September 2000. The period for subscription with warrants ends on 31 May 2005 for the first program, and on 31 January 2007 for the second program.
SAMPO PLC
Jarmo Salonen
Head of Investor Relations
Tel. + 358 10 516 0030 or mobile + 358 50 424 0030
Additional information:
Head of Investor Relations Jarmo Salonen, tel. +358 10 516 0030
Head of Group Communications Hannu Vuola, tel. +358 10 516 0040
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