Annual report & accounts


SAMPO PLC   STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT
            24 March, 2005 at 10:00
 
 
 
SAMPO PUBLISHES ANNUAL REPORT AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY REPORT
 
Sampo has published its Annual Report for 2004. The Annual Report is available at www.sampo.com/vuosikertomus in Finnish, at www.sampo.com/annualreport in English, and at www.sampo.com/arsredovisningar in Swedish. The financial statements of the Group's subsidiaries and the Corporate Responsibility Report 2004 are also available at the above websites.
 
The Annual Report will be sent automatically to shareholders holding at least 2,000 Sampo plc shares. Printed Annual Reports can be ordered by using the order forms at Sampo's Annual Report websites, by fax at +358 10 516 0051, or by phone at +358 10 516 0042.
 
SAMPO PLC
 
Jarmo Salonen
Head of Investor Relations
Tel. +358 10 516 0030
 
 
DISTRIBUTION:
Helsinki Exchanges
The principal media
Financial Supervision
www.sampo.com