CANCELLATION OF SAMPO PLC'S A SHARES


SAMPO PLC           STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE        13 February 2007

The Board of Sampo plc has today decided to cancel 4 827 500 Sampo A shares repurchased in 2006. The cancellation reduces the number of Sampo A share with the corresponding amount but has no effect on the share capital.
 
Once the cancellation is entered into the trade register, the number of Sampo plc's A shares totals 577,330,890. Total number of shares of the company, including 1,200,000 B shares, is 578,530,890 shares.


SAMPO PLC

Jarmo Salonen
Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications
phone +358 10 516 0030

Distribution:
Helsinki Stock Exchange
The principal media
Financial Supervision
www.sampo.com

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