SAMPO PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 7 May 2008 at 12.10 pm
CANCELLATION OF SAMPO PLC'S A SHARES
The Board of Sampo plc has today decided to cancel 6,715,000 Sampo A shares
repurchased during 2007 and January-March 2008. The cancellation reduces the
number of Sampo A shares 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 570,615,890. Total number of shares of the company,
including 1,200,000 B shares, is 571,815,890 shares.
SAMPO PLC
Jarmo Salonen
Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications
phone +358 10 516 0030
Distribution:
OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki
The principal media
Financial Supervision
Insurance Supervisory Authority
www.sampo.com