SAMPO PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 26 August 2008 at 10.10 am SAMPO'S SUBSIDIARY SAMPO LIFE ADOPTS A NEW NAME Sampo's subsidiary Sampo Life adopts the name of Mandatum Life Insurance Company Limited. The company will keep its current name Sampo Life as supplementary firm name. The extraordinary general meeting of Sampo Life decided on the name change on 26 August 2008. The company will disclose more details about the effects of the name change during this autumn. SAMPO PLC Jarmo Salonen Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications For more information, please contact: Kari Stadigh Chairman of the Board Sampo Life phone +358 10 516 0004 Petri Niemisvirta Head of Life Insurance Sampo Life phone +358 10 516 7200 Sampo Life will arrange a Finnish-language press conference at Pilarisali at the address Bulevardi 56, Helsinki, 26 August 2008 at 12 pm Finnish time. DISTRIBUTION: OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki The principal media Financial Supervision Insurance Supervisory Authority www.sampo.com