Disposal

SAMPO PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE

13 December 2005 at 15:00

TRANSACTION CONCERNING SAMPO'S POLISH SUBSIDIARIES CLOSED

In June, Sampo plc announced it would divest its subsidiaries in Poland - the Sampo PTE S.A. pension company and the Sampo T.U. Zycie S.A. life insurance company - to Nordea Life Holding A/S.

The necessary official permits, upon which the transaction was conditional, have now been obtained. The consideration is EUR 95 million, of which Sampo will recognise a sales gain of EUR 25 million. The sales gain is influenced by the fact that Sampo wrote off most of the companies' goodwill in 2002.

SAMPO PLC

Hannu Vuola
Head of Group Communications
Tel. +358 10 516 0040

For additional information, please contact:

Hannu Vuola, Head of Group Communications, tel. +358 10 516 0040

Distribution:

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