Announcement according to chapter 2, section 10 of the securities market act

ANNOUNCEMENT ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT The holding of shares and pertaining voting rights by the mutual funds of the Franklin Templeton Group and separate accounts managed by Franklin Resources, Inc. in Sampo plc has exceeded 5 per cent of the total votes pertaining to Sampo shares. Franklin Resources, Inc. (trade reg. no. 13-2670991) holds together with its affiliated investment advisers 4.60 per cent of Sampo shares and, in addition, manages shares with 1.11 per cent of votes, i.e. the Group's total voting rights amount to 5.68 per cent: Franklin mutal funds No. of shares Shares, % Votes, % A shares 25,585,141 4.60 4.57 Managed by Franklin A shares 6,240,604 1.11 Sampo plc's (business ID 0142213-3) share capital totals 555,623,515 shares, of which A shares amount to 554,423,515 and B shares to 1,200,000. Each A share entitles to one (1) vote and each B share to five (5) votes. Consequently, the total votes pertaining to all Sampo shares amount to 560,423,515. SAMPO PLC Pertti Nurvala Head of Group Communications FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE, CONTACT TO: Jarmo Salonen, Head of Investor Relations, tel. +359 10 514 0030, mobile +358 50 424 0030 FOR DISTRIBUTION TO Helsinki Stock Exchanges The principal media www.sampo.com ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/03/22/20020322BIT00470/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/03/22/20020322BIT00470/wkr0002.pdf