Main Income and Expenses in the Holding Segment

Dividends from subsidiaries

• Sampo plc has invested capital in the subsidiaries and an associated company and the dividends paid by them are returns on these investments.
• These dividends are eliminated in the consolidated income statement, as are all other Group-internal income and expenses.
• In segment reporting Sampo plc is included in the Holding segment and therefore the dividends paid by the subsidiaries are eliminated in the Group accounts. 

Dividends from associates

• Dividends from Nordea and Topdanmark according to Sampo Group's holding in these companies.

Investment income

• An increasingly important source of income in the Group is the return generated by the parent company's financial investments.
• Sampo follows prudent but innovative investment policies, focused on the region and the business we are familiar with.

Dividends to shareholders and share buy-backs

• Capital that is not used to fund subsidiaries or invested is returned to the owners of the company.
• This is done in the form of dividends and share buy-backs following the company's dividend policy established by the Board of Directors.

Taxes

• Part of the total taxes in the consolidated income statement are paid locally by the legal companies domiciled in different tax jurisdictions. The parent company pays the taxes generated by its own business.
• Taxes are only shown at the Group-level in the consolidated income statement of the Sampo Group.

Finance costs

• Sampo plc has issued senior debt and commercial papers (CPs), which incur interest costs. 

Costs for running the business

• Staff costs and other operating expenses are significant cost items for Sampo plc.