Redemption Obligation

Sampo plc's Articles of Association contain a clause regarding redemption of shares. A shareholder whose holding of all shares or of all votes relating to the shares reaches or exceeds 33 1/3 per cent or 50 per cent, is obliged to redeem, at the presentation of claims by other shareholders, their shares and the documents giving entitlement to the shares, as stipulated in the Finnish Companies Act, in the manner more specifically prescribed in Article 16 of the Articles of Association.