Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company’s holding in Sampo Plc
Stock Exchange Release - 07/05/2005 at 12:45 PMSampo plc (business code 0142213-3) has today received a disclosure under Chapter 2, Section 9 of the Securities Markets Act, according to which the total number of Sampo shares and related voting rights owned by Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company has fallen below three-twentieths (3/20) of Sampo plc’s entire stock and voting rights.
Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company´s holding after the deal
| Share type | No. of shares | % of share capital | % of votes |
| A-shares | 85 219 185 | 14.95 % | 14.83 % |
| B-shares | - | - | - |
| Total | 85 219 185 | 14.95 % | 14.83 % |
Sampo’s share capital comprises 569,958,065 shares, of which 568,758,065 are A shares and 1,200,000 are B shares. Each A share entitles its holder to one (1) vote and each B share to five (5) votes. Thus, the total number of votes is 574,758,065.
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