Sampo's interim report will be published on 12 August 2009

Sampo Group will publish Interim Report for January–June 2009 on 12 August 2009 between 9:30 am and 10:00 am. The Interim Report and additional financial material will be available on the Internet at www.sampo.com/ir.

Sampo will arrange a press conference on 12 August 2009 at 12:30 pm at Savoy (Eteläesplanadi 14, Helsinki). An English-language telephone conference for investors and analysts will be held at 4:00 pm Finnish time (2:00 pm UK time). Group CEO and President Kari Stadigh, Group CFO Peter Johansson, Head of P&C Insurance Torbjörn Magnusson and Head of IR and Group Communications Jarmo Salonen attend the conference. To participate in the conference call, please call +44 207 162 0025 (Europe) or +1 334 323 6201 (USA). Password: Sampo.

The conference can also be followed from a direct transmission on the Internet, at www.sampo.com/ir. A recorded version will later be
available at the same address.


SAMPO PLC
Investor Relations and Group Communications


Distribution:
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Financial Supervisory Authority
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