TIDMSAMPO 
 
 
   SAMPO PLC                    INSIDE INFORMATION 
26 May 2021 at 8:25 am 
 
   NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED 
STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN OR IN OR INTO ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN 
WHICH OFFERS OR SALES WOULD BE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW 
 
   Result of Sampo's sale of Nordea shares 
 
   As announced on 25 May 2021, Sampo has sold 162 million Nordea shares to 
institutional investors. 
 
   The transaction price was EUR 8.50 per share, resulting in gross 
proceeds of EUR 1,377 million. Sampo makes a sales gain of approximately 
EUR 93 million, including recycling of previously recognized other 
comprehensive items of approximately EUR -30 million, from the 
transaction. The sales gain will be treated as an extraordinary item. 
 
   After the transaction, Sampo holds 480,924,782 Nordea shares, 
corresponding to 11.9 per cent of all shares and voting rights in 
Nordea. 
 
   BofA Securities Europe SA, Citigroup Global Markets Europe and Barclays 
Bank Ireland PLC acted as Joint Bookrunners of the transaction. 
 
   SAMPO PLC 
 
   For more information, please contact: 
 
   Mirko Hurmerinta 
 
   IR & Communications Specialist 
 
   tel. +358 10 516 0032 
 
   Maria Silander 
 
   Communications Manager, Media Relations 
 
   tel. +358 10 516 0031 
 
   Important notice 
 
   THIS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN MADE FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND SHALL 
NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO BUY, SELL, ISSUE OR SUBSCRIBE FOR, OR THE 
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY, SELL, ISSUE OR SUBSCRIBE FOR ANY 
SECURITIES, NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF SECURITIES IN ANY 
JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL 
PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY 
SUCH JURISDICTION. 
 
   IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS ONLY BEING DISTRIBUTED TO 
AND IS DIRECTED AT "QUALIFIED INVESTORS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 
2(E) OF REGULATION (EU) 2017/1129, AS IT FORMS PART OF DOMESTIC LAW IN 
THE UNITED KINGDOM BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 
2018, (A) HAVING PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MATTERS RELATING TO 
INVESTMENTS FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND 
MARKETS ACT (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005, AS AMENDED (THE "ORDER"); 
(B) WHO ARE HIGH NET WORTH ENTITIES DESCRIBED IN ARTICLE 49(2) (A) TO 
(D) OF THE ORDER; OR (C) OTHER PERSONS TO WHOM THEY MAY LAWFULLY BE 
COMMUNICATED (ALL SUCH PERSONS TOGETHER BEING REFERRED TO AS "RELEVANT 
PERSONS"). ANY INVESTMENT OR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO WHICH THIS 
ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE TO AND WILL ONLY BE ENGAGED 
IN WITH RELEVANT PERSONS. ANY PERSON WHO IS NOT A RELEVANT PERSON SHOULD 
NOT ACT OR RELY ON THIS ANNOUNCEMENT OR ANY OF ITS CONTENTS. 
 
   THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR 
INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES (INCLUDING ITS TERRITORIES AND 
POSSESSIONS, ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA). THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER OF SECURITIES FOR SALE INTO 
THE UNITED STATES. THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO HEREIN HAVE NOT BEEN AND 
WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, 
AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES, EXCEPT PURSUANT TO 
AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION. NO PUBLIC OFFERING OF 
SECURITIES IS BEING MADE IN THE UNITED STATES. 
 
   ANY INVESTMENT DECISION TO BUY SECURITIES IN THE EQUITY OFFERING MUST BE 
MADE SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION WHICH HAS NOT 
BEEN INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED BY THE JOINT BOOKRUNNERS OR THE SELLER. 
NEITHER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT NOR ANY COPY OF IT MAY BE TAKEN, TRANSMITTED 
OR DISTRIBUTED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, 
AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN OR IN OR INTO ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH 
OFFERS OR SALES WOULD BE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. ANY FAILURE TO 
COMPLY WITH THIS RESTRICTION MAY CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF UNITED STATES, 
AUSTRALIAN, CANADIAN, JAPANESE OR OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS. 
 
   THE DISTRIBUTION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE OFFERING OR SALE OF THE 
SECURITIES REFERRED TO HEREIN IN CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS MAY BE RESTRICTED 
BY LAW. NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN BY THE JOINT BOOKRUNNERS OR ANY OF 
THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES OR ANY OTHER PERSON THAT WOULD PERMIT AN 
OFFER OF THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO HEREIN OR POSSESSION OR DISTRIBUTION 
OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT OR ANY OTHER OFFERING OR PUBLICITY MATERIAL 
RELATING TO THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO HEREIN IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE 
ACTION FOR THAT PURPOSE IS REQUIRED. PERSONS INTO WHOSE POSSESSION THIS 
ANNOUNCEMENT COMES ARE REQUIRED BY THE JOINT BOOKRUNNERS TO INFORM 
THEMSELVES ABOUT AND TO OBSERVE ANY SUCH RESTRICTIONS. 
 
   THE JOINT BOOKRUNNERS ARE ACTING EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE SELLER AND NO ONE 
ELSE IN CONNECTION WITH THE EQUITY OFFERING. THE JOINT BOOKRUNNERS WILL 
NOT REGARD ANY OTHER PERSON (WHETHER OR NOT A RECIPIENT OF THIS 
ANNOUNCEMENT) AS THEIR CLIENT IN RELATION TO THE EQUITY OFFERING AND THE 
JOINT BOOKRUNNERS WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE TO ANYONE OTHER THAN THE 
SELLER FOR PROVIDING THE PROTECTIONS AFFORDED TO THEIR CLIENTS NOR FOR 
GIVING ADVICE IN RELATION TO THE OFFERING OR ANY TRANSACTION, 
ARRANGEMENT OR OTHER MATTER REFERRED TO IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. THE JOINT 
BOOKRUNNERS MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE OFFERING ON A PROPRIETARY BASIS. 
 
   Distribution: 
 
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   London Stock Exchange 
 
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