Shareholders

The number of Sampo plc’s shareholders increased during 2017 by more than 18,000 holders to 108,667 (90,879) as at 31 December 2017. The substantial increase is explained by Sampo’s success in finding holders of paper share certificates, see more in Section Shares on the joint book-entry account.

The holdings of nominee-registered and foreign shareholders increased to 62.04 per cent (60.95) of the shares and 61.87 per cent of the votes (60.43).

Shareholders Sampo plc, 31 December 2017
A and B shares Number of shares % of share capital % of votes
Solidium Oy 66,657,360 12.00 11.90
Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company 29,948,420 5.39 5.35
Wahlroos Björn 10,001,265 1.80 1.79
State Pension Fund 3,900,000 0.70 0.70
Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company 3,701,893 0.67 0.66
Folketrygdfondet 2,726,165 0.49 0.49
Kaleva Mutual Insurance Company *) 2,672,719 0.48 1.33
Keva 2,557,993 0.46 0.46
Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company 2,130,000 0.38 0.38
Schweizerische Nationalbank 1,982,409 0.36 0.35
Nordea Allemansfond Alfa 1,916,197 0.35 0.34
OP-Finland Value Fund 1,766,901 0.32 0.32
Nordea Pro Finland Fund 1,750,627 0.32 0.31
Svenska Litteratursällskapet i Finland 1,597,200 0.29 0.29
Nordea Nordic Fund 1,125,043 0.20 0.20
Nordea Swedish Stars 1,046,911 0.19 0.19
ODIN Norden c/o ODIN Forvaltning AS 1,027,602 0.19 0.18
Sigrid Jusélius Foundation 751,400 0.14 0.13
Åbo Akademi University Foundation 718,100 0.13 0.13
Xact Norden 30 (Ucits Etf) 665,968 0.12 0.12
Nominee registered total 335,854,093 60.48 59.96
Other 80,853,584 14.56 14.43
Total 555,351,850 100.00 100.00
*) 1,472,719 A shares and 1,200,000 B shares
Shareholders by Sector Sampo plc (A and B shares), 31 December 2017
Sector Number of shares %
Corporations 77,320,515 13.92
Financial institutions and insurance corporations 13,486,347 2.43
Public institutions 44,440,214 8.00
Non-profit institutions 11,915,661 2.15
Households 61,627,518 11.10
Foreign ownership and nominee registered 346,561,595 62.40
Total 555,351,850 100.0

During 2017 Sampo plc received altogether 19 notifications of change in holding pursuant to Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Securities Markets Act, of which 18 related to the total number of Sampo A shares or related voting rights owned by BlackRock, Inc. (tax ID 32-0174421) and its funds directly or through financial instruments. The notified changes are illustrated in the table below.

Notifications by BlackRock, Inc. in 2017
% of shares and voting rights % of shares and voting rights through financial instruments Total
Date of the change Shares Voting rights Shares Voting rights Shares Voting rights
24 Feb 2017 4.95 <5 0.09 <5 5.04 <5
28 Feb 2017 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5
8 Mar 2017 4.97 <5 0.06 <5 5.02 <5
9 Mar 2017 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5
10 Mar 2017 4.95 <5 0.06 <5 5.00 <5
13 Mar 2017 5.01 4.97 0.06 0.06 5.07 5.03
14 Mar 2017 4.99 4.94 0.06 0.06 5.04 5.00
16 Mar 2017 5.02 4.98 0.05 0.05 5.07 5.03
17 Mar 2017 4.98 <5 0.05 <5 5.03 <5
20 Mar 2017 5.02 4.98 0.04 0.04 5.07 5.03
22 Mar 2017 5.06 5.02 0.05 0.05 5.11 5.07
23 Mar 2017 5.04 4.995 0.06 0.06 5.10 5.05
27 Mar 2017 5.07 5.03 0.07 0.07 5.14 5.10
10 Oct 2017 5.03 <5 0.01 <5 5.03 <5
12 Oct 2017 5.05 5.01 0.01 0.01 5.06 5.01
13 Oct 2017 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5
12 Dec 2017 4.97 <5 0.05 <5 5.02 <5
13 Dec 2017 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5

In addition Sampo plc received during 2017 a notification regarding the total number of Sampo A shares and related voting rights owned by Capital Income Builder (CIB), a 100 per cent owned subsidiary of the Capital Group Companies, Inc., directly or through financial instruments.

During 2018 Sampo plc has received 13 notifications of change in holding pursuant to Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Securities Markets Act. 12 of the notifications came from BlackRock Inc. and one from Capital Income Builder (CIB).

The details of the notifications are available at www.sampo.com/flaggings.

Holdings of the Board and Executive Management

The following table presents the Board’s and Group Executive Committee’s holdings of Sampo A shares. At the end of 2017, members of Sampo plc’s Board of Directors and their close family members owned either directly or indirectly 10,527,151 (11,887,408) Sampo A shares. Their combined holdings constituted 1.9 per cent (2.1) of the share capital and related votes.

Members of the Group Executive Committee and their close family members owned either directly or indirectly 849,557 (842,105) Sampo A shares representing 0.2 per cent (0.2) of the share capital and related votes.

Shares Owned by the Board of Directors and by the Group Executive Committee Sampo plc, 31 December 2017 and 31 December 2016
Board of Directors 31 Dec 2017 31 Dec 2016
Wahlroos 10,501,265 11,865,481
Palin-Lehtinen 5,682 5,075
Clausen 929 448
Fagerholm 2,826 2,167
Grate Axén 5,590 4,962
Mattila 5,680 5,155
Murto 1,373 883
Sørlie 3,806 3,237
Total 10,527,151 11,887,408
Board of Directors' ownership of shares, % 1.9 2.1
Board of Directors' share of votes, % 1.9 2.1
Group Executive Committee 31 Dec 2017 31 Dec 2016
Stadigh 286,558 274,502
Alsaker 26,626 23,750
Johansson 54,983 51,815
Lapveteläinen 245,272 241,111
Magnusson 32,932 27,401
Martinsen 46,691 43,643
Niemisvirta 77,413 73,524
Thorsrud 47,485 44,160
Vuorinen - 35,361
Wennerklint 31,597 26,838
Total 849,557 842,105
Group Executive Committee's ownership of shares, % 0.2 0.2
Group Executive Committee's share of votes, % 0.2 0.2