Sampo plc: Disclosure Under Chapter 9 Section 5 of the Securities Market Act
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SAMPO PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 26 February 2016 at 9.55 am
Disclosure Under Chapter 9 Section 5 of the Securities Market Act
Sampo plc (business code 0142213-3) has received a disclosure under Chapter 9,
Section 5 of the Securities Markets Act. According to the notification the total
number of Sampo A shares (ISIN: FI009003305) owned by Capital Income Builder
(CIB) increased on 24 February 2016 to over five (5) per cent of Sampo plc's
entire stock. The voting rights attached to the shares remained below five (5)
per cent of total number of voting rights.
CIB is a mutual fund registered in the United States under Investment Company
Act of 1940. CIB is the legal owner of shares in Sampo Oyj. CIB has delegated
proxy voting authority to its investment adviser, Capital Research and
Management Company (CRMC), a 100 per cent owned subsidiary of the Capital Group
Companies, Inc. (CGC).
Sampo's share capital comprises 560,000,000 shares, of which 558,800,000 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
564,800,000.
Total positions of Capital Income Builder (CIB) and its funds subject to the
notification:
+----------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+
| |% of shares and |% of shares and |Total of both in|
| |voting rights |voting rights through|% (A+B) |
| |(total of A) |financial instruments| |
| | |(total of B) | |
+----------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+
|Resulting situation on|5.02% shares |N.A. |5.02% shares |
|the date on which | | | |
|threshold was crossed |Below 5% voting | |Below 5% voting |
|or reached |rights | |rights |
+----------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+
|Positions of previous |N.A. |N.A. |N.A. |
|notification (if | | | |
|applicable) | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
+----------------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+
Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold
was crossed:
A: Shares and voting rights:
+------------------+--------------------------------+--------------------------+
|Class/type of |Number of shares and voting |% of shares and voting |
|shares |rights |rights |
|ISIN code (if +-----------------+--------------+------------+-------------+
|possible) |Direct |Indirect |Direct |Indirect |
| |(SMA 9:5) |(SMA 9:6 and |(SMA 9:5) |(SMA 9:6 and |
| | |9:7) | |9:7) |
+------------------+-----------------+--------------+------------+-------------+
|FI0009003305 | 28,108,801 | | 5.02% | |
| |shares | |shares | |
| |Below 5% voting | |Below 5% | |
| |rights | |voting | |
| | | |rights | |
+------------------+-----------------+--------------+------------+-------------+
|SUBTOTAL A |28,108,801 shares |5.02% shares |
| |Below 5% voting rights |Below 5% voting rights |
+------------------+--------------------------------+--------------------------+
SAMPO PLC
Jarmo Salonen
Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications
tel. +358 10 516 0030
Distribution:
Nasdaq Helsinki
The principal media
Financial Supervisory Authority
www.sampo.com
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