Shareholders

The number of Sampo plc’s shareholders rose to 90,879 (84,102) as at 31 December 2016. Approximately 1.2 (1.2) per cent of shares had not been transferred to the book-entry system. The holdings of nominee-registered and foreign shareholders amounted to 60.95 per cent (60.96) of the shares and 60.43 per cent of the votes (60.45).

Shareholders Sampo plc, 31 December 2016
A and B shares Number of shares % of share capital % of votes
Solidium Ltd. 66,657,360 11.90 11.80
Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company 35,548,420 6.35 6.29
Wahlroos Björn 11,765,481 2.10 2.08
State Pension Fund 3,800,000 0.68 0.67
Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company 3,760,000 0.67 0.67
Kaleva Mutual Insurance Company *) 3,374,181 0.60 1.45
Schweizerische Nationalbank 2,948,609 0.53 0.52
Folketrygdfondet 2,486,165 0.44 0.44
Mutual Insurance Company Elo 2,130,000 0.38 0.38
The Local Government Pension Institution 1,957,993 0.35 0.35
Svenska Litteratursällskapet i Finland 1,597,200 0.29 0.28
Nordea Allemansfond Alfa 1,348,024 0.24 0.24
Mutual Fund Nordea Finland 1,173,493 0.21 0.21
ODIN Norden c/o ODIN Forvaltning AS 1,027,602 0.18 0.18
Mutual Fund Nordea Norden 913,742 0.16 0.16
OP-Delta Mutual Fund 829,108 0.15 0.15
Juselius Sigrid Foundation 751,400 0.13 0.13
Mutual Fund Nordea Pro Finland 717,657 0.13 0.13
SR Danske Invest Suomi 713,637 0.13 0.13
Oslo Pensjonsforsikring AS 700,000 0.13 0.12
Nominee registered total 330,917,414 59.09 58.59
Other 84,882,514 15.16 15.03
Total 560,000,000 100.00 100.00
*) 2,174,181 A shares and 1,200,000 B shares

Shareholders by Sector Sampo plc (A and B shares), 31 December 2016
Sector Number of shares %
Corporations 76,714,952 13.70
Financial institutions and insurance corporations 13,865,616 2.48
Public institutions 49,240,607 8.79
Non-profit institutions 11,328,297 2.02
Households 60,892,923 10.87
Foreign ownership and nominee registered 341,297,745 60.95
On joint account 6,659,860 1.19
Total 560,000,000 100.00

During 2016 Sampo plc received altogether 25 notifications of change in holding pursuant to Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Securities Markets Act, of which 23 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 2016
% 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
25 January 2016 5.02% <5% 0.03% <5% 5.04% <5%
26 January 2016 - - - - <5% <5%
29 January 2016 5.00% <5% 0.02% <5% 5.02% <5%
1 February 2016 - - - - <5% <5%
3 February 2016 5.01% <5% 0.02% <5% 5.03% <5%
4 February 2016 - - - - <5% <5%
4 April 2016 4.96% <5% 0.05% <5% 5.01% <5%
5 April 2016 5.01% 4.97% 0.03% 0.03% 5.05% 5.00%
6 April 2016 5.08% 5.04% 0.01% 0.01% 5.09% 5.05%
22 April 2016 4.94% 4.90% 0.24% 0.24% 5.19% 5.14%
25 April 2016 5.01% 4.97% 0.17% 0.16% 5.18% 5.14%
26 April 2016 5.24% 5.19% 0.14% 0.14% 5.38% 5.33%
8 July 2016 5.04% 4.995% 0.06% 0.06% 5.10% 5.05%
12 July 2016 4.98% 4.94% 0.11% 0.11% 5.09% 5.05%
22 July 2016 5.02% 4.98% 0.04% 0.04% 5.06% 5.02%
25 July 2016 4.96% 4.92% 0.04% 0.04% 5.00% 4.96%
26 July 2016 5.05% 5.00% 0.04% 0.04% 5.09% 5.04%
28 July 2016 5.01% 4.97% 0.04% 0.04% 5.05% 5.01%
8 August 2016 5.07% 5.03% 0.04% 0.04% 5.11% 5.06%
10 August 2016 5.02% 4.98% 0.05% 0.05% 5.06% 5.02%
17 August 2016 4.96% 4.92% 0.12% 0.12% 5.08% 5.04%
30 August 2016 4.88% 4.84% 0.14% 0.14% 5.03% 4.99%
31 August 2016 <5% <5% <5% <5% <5% <5%

In addition Sampo plc received during 2016 two notifications 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.

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 2016, members of Sampo plc’s Board of Directors and their close family members owned either directly or indirectly 11,887,408 (11,891,850) Sampo A shares. Their combined holdings constituted 2.1 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 842,105 (771,156) Sampo A shares representing 0.2 per cent (0.1) of the share capital and related votes.

 Shares owned by the Board of Directors and by the Group Executive Committee Sampo plc, 31 December 2016 and 31 December 2015
Board of Directors 31 Dec 2016 31 Dec 2015
Wahlroos 11,865,481 11,864,687
Palin-Lehtinen 5,075 4,490
Brunila *) - 8,848
Clausen **) 448 -
Fagerholm 2,167 1,682
Grate Axén 4,962 4,317
Mattila 5,155 4,694
Murto 883 422
Sørlie 3,237 2,710
Total 11,887,408 11,891,850
Board of Directors' ownership of shares, % 2.1 2.1
Board of Directors' share of votes, % 2.1 2.1
Group Executive Committee 31 Dec 2016 31 Dec 2015
Stadigh 274,502 251,795
Alsaker 23,750 16,472
Johansson 51,815 43,757
Lapveteläinen 241,111 231,745
Magnusson 27,401 22,860
Martinsen 43,643 36,652
Niemisvirta 73,524 65,293
Thorsrud 44,160 35,926
Vuorinen 35,361 27,904
Wennerklint 26,838 38,752
Total 842,105 771,156
Group Executive Committee's ownership of shares, % 0.2 0.1
Group Executive Committee's share of votes, % 0.2 0.1
*) member of the Board until 21 April 2016
**) member of the Board since 21 April 2016