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 |
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