13 Facts About Sampo Group

1.

Largest shareholders of Sampo plc are Finnish national institutions as well as Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company, Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company, and Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company.

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Sampo Group had a banking operations under the name of Sampo Bank between 2000 and 2006.

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3.

In November 2006, it was disclosed that the banking business of Sampo Group was sold to the Danish Danske Bank so that Sampo Group could concentrate on its insurance business.

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4.

In 2017, Sampo PLC published the first group-level sustainability report.

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5.

In 2019, the Sampo Group joined the UN Global Compact initiative and signed the UN PRI.

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6.

Story of Sampo Group began in 1909, when the Mutual Insurance Company Sampo Group was established in Turku, Finland.

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In 1987, Sampo Group changed its company type from a mutual insurance company to a limited company.

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8.

The company's insurance customers became shareholders, and Sampo Group was listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange in January 1988.

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9.

In 2006, Sampo Group announced a divestment that went down in Finnish economic history.

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10.

Sampo Group sold its banking business to the Danish Danske Bank for more than €4,000,000,000.

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11.

In terms of market capitalization Sampo Group plc is one of the largest companies listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.

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12.

Sampo Group PLC owns the entire stock of the Mandatum Holding Ltd.

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13.

In Finnish mythology, the name "Sampo Group" refers to a mythical machine that creates salt, food, flour and gold out of nothing.

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