Aspo - Changes in company's own shares

Aspo to purchase its own shares

ASPO Plc        STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE     February 24, 2015, at 15:30

ASPO TO PURCHASE ITS OWN SHARES

The Board of Directors of Aspo Plc has decided to acquire a tranche of 32,000 of
the company's own shares in a directed acquisition from its fully owned
subsidiary Aspo Management Oy. The acquisition of shares will be carried out
tomorrow on February 25, 2015.

The acquisition will be carried out within the limits of the authorization given
to the Board at the Annual Shareholders' Meeting on April 3, 2014. The shares
will be acquired for execution of the company's key personnel's share-ownership
program.

Before this acquisition, the number of own shares held by Aspo Plc is 63,773.
Furthermore, before this acquisition Aspo Management Oy owns 509,612 Aspo
shares.

ASPO Plc

Aki Ojanen
CEO

Further information:
CEO Aki Ojanen, Aspo Plc, +358 9 5211, +358 400 106 592, aki.ojanen (a)aspo.com

Distribution:
Nasdaq Helsinki
Key media
www.aspo.com

Aspo is a conglomerate that owns and develops business operations in Northern
Europe and growth markets focusing on demanding B-to-B customers. Our strong
company brands - ESL Shipping, Leipurin, Telko and Kaukomarkkinat - aim to be
the market leaders in their sectors. They are responsible for their own
operations, customer relationships and the development of these. Together they
generate Aspo's goodwill. Aspo's Group structure and business operations are
continually developed without any predefined schedules.




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