Aspo - Company Announcement

INVITATION TO ASPO'S FIRST QUARTER PRESS CONFERENCE

ASPO Plc          STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE         May 5, 2011, at 8.45

Aspo Plc's Interim Report for January-March 2011 will be published on Wednesday,
May 11, 2011, at about 10.00 a.m. Finnish time.

An analyst and press conference (in Finnish) will be held at 14.00 (Finnish
time) on the same day at Restaurant Savoy's 7th floor, address: Eteläesplanadi
14, 00130 Helsinki. Please, register beforehand by email
tohilkka.jokiniemi@aspo.com.

The first quarter results will be presented by CEO Aki Ojanen, CFO Arto Meitsalo
and Group Treasurer Harri Seppälä. ESL Shipping's President Markus Karjalainen
will also be present. The presentation material (in English and Finnish) will be
available on Aspo's websitewww.aspo.com under "Investors > Materials >
Presentations".

Welcome!

ASPO Plc

Aki Ojanen
CEO

Further information:
Harri Seppälä, Group Treasurer, Aspo Plc, phone +358 9 5211 or +358 400 617 201
harri.seppala(a)aspo.com

DISTRIBUTION:
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Key media
www.aspo.com

Aspo is a conglomerate that owns and develops business operations in the
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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