Aspo - Company Announcement

ASPO PLC CONVERTIBLE CAPITAL LOAN 2009 WAS OVERSUBSCRIBED

ASPO Plc   STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE   15 June 2009 at 4:10 pm.

The subscription period of Aspo Plc Convertible Capital Loan 2009
ended on Friday, 12 June, 2009. The Convertible Capital Loan 2009 was
offered for subscription to a limited group of selected investors,
and the loan amount, EUR 15,000,000 in the maximum, was
oversubscribed. The Board of Directors will decide on the reduction
and approval of subscriptions at its meeting on June 23, 2009.
Investors will be notified in writing of approval of their
subscription offers around June 24, 2009, and approved subscriptions
must be paid on June 30, 2009.

ASPO Plc

Aki Ojanen
CEO

For more information, please contact
Aki Ojanen, tel. +358 9 7595 363, +358 400 106 592
aki.ojanen@aspo.fi

Distribution:
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Key Media
www.aspo.com

Aspo is a conglomerate that owns and develops businesses in the
Baltic Sea region focusing on demanding B-to-B customers. The aim of
our strong corporate brands - ESL Shipping, Leipurin, Telko and
Kaukomarkkinat - is 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 developed
persistently without any predefined schedules.