Aspo - Corporate Action

NEW SHARES IN ASPO PLC ENTERED INTO THE TRADE REGISTER

Aspo Plc   STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE  December 22,2010 at 9.30 am.

Seventeen loan units of Aspo Plc's Convertible Capital Loan 2009 have been
converted into 130,730 new shares in Aspo Plc. The new shares have been entered
into the Trade Register today on December 22, 2010. The shareholder rights of
the new shares arise as from the date of the Trade Register entry.

After the Trade Register entry of the new shares, the number of the Company's
shares is 26,836,703 shares. The shares entered into the Trade Register will be
applied for public trading on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd on December 23, 2010.

Helsinki December 22, 2010

ASPO Plc

Aki Ojanen
CEO

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

Distribution:
NASDAQ OMX 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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