Aspo - Notice to general meeting

Aspo Plc : Invitation to the Annual Shareholders' Meeting

ASPO Plc   STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE   MARCH 11, 2014, at 16:00


INVITATION TO THE ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING

The shareholders of Aspo Plc are invited to attend the Annual Shareholders'
Meeting to be held on Thursday, April 3, 2014, at 14.00 p.m. at Scandic Marina
Congress Center at Katajanokanlaituri 6, FI-00160 Helsinki, Finland. Reception
of registered participants will start at the venue of the meeting at 13.00 p.m.

MATTERS ON THE AGENDA OF THE ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING

1. Opening of the meeting

2. Calling the meeting to order

3. Election of persons to confirm the minutes and to supervise the counting of
votes

4. Recording the legality of the meeting

5. Recording the attendance at the meeting and adopting the list of votes

6. Presentation of the annual accounts, the report of the Board of Directors and
the auditor's report for the year 2013

7. Adoption of the annual accounts and the consolidated annual accounts

8. Resolution on the use of the profit shown on the balance sheet and the
payment of dividend

The Board of Directors proposes that for fiscal year 2013, a dividend of EUR
0.21 per share be paid and that no dividend be paid to the company-held shares.
The dividend will be paid to shareholders registered in the shareholder register
of the company maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd on the record date, April
8, 2014. The Board of Directors proposes that the dividend be paid on April
15, 2014.

9. Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Board of Directors and the
CEO from liability

10. Resolution on the remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors and
the Audit Committee

Shareholders representing a total of more than 30% of all the votes in the
company propose that the compensations for the members of the Board of Directors
the Audit Committee remain unchanged. It is proposed that EUR 15,500 per month
be paid to the chairman of the Board of Directors, EUR 3,600 per month to the
vice chairman, EUR 2,400 per month to the other members of the Board of
Directors and EUR 700 per meeting to the members of the Audit Committee. Board
members having a full-time position in an Aspo Group company are not paid a fee.

11. Resolution on the number of members of the Board of Directors

Shareholders representing a total of more than 30% of all the votes in the
company propose that six board members be elected.

12. Election of the members of the Board of Directors

Shareholders representing a total of more than 30% of all the votes in the
company propose that the current board members, Matti Arteva, Mammu Kaario,
Roberto Lencioni, Gustav Nyberg, Kristina Pentti-von Walzel and Risto Salo be
re-elected as members of the Board until the following Annual Shareholders'
Meeting.

13. Resolution on the remuneration of the auditor

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors proposes that remuneration be paid
to the auditor according to an accepted invoice.

14. Election of the auditor

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors proposes that Ernst & Young Oy be
elected as the company's auditor until the following Annual Shareholders'
Meeting.

15. Authorization of the Board of Directors to decide on the acquisition of
company-held shares

The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual Shareholders' Meeting authorize
the Board of Directors to decide on the acquisition of no more than 500,000 of
the company-held shares using the unrestricted shareholders' equity of the
company. The authorization includes the right to accept company-held shares as a
pledge.

The shares shall be acquired through public trading, for which reason the shares
are acquired otherwise than in proportion to the holdings of the shareholders
and the consideration paid for the shares shall be the market price of the
Aspo's share at the time of repurchase. Shares may also be acquired outside
public trading for a price which at most corresponds to the market price in
public trading at the time of acquisition. The authorization includes the
Board's right to resolve on a directed repurchase or the acceptance of shares as
a pledge, if there is a compelling financial reason for the company to do so as
provided for in Chapter 15, section 6 of the Finnish Limited Liability Companies
Act. The shares shall be acquired to be used for the financing or execution of
corporate acquisitions or other transactions, for execution of the company's
share-ownership programs or for other purposes determined by the Board.

The Board may not exercise the authorization to acquire company-held shares or
to accept them as a pledge if after the acquisition the company or its
subsidiary would possess or have as a pledge in total more than ten (10) percent
of the company's stock. The authorization is proposed to be valid until the
Annual Shareholders' Meeting in 2015 but not more than 18 months from the
approval at the Shareholders' Meeting.

The Board of Directors shall decide on any other matters related to the
acquisition of company-held shares.

If approved, the authorization will supersede the authorization for the
acquisition of company-held shares which was granted to the Board of Directors
by the Annual Shareholders' Meeting on April 10, 2013.

16. Closing of the meeting

ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING DOCUMENTS

The aforementioned proposals of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee,
this invitation to the meeting as well as Group's annual accounts, the report of
the Board of Directors and the auditor's report will be on view on Aspo Plc's
website at www.aspo.fi on March 12, 2014, at the latest. These documents will
also be available at the Annual Shareholders' Meeting and copies of them will be
sent to shareholders upon request.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PARTICIPANTS TO THE MEETING

The right to participate and registration

The right to attend to the Annual Shareholders' Meeting is restricted to those
shareholders who, on March 24, 2014, are recorded as shareholders in the
company's shareholder register held by Euroclear Finland Ltd. A shareholder
whose shares have been entered into his/her personal Finnish book-entry account
is registered into the company's shareholder register. Changes that take place
in shareholdings after the record date set for the Annual Shareholders' Meeting
will not affect a shareholder's right to attend the Annual Shareholders' Meeting
or exercise his/her voting rights.

Shareholders wishing to attend the Annual Shareholders' Meeting must notify the
company on Monday, March 31, 2014, by 16.00 p.m. at the latest either through
Aspo's website www.aspo.com, by email to ilmoittautuminen@aspo.com, by telephone
to +358 9 521 4100, by telefax to +358 9 521 4999 or in writing to the address:
Aspo Plc, P.O. Box 70, FI-00501 Helsinki, Finland.

In connection with the registration a shareholder shall give his/her name,
personal ID, telephone number, and the name of a possible accompanying assistant
or proxy representative and the personal ID of a proxy representative. The
personal information is used only in connection with the Annual Shareholders'
Meeting and with the processing of related registrations.

A shareholder attending the Annual Shareholders' Meeting has the right to
request information with respect to the matters to be considered at the meeting
in accordance with Chapter 5, section 25 of the Finnish Limited Liability
Companies Act.

Proxy representative and power of attorney

A shareholder may participate in the Annual Shareholders' Meeting and exercise
his/her rights at the meeting by way of proxy representation.

A proxy representative shall produce a dated proxy document or otherwise in a
reliable manner demonstrate his/her right to represent the shareholder at the
Annual Shareholders' Meeting. When a shareholder participates in the Annual
Shareholders' Meeting by means of several proxy representatives representing the
shareholder with shares at different securities accounts, the shares represented
by each proxy representative shall be identified in connection with the
registration for the Annual Shareholders' Meeting.

Possible proxy documents should be delivered in originals to Aspo Plc, P.O. Box
70, FI-00501 Helsinki, Finland, before the last date for registration.

Holder of a nominee registered share

A holder of nominee registered shares is advised to request without delay
necessary instructions regarding the registration in the shareholders' register
of the company, the issuing of proxy documents and registration for the Annual
Shareholders' Meeting from his/her custodian bank. The account management
organization of the custodian bank will register a holder of nominee registered
shares, who wants to participate in the Annual Shareholders' Meeting, to be
temporarily entered into the shareholders' register of the company on March
31, 2014 by 10.00 a:m. at the latest. With respect to nominee registered shares
the temporary entry into the shareholders' register is considered as
registration for the Shareholders' Meeting.

Other information

Aspo Plc has on the date of this invitation to the Annual Shareholders' Meeting,
on March 11, 2014, a total of 30,975,524 shares and votes.

Helsinki, March 11, 2014

ASPO Plc

Board of Directors

For further information, please contact:
Aki Ojanen, CEO Aspo Plc, +358 9 521 4010, +358 400 106 592,

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. www.aspo.com

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