Aspo - Company Announcement

TRANSFER OF OWN SHARES

ASPO Plc   STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE      February 14, 2012 at 15:40


The Aspo Plc Board of Directors has decided to transfer 150,638 Aspo shares held
by the company to employees included in the share-ownership plan of 2009. The
transfer is based on the share issue authorization of the Annual Shareholders'
Meeting held on April 5, 2011. The shares will be transferred according to the
share-ownership plan without compensation. A total of 30 Aspo Group executives
included in the share-ownership plan have acquired Aspo shares in 2009.

After the transfer Aspo Plc will hold a total of 183,891 Aspo shares.

ASPO Plc

Aki Ojanen
CEO

For further information, please contact:
Aki Ojanen, CEO Aspo Plc, +358 9 521 4010, +358 400 106 592,aki.ojanen@aspo.com
www.aspo.com


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