Aspo - Company Announcement

NEW CEO FOR ASPO GROUP'S TELKO LTD

ASPO Plc               STOCK EXCHANGE BULLETIN   May 11, 2009 at
13:00

Kalle Kettunen (44), M.Sc., MBA, has been appointed new CEO of Telko
Ltd, part of Aspo Group, from August 1, 2009. He will succeed Jari
Ranne, who will not continue with the company.

Kalle Kettunen has previously worked in executive positions in the
AkzoNobel Group. Most recently in the AkzoNobel Group, he worked as
Marketing Manager for Pulp and Paper Europe, and as the CEO of Eka
Chemicals Oy (part of the same Group), stationed in Sweden."Kalle Kettunen's solid international experience and performance were
decisive in his selection as Telko's new CEO. Aspo intends to develop
Telko into a stronger market leader and result-maker as an expert in
and distributor of plastic and chemical raw materials in the Baltic
Sea Region," says Aki Ojanen, CEO of Aspo Group.

Telko is the leading expert and distributor of industrial chemicals
and plastic raw materials in the Baltic Sea region. It operates in
Finland, the Baltic countries, Scandinavia, Poland, Ukraine, Russia
and Belarus. Telko was created through the merger of Aspokem and
Kauko-Telko's industrial raw material operations at the beginning of
May 2008.

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
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.

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