Aspo - Changes in company's own shares

Transfer of treasury shares

ASPO Plc   STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE      March 18, 2016 at 14:00


TRANSFER OF TREASURY SHARES

Aspo Plc has granted 88,970 treasury shares to employees included in the
earnings period 2015 of the share-based incentive plan 2015-2017. The transfer
is based on the share issue authorization of the Annual Shareholders' Meeting
held on April 9, 2015. The shares have been transferred according to the terms
of the share-based incentive plan without compensation.

After the transfer Aspo Plc holds a total of 390,951 treasury shares.


Aspo announced the share-based incentive plan 2015-2017 in a stock exchange
release issued on February 12, 2015.

ASPO Plc

Aki Ojanen
CEO

For further information, please contact:
Aki Ojanen, CEO Aspo Plc, +358 9 5211, +358 400 106 592, aki.ojanen@aspo.com
www.aspo.com



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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