Aspo - Changes board/management/auditors

HARRI SEPPÄLÄ APPOINTED GROUP TREASURER OF ASPO

ASPO Plc    STOCK EXCHANGE BULLETIN      March 5, 2008 at 2:30 p.m.

Harri Seppälä, eMBA (43), has been appointed Group Treasurer of Aspo
Plc, starting from April 1, 2008. Harri Seppälä will move to Aspo
from Sampo Bank, where he has worked as Senior Vice President in the
Institutional and Corporate Banking unit and, among other things,
contributed to the financing of Aspo's vessel acquisitions.

For more information, please contact CFO Dick Blomqvist at +358 9
7595 300.

ASPO Plc

Gustav Nyberg
CEO

Aspo is a conglomerate focusing on sectors that require extensive,
specialist knowledge. Our customers include companies in the energy
and process industry sectors, in particular. Aspo's net sales
amounted to EUR 266.6 million in 2007. Aspo Chemicals accounted for
about 46%, Aspo Shipping for about 32%, and Aspo Systems for about
22% of this figure.

DISTRIBUTION:
OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki
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www.aspo.fi