Aspo - Company Announcement

ASPO TO PURCHASE ITS OWN SHARES

ASPO Plc     STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE    November 7, 2011, at 17:25

The Board of Directors of Aspo Plc has decided to acquire a tranche of 183,000
of the company's own shares in a directed acquisition. The acquisition of shares
will be carried out today, Monday, November 7, 2011.

The acquisition will be carried out within the limits of the authorization given
to the Board at the Annual Shareholders' Meeting on April 5, 2011. The shares
will be acquired for the financing or execution of corporate acquisitions or
other transactions, for execution of the company's share-ownership program or
for other purposes to be decided by the Board.

Before this acquisition and any other acquisitions that may be carried out
today, the number of own shares held by the company is 340,082.

ASPO Plc

Aki Ojanen
CEO

Further information:
CEO Aki Ojanen, Aspo Plc, +358 9 5211, +358 400 106 592,aki.ojanen (a)aspo.com

Distribution:
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
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www.aspo.com

Aspo is a conglomerate that owns and develops business operations in 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.



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