Aspo - Company Announcement

Invitation to Aspo's press conference

ASPO PLC      STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE     April 20, 2012 at 13:45

Aspo Plc's Interim Report for January-March 2012 will be published on Friday,
April 27, 2012, at about 8.30 a.m. Finnish time.

A press conference (in Finnish) for analysts, bankers and media will be held on
the same day at Hotel Kämp, conference room Paavo Nurmi, address:
Pohjoisesplanadi 29, 00100 Helsinki, at 11.00 (Finnish time). Registrations
beforehand by email to hilkka.jokiniemi@aspo.com, by April 25, 2012, at the
latest.

The first quarter results will be presented by CEO Aki Ojanen and CFO Arto
Meitsalo. The presentation material (in English and Finnish) will be available
on Aspo's website www.aspo.com under "Media > Presentations".

ASPO Plc

Aki Ojanen
CEO

Further information:
Arto Meitsalo, CFO, Aspo Plc, phone +358 9 521 4020


DISTRIBUTION:
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Key media
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.


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