Aspo - Company Announcement

ASPO TO DIVEST KAUKOMARKKINAT'S SWEDISH TAPE BUSINESS

ASPO Plc   STOCK EXCHANGE BULLETIN   December 4, 2008 at 11:00 a.m.

Aspo will sell the entire stock of ASM Sweden AB, engaged in the
packaging and tape business is Sweden, to the Dutch Conti Investments
B.V. The transaction will have no significant impact on earnings. It
will generate some EUR 800,000 in positive cash flow.

Gustav Nyberg, CEO of Aspo: "The sale of the Swedish packaging
operations is a part of the structural reorganization of Aspo. In the
future, we will continue to focus on the development of our core
businesses. Conti Investments has expert knowledge of the packaging
business in Western Europe and for them Sweden is a new market area."

Aspo divested its Finnish tape business in August, 2008.

ASPO Plc

Gustav Nyberg
CEO

For more information, please contact
Gustav Nyberg, +358 9 7595 256 or +358 40 503 6420
gustav.nyberg@aspo.fi

Aspo is a conglomerate focusing on sectors that require extensive
specialist knowledge. Aspo owns and develops the leading businesses
in its sector, which include ESL Shipping, Leipurin as well as Telko.
Aspo also comprises Kaukomarkkinat which focuses on selected fields
of commerce. Aspo serves demanding business-to-business clients. In
2007, the company's net sales (pro forma) amounted to EUR 495.3
million.

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