Aspo - Financial Calendar

Aspo's financial information in 2013

ASPO Plc   STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE     December 18, 2012, at 15:00

The Aspo Group Annual Accounts Bulletin for 2012 will be released on Thursday,
February 14, 2013. The Annual Report will be published on week 14 at the latest.

Aspo will publish three Interim Reports in 2013:
- for the first quarter on Monday, April 29,
- for the second quarter on Tuesday, August 20,
- for the third quarter on Thursday, October 24.

The Annual Shareholders' Meeting is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, April
10, 2013, in Helsinki, Finland. The Board of Directors will give a separate
notice of the Annual Shareholders' Meeting later. Possible requests from
shareholders to include matters on the agenda of Aspo's 2013 Annual
Shareholders' Meeting shall be sent to Aspo's Board of Directors not later than
February 12, 2013. The written request, together with an explanation or a draft
resolution, shall be sent to Aspo Plc, Board of Directors, P.O. Box 70, FI-
00501 Helsinki.

Aspo's financial information is published in Finnish and in English and made
available on the company website at www.aspo.com.

ASPO Plc

Aki Ojanen
CEO

Further information:
Aki Ojanen, CEO, tel. +358 9 5211, or Arto Meitsalo, CFO, tel. +358 9 521 4020

Distribution:
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Key Media
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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