Aspo - Company Announcement

ASPO TO PURCHASE ITS OWN SHARES

ASPO Plc   STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE     June 13, 2011 at 13:10

The Board of Directors of Aspo Plc has decided to acquire a maximum of 500,000
of the company's own shares through public trading on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki at
the current market price at the time of acquisition according to the terms
stated in the regulations of NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. The repurchases will commence
on June 20, 2011, at the earliest.

The shares will be acquired in accordance with 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. The authorization will be effective
until the Annual Shareholders' Meeting of 2012, but no more than 18 months from
the approval at the Shareholders' Meeting.

ASPO Plc

Aki Ojanen
CEO

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

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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