ASPO Plc   STOCK EXCHANGE BULLETIN   December 29, 2009, at 16:30

The Aspo Group Annual Accounts Bulletin for 2009 will be released on Monday, February 15, 2010. The Annual Report will be published on week 13 at the latest.

Aspo will publish three Interim Reports in 2010:

for the first quarter on Wednesday, April 28,
for the second quarter on Tuesday, August 24,
for the third quarter on Tuesday, October 26.

The Annual Shareholders' Meeting is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, April 7, 2010, in Helsinki, Finland. The Board of Directors will give a separate notice of the Annual Shareholder's Meeting later.                                                          

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 the Baltic Sea region 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.