ASPO ISSUES PROFIT WARNING


Aspo's January-September earnings performance will fall short of the comparable 2004 result and the company is adjusting its forecast for the year as a whole. According to current estimates the Group's operating profit could fall more than 10% below last year's comparable earnings. The Group's (FAS) operating profit in 2004 was 20.9 million euros (IFRS: 21.6 million euros). The figures included non-recurring income totaling 1.6 million euros.
 
Aspo will release its January-September Interim Report on Thursday, October 27, 2005.
 
ASPO Plc
 
Gustav Nyberg
CEO
 
 
For more information contact
Gustav Nyberg, +358 9 7595 256, +358 40 503 6420
gustav.nyberg@aspo.fi