ASPO Plc STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE March 25, 2010, at 10.30 The Aspo Plc Board of Directors has decided to transfer 43,130 Aspo shares held by the company to employees included in the share-ownership plan of 2006. The transfer is based on the share issue authorization of the Annual Shareholders' Meeting held on 31 March 2009. The shares will be transferred according to the share-ownership plan without compensation. A total of 25 Aspo Group executives included in the share-ownership plan have acquired Aspo shares in 2006. The right to dispose the shares further is restricted until 1 October 2010. In addition, the continued employment at Aspo is a precondition for participation in the plan. After the transfer on March 25, 2010, Aspo Plc will hold a total of 576,870 Aspo shares. In addition to the share-ownership plan of 2006, the Aspo Plc Board of Directors made a decision on and adopted a share-ownership plan in 2009 which will continue until 2011. This plan has been announced in a stock exchange release on March 10, 2009. ASPO Plc Aki Ojanen CEO For more information, please contact Aki Ojanen, +358 9 521 4010, +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 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. [HUG#1397277]