ASPO Plc STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE February 24, 2015, at 15:30
ASPO TO PURCHASE ITS OWN SHARES
The Board of Directors of Aspo Plc has decided to acquire a tranche of 32,000 of the company's own shares in a directed acquisition from its fully owned subsidiary Aspo Management Oy. The acquisition of shares will be carried out tomorrow on February 25, 2015.
The acquisition will be carried out within the limits of the authorization given to the Board at the Annual Shareholders' Meeting on April 3, 2014. The shares will be acquired for execution of the company's key personnel's share-ownership program.
Before this acquisition, the number of own shares held by Aspo Plc is 63,773. Furthermore, before this acquisition Aspo Management Oy owns 509,612 Aspo shares.
ASPO Plc
Aki Ojanen
CEO
Further information:
CEO Aki Ojanen, Aspo Plc, +358 9 5211, +358 400 106 592, aki.ojanen (a)aspo.com
Distribution:
Nasdaq Helsinki
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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.