Aspo Oyj — Board/Management Information 2008

Mar 5, 2008

Disclosure 256164

Aspo - Changes board/management/auditors

HARRI SEPPÄLÄ APPOINTED GROUP TREASURER OF ASPO

ASPO Plc STOCK EXCHANGE BULLETIN March 5, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. Harri Seppälä, eMBA (43), has been appointed Group Treasurer of Aspo Plc, starting from April 1, 2008. Harri Seppälä will move to Aspo from Sampo Bank, where he has worked as Senior Vice President in the Institutional and Corporate Banking unit and, among other things, contributed to the financing of Aspo's vessel acquisitions. For more information, please contact CFO Dick Blomqvist at +358 9 7595 300. ASPO Plc Gustav Nyberg CEO Aspo is a conglomerate focusing on sectors that require extensive, specialist knowledge. Our customers include companies in the energy and process industry sectors, in particular. Aspo's net sales amounted to EUR 266.6 million in 2007. Aspo Chemicals accounted for about 46%, Aspo Shipping for about 32%, and Aspo Systems for about 22% of this figure. DISTRIBUTION: OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki The Media www.aspo.fi