Share purchases completed in Aspo share-ownership program for key
personnel
ASPO Plc PRESS RELEASE May 25, 2009
The share purchases in the share-ownership plan for the Aspo Group
key employees, approved by the Board of Aspo Plc, have now been
completed. The 2009-2011 program encompasses 32 members of the
Group's key personnel. The program participants have used their own
resources to buy a total of 135,144 Aspo shares, which have been
acquired at market price. The Board approval of this program was
announced in a Stock Exchange Bulletin on March 10, 2009.
The aim of the plan is to combine the objectives of the shareholders
and the key employees in order to increase the value of the company,
to commit the employees, and to offer them a competitive reward plan
based on holding of company shares.
Motivating the employees and committing them in the company are the
key elements for the success of Aspo. The Aspo Group wants to offer
its key personnel a chance to invest in Aspo and thereby profit from
the successful business, says Gustav Nyberg, chairman of the Aspo
Board.
For more information, please contact
Aki Ojanen, CEO, Aspo Plc, +358 9 7595 363, +358 400 106 592
aki.ojanen@aspo.fi
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Aspo is a conglomerate that owns and develops businesses in the
Baltic Sea region focusing on demanding B-to-B customers. The aim of
our strong corporate brands - ESL Shipping, Leipurin, Telko and
Kaukomarkkinat - is 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 developed
persistently without any predefined schedules.
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