Brief: Aspo Q1 Operating Profit Up At EUR 7.9 Mln

Aspo Oyj

05/05/2021 08:05

May 5 (Reuters) - Aspo Plc  ASPO.HE :
    * Q1 EARNINGS PER SHARE 0.19 EUR
    * RECORD-HIGH OPERATING PROFIT, RELATIVE PROFITABILITY IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY
    * Q1 NET SALES REACHED COMPARATIVE PERIOD'S LEVEL, BEING EUR 132.3 (133.2) MILLION.
    * Q1 OPERATING PROFIT INCREASED CONSIDERABLY TO EUR 7.9 (4.0) MILLION, DRIVEN BY IMPROVED
RESULTS
OF ESL SHIPPING AND TELKO.
    * ASPO WILL PAY EUR 0.35 PER SHARE IN DIVIDENDS FOR 2020 FINANCIAL YEAR
    * GUIDANCE FOR 2021 ASPO'S OPERATING PROFIT IN 2021 WILL BE HIGHER THAN IN 2020 (EUR 19.3
MILLION).
    * ASPO ACHIEVED STRONG RESULTS DURING Q1 OF 2021, EVEN THOUGH CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC CONTINUES
TO
HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OPERATING CONDITIONS OF SOME OF OUR BUSINESSES

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