Ruukki Group Oyj - Notice to convene extr.general meeting

INVITATION TO THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

07:00 London, 09:00 Helsinki, 14 June 2013 - Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange
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INVITATION TO THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

The  shareholders of  Ruukki Group  Plc are  invited to attend the Extraordinary
General Meeting to be held on 5 July 2013, starting at 10:00 a.m. (Finnish time)
in  Helsinki  at  Hotel  Haven  at the address: Unioninkatu 17, 00130, Helsinki,
Finland.

The registration of the participants begins at 9:30 a.m.

A. MATTERS ON THE AGENDA OF THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING:

 1. Opening of the meeting

 2. Election of the chairman and election of the secretary

 3. Approval of the agenda

 4. Election  of the scrutinizer of the minutes  and the person to supervise the
    counting of votes

 5. Recording the legality and quorum of the meeting

 6. Adoption of the list of votes

 7. Amending the Company's Articles of Association

The  Board of Directors proposes that the article 1 of the company's Articles of
Association is amended as follows:

The current article 1:

1 Company name and domicile

The name of the company is Ruukki Group Oyj and domicile is Helsinki.
The company name in English is Ruukki Group Plc.

The proposed new article 1:

1 Company name and domicile

The name of the company is Afarak Group Oyj and domicile is Helsinki.
The company name in English is Afarak Group Plc.

 8. Resolution on the remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors

It is proposed to the Extraordinary General Meeting that the non-executive Board
Members  who serve on the Board's Committees shall be paid additional EUR 1,500
per  month for  the committee  work. Directors'  monthly remuneration fee of EUR
3,000 will remain unchanged.

 9. Closing of the Meeting


B. DOCUMENTS OF THE GENERAL MEETING

The  financial statements and  proposals of the  Board of Directors presented to
the  Extraordinary General Meeting as well as  all other documents to be kept on
view  in  accordance  with  the  Finnish  Companies  Act  are  available for the
shareholders'  inspection at least  for three weeks  preceding the Extraordinary
General  Meeting  at  the  company  headquarters  at  the  address:  Kasarmikatu
36, 00130 Helsinki.  In addition, the  documents will be  available for at least
21 days  preceding the Extraordinary General Meeting on the company's website at
the  address  www.ruukkigroup.com.  Copies  of  these  documents will be sent to
shareholders on request.

The  minutes of the Meeting will be  available on the above mentioned website at
the latest from 19 July 2013.

C. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

 1. Right to attend

A  shareholder who is registered no later  than 25 June 2013 as a shareholder of
the   Company on  the register  held by  Euroclear Finland  Ltd has the right to
participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting. A shareholder whose shares are
registered  on his/her personal Finnish book-entry  account is registered in the
Company's shareholder register.

 2. Notice to attend

A  shareholder wishing  to attend  the meeting  shall give  notice to attend the
meeting to the Company no later than by 4:00 p.m. Helsinki time on 2 July 2013,
either:

by letter to Ruukki Group Plc, Kasarmikatu 36, 00130 Helsinki;
by e-mail to ilmo@ruukkigroup.com; or
by fax to +358 10 440 7001.

The  notice shall be at the company before the deadline of the notice to attend.
In  addition a  shareholder is  requested to  declare his/her identity number or
business  ID, address, phone  number and a  name of possible representative. The
personal  data of shareholders  shall be used  only for purposes  related to the
general meeting and necessary registration related to that.

Shareholders  attending the general meeting have  a right to request information
concerning  matters which are dealt with by the meeting as stated in the Finnish
Companies Act, chapter 5, section 25.

 3. Using representative and proxies

A  shareholder  has  a  right  to  attend  the  meeting  and  use his rights via
representative.  A  representative  must  present  a  dated  proxy  or  his must
otherwise  in  a  reliable  way  prove  that  he  has  a  right  to  represent a
shareholder.   The  Company  does  not  have  a  proxy  template  available  for
shareholders. If a shareholder participates in the Extraordinary General Meeting
by  means  of  several  proxy  representatives representing the shareholder with
shares  on  different  securities  accounts,  the  shares  by  which  each proxy
representative represents the shareholder shall be identified in connection with
the registration.

Proxies  are asked to be delivered in  original form together with the notice to
attend  to address Ruukki  Group Plc, Kasarmikatu  36, 00130 Helsinki before the
end of notice period 2 July 2013 at 4:00 p.m. Helsinki time.

 4. Holders of nominee registered shares

A  holder  of  nominee  registered  shares  is  advised  to  request in advance,
necessary  instructions regarding the registration  in the Company's shareholder
register,  issuing  of  proxy  documents  and registration for the Extraordinary
General Meeting from his/her custodian bank. The account management organization
of  the custodian bank will register a  holder of nominee registered shares, who
wants  to participate in  the Extraordinary General  Meeting, to be entered into
the  Company's temporary  shareholder register  no later  than by 2 July 2013 at
10.00 a.m. Helsinki time.

 5. Other instructions and information

Ruukki  Group Plc  has at  the date  of invitation,  i.e. 14 June 2013, in total
248,432,000 shares  and  votes,  and  the  company  holds in total 4,297,437 own
shares.

Ruukki  Group  Plc  has  published  the  Report  by  the Board of Directors, the
Financial  Statements  2012, the  Auditor's  Report,  the  Corporate  Governance
Statement  and the Remuneration  Report in English  and in Finnish. Shareholders
may  order  the  documents  by  phone  from  number +358 10 440 7000 on weekdays
between  10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Helsinki time. The documents can also be found
from the company website from address www.ruukkigroup.com.

IN HELSINKI, ON 14 JUNE 2013

RUUKKI GROUP PLC
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

This document is based on a translation into English of a document written in
Finnish. In case of any discrepancies, inconsistencies or inaccuracies, the
Finnish version shall prevail.


For additional information, please contact:

Ruukki Group Plc
Danko Koncar, CEO, +44 (0)20 7376 1175, danko.koncar@ruukkigroup.com

Investec Bank Plc
Neil Elliot, +44 (0)20 7597 5970, neil.elliot@investec.co.uk
George Price, +44 (0)20 7597 5970, george.price@investec.co.uk


Ruukki Group is a chrome mining and minerals producer focused on delivering
sustainable growth with a speciality alloys business in southern Europe and a
ferro alloys business in southern Africa. The Company is listed on NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki (RUG1V) and the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (RKKI).
www.ruukkigroup.com

Distribution:
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