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CHANGES IN RUUKKI GROUP PLC'S MANAGEMENT

Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 20 January 2010 at 11:45 a.m.         

CHANGES IN RUUKKI GROUP PLC'S MANAGEMENT                                        

Ruukki Group Plc's CFO, deputy CEO Jukka Havia resigns from the company and will
move on to new responsibilities outside the company. He continues in his duties 
until April 15, 2010. His resignation was agreed through mutual consensus.      

The search for a successor as Ruukki Group Plc's CFO has been started.          

“Jukka Havia has been working in Ruukki Group Plc since 2005, and during his    
time the company has grown and developed significantly. I would like to thank   
Jukka for a job well done and wish him all the best for the future," says CEO   
Alwyn Smit.                                                                     

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                

ALWYN SMIT                                                                      
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER                                                         

Ruukki Group is an industrial group focusing on minerals and wood processing    
businesses. Ruukki Group Plc's shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki and     
traded in the mid cap segment, in the industrials sector.                       

For additional information, please contact:                                     

Alwyn Smit                                                                      
Chief Executive Officer                                                         
Ruukki Group Plc                                                                
Telephone +41 7960 19094                                                        
www.ruukkigroup.fi                                                              

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