Ruukki Group Oyj - Company Announcement

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS

14:40 London, 16:40 Helsinki, 20 August 2010 - Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange 
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NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL       
RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS                                             

Ruukki Group Plc (the “Company”) (LSE: RKKI, OMX: RUG1V) announces according to 
a notification received on Friday 20 August 2010, that on 16 August 2010, Markku
Kankaala, Non-executive Director, has sold 313 ordinary shares in the Company   
("shares") at an average price of Euro 1.7548 per share. The trades have been   
made at NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Exchange in accordance with a trading plan entered  
into on 24 May 2010.                                                            

Accordingly Markku Kankaala now holds voting rights attached to 8,379,033       
ordinary shares representing 3.50% of the issued share capital of the Company   
excluding treasury shares.                                                      

Trading plan is a specific written plan that has been prepared for trading of   
shares with which the insiders of the Company may aim to avoid the doubts       
related to the use of insider information. As detailed provisions as possible on
the amount, price, trading time of the securities being purchased or sold, or   
the determination grounds of these are being set in the plan. The purpose of the
trading plan is to separate the time of the decision on the share trade and the 
execution of the trade. In Finland, inter alia the Financial Supervisory        
Authority and NASDAQ OMX Helsinki have recommended the use of trading plans.    

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                

Alwyn Smit                                                                      
CEO                                                                             

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 the 
London Stock Exchange.                                                          

For additional information please contact:                                      

Ruukki Group Plc                                                                
Alwyn Smit (CEO): +41 7960 19094                                                
www.ruukkigroup.fi                                                    

Investec Bank plc                                                               
Stephen Cooper: +44 20 7597 5104                                                

Pelham Bell Pottinger                                                           
Charles Vivian: +44 20 7861 3126                                                
James MacFarlane: +44 20 7861 3864