Ruukki Group Oyj - Company Announcement

GRANTING OF OWN SHARES

Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 7 October 2009 at 13:55 p.m. 

GRANTING OF OWN SHARES                                                          

Based on the authorisation given by the General Meeting of shareholders, Ruukki 
Group Plc's Board of Directors has decided to grant 52,083 shares, held by      
Ruukki Group Plc as treasury shares, to Thomas Hoyer as part of his incentive   
package as the Managing Director of Ruukki Yhtiöt Oy, the parent company of the 
Group's Wood Processing assets.                                                 

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                

Alwyn Smit                                                                      
Chief Executive Officer                                                         

Ruukki Group specialises in industrial refining of certain natural resources.   
The Group has two focus areas: Wood Processing and Minerals. 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.