Ruukki Group Oyj - Major shareholder announcements

ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT

Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 19 January 2009 at 5:53 p.m.          

ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT     

Ruukki Group Plc has today received an announcement pursuant to Securities      
Market Act chapter 2, section 9 regarding a change in shareholding.             

Nordea Bank AB (publ) (Swedish registration number 516406-0120) announces that  
82,960 forward contact agreements (8,296,000 shares) regarding Ruukki Group Plc 
owned by its Finnish subsidiary Nordea Bank Finland Plc (business ID 1680235-8) 
have expired on Friday 16 January 2009.                                         

As a result, Nordea Bank Finland Plc's ownership of Ruukki Group Plc's share    
capital and voting rights has fallen below 3/20 being 12.15 %. Nordea Bank      
Finland Plc now holds 35,265,411 Ruukki Group Plc shares.                       

In addition, Nordea Bank Finland Plc has sold forward contract agreements so    
that 352,553 forward contracts (35,255,300 shares) will expire in June 2009. As 
the forward contracts expire in June 2009, the ownership of Nordea Bank Finland 
Plc will fall below 1/20.                                                       

Nordea Bank Finland Plc has purchased Ruukki Group Plc shares as a part of its  
market making operations.                                                       

Ruukki Group Plc's registered number of shares is 290,034,022 and share capital 
is EUR 23,642,049.60. The number of own shares held by Ruukki Group Plc on 16   
January 2009 was 14,077,000 shares.                                             

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                
Alwyn Smit                                                                      
Chairman of the Board and CEO                                                   
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 in which the shares of the Company are 
traded in the mid cap segment, in the industrials sector.                       

For additional information, please contact:                                     

Alwyn Smit                                                                      
Chairman of the Board and CEO                                                   
Ruukki Group Plc                                                                
Telephone +358 50 442 1663 / +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.