Ruukki Group Oyj - Major shareholder announcements

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

Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 27 January 2009 at 3:30 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:             

The ownership of corporations controlled by Kai Mäkelä, Oy Herttakakkonen Ab    
(business ID 0761602-7) and Oy Herttaässä Ab (business ID 0761658-8), has fallen
to 4.87 % of the share capital and voting rights of Ruukki Group Plc based on   
share transaction carried out on 23 January 2009.                               

Oy Herttakakkonen Ab now owns altogether 5,689,145 Ruukki Group Plc shares,     
which corresponds to about 1.96 % of the share capital and voting rights of     
Ruukki Group Plc.                                                               

Oy Herttaässä Ab now owns altogether 8,444,278 Ruukki Group Plc shares, which   
corresponds to about 2.91 % of the share capital and voting rights of Ruukki    
Group Plc.                                                                      

In addition, Kai Mäkelä owns personally 20 Ruukki Group Plc shares.             

Ruukki Group Plc's registered number of shares is 290,034,022 and share capital 
is EUR 23,642,049.60. The number of treasury shares held by Ruukki Group Plc is 
22,750,000 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.