Rautaruukki - Corporate Action

Disclosure Notification under Chapter 2 Section 10 of the Securities Markets Act

Rautaruukki Corporation Stock Exchange Release 15 January 2010 at 12.30

On 14 January 2010, Rautaruukki Corporation, pursuant to Chapter 2, Section 9 of
the Finnish Securities Markets Act, received a disclosure notification from
Capital and Research Management Company (CRMC) that the aggregate holding in
Rautaruukki shares for the mutual funds it manages had, as at 12 January 2010,
increased to above five (5) per cent (1/20).
The number of Rautaruukki Oyj shares notified by CRMC is 7,297,852 shares, which
equate to 5.2021 per cent of Rautaruukki's share capital and votes.
Rautaruukki's registered share capital comprises a total of 140,285,425 shares.

Capital Research and Management Company is a US-based investment adviser that
manages The American Funds Group of mutual funds. CRMC does not own shares of
the companies it invests in for its own account. Rather, the shares reported in
this disclosure are owned by mutual funds under the discretionary investment
management of CRMC.


Rautaruukki Corporation

Anne Pirilä
SVP, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations


Rautaruukki supplies metal-based components, systems and integrated systems to
the construction and engineering industries. The company has a wide selection of
metal products and services. Rautaruukki has operations in 27 countries and
employs 12,200 people. Net sales in 2008 totalled EUR 3.9 billion. The company's
share is quoted on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (Rautaruukki Oyj: RTRKS). The Corporation
uses the marketing name Ruukki.


DISTRIBUTION
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Main media
www.ruukki.com



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