Ruukki Group Oyj - Major shareholder announcements

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

Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 8 August 2008 at 4:05 p.m.            

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

Atkey Ltd announces that it has purchased share forward agreements whose total  
amount corresponds to 14,586,700 Ruukki Group Plc shares, i.e. about 5.03 % of  
Ruukki Group Plc's share capital and voting rights. As a result of these        
contracts, Atkey Ltd's ownership has exceeded one twentieth (1/20). The forward
contracts will expire in January 2009. 

The company has not received any further details regarding the change in 
shareholding.                                                                   

Ruukki Group Plc's registered number of shares is 290,034,022 shares and share  
capital is EUR 23,642,049.60.                                                   

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                

Alwyn Smit                                                                      
Chairman of the Board                                                           
Ruukki Group Plc's shares are listed on OMX Nordic Exchange 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                                                           
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.