Rautaruukki - Company Announcement

Composition of Rautaruukki's Nomination Board

Rautaruukki Corporation     Stock exchange release 4 October 2012 at 2pm EEST

The representatives notified by the company's three largest shareholders have
been elected to Rautaruukki's Nomination Board. These representatives are: Kari
Järvinen, Managing Director, Solidium Oy; Risto Murto, Executive Vice-President,
Investments, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company; and Timo Ritakallio Deputy
CEO, Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company. Kim Gran, Chairman of
Rautaruukki's Board of Directors, serves as the Nomination Board's expert
member.

Rautaruukki's 2012 Annual General Meeting held on 14 March 2012 resolved to
establish a Nomination Board to prepare proposals for the following Annual
General Meeting regarding the composition of the Board of Directors and the
directors' fees. Under the resolution, representatives of the three largest
shareholders as at 1 October 2012 are elected to the Nomination Board and the
Chairman of the Board of Directors serves as the expert member.

Rautaruukki's three largest shareholders as at 1 October 2012 were Solidium Oy,
Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company and Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance
Company.

The Nomination Board is to prepare by 1 February 2013 its proposals for
Rautaruukki's following Annual General Meeting, which will be held on 21 March
2013.

For further information, please contact: Kim Gran, Chairman of the Board of
Directors, tel. +358 10 401 7336

Rautaruukki Corporation
Taina Kyllönen
SVP, Marketing and Communications

Ruukki provides its customers with energy-efficient steel solutions for better
living, working and moving. Ruukki operates in some 30 countries and employs
around 11,800 people. Net sales in 2011 totalled EUR 2.8 billion. The company's
share is quoted on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (Rautaruukki Oyj: RTRKS).

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