Ruukki Group Oyj - Company Announcement

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE PROPOSED NEW DIRECTORS

17:30 London, 19:30 Helsinki, 1 February 2013 - Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange
Release

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE PROPOSED NEW DIRECTORS

Further  to the announcement  of 15 January 2013, Ruukki  Group Plc ("Ruukki" or
the  "Company") (LSE: RKKI,  OMX: RUG1V) is  pleased to announce further details
required  by  the  London  Stock  Exchange  Listing Rules regarding the Proposed
Directors  to be  elected at  the Extraordinary  General Meeting  of 11 February
2013.

MICHAEL LILLJA
M.Sc (Economics)
Born 1962
Citizen of Finland
Executive Director

Michael  Lillja  is  currently  the  Head  of  Marketing  of RCS Limited (Malta)
("RCS"),  the sales and marketing  arm of the Company.  Prior to RCS, Mr. Lillja
has  served for decades in several different  positions in the mining and metals
industry,  the energy sector, and in  international trade for companies such as,
Alloy  2000 SA/ENRC-Kazakhstan,  International  Ferro  Metals Ltd, and SamChrome
Ltd/Samancor Cr.

Mr Lillja currently holds 200,000 Ruukki Group Options, the terms of which are
set out in the Ruukki Group Option plan I/2011.


Dr ALFREDO PARODI
Dr. in Chemical Engineering
Born 1940
Italian Citizen
Independent Non-Executive Director

Dr  Parodi is at present working as  a technical consultant for ferro-chrome and
chrome-chemical productions. He has numerous years of engineering and managerial
experience  and has  served in  a number  of positions  in the petrochemical and
alloys industries. He was responsible for production, technical organisation and
plant  construction  in  several  international  companies  such  as SIR & Saras
Chemical  (Italy), Stopani Engineering (Italy),  Dirox (Uruguai), Sarasota (USA)
and Anxian (China).


BERNICE MARGUERITE SMART
BA (Marketing)
Born 1949
UK Citizen
Independent Non-Executive Director

Bernice  Smart has recently retired after a long career in the banking industry.
She  was a  financial advisor,  predominately working  in wealth  management and
focusing on Asian and East European accounts. She was also a Director for Wealth
Management in UBS and the Vice President for Wealth Management at Credit Suisse.

No  further  information  regarding  the  proposed  directors  is required to be
disclosed pursuant to the UK Listing Authority's Listing Rule 9.6.13 R.


RUUKKI GROUP PLC
Thomas Hoyer
CEO


For additional information, please contact:

Ruukki Group Plc
Thomas Hoyer, CEO, +358 (0)10 440 7000, thomas.hoyer@ruukkigroup.com
Markus  Kivimäki,  General  Manager:  Corporate  Affairs,  +358 (0)10 440 7000,
markus.kivimaki@ruukkigroup.com

Investec Bank Plc
Neil Elliot, +44 (0)20 7597 5970, neil.elliot@investec.co.uk
George Price, +44 (0)20 7597 5970, george.price@investec.co.uk


Ruukki  Group is  a chrome  mining and  minerals producer  focused on delivering
sustainable  growth with a  speciality alloys business  in southern Europe and a
ferro  alloys business in southern  Africa. The Company is  listed on NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki (RUG1V) and the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (RKKI).
www.ruukkigroup.com

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