Ruukki Group Oyj - Major shareholder announcements

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

Ruukki Group Plc has today received announcement pursuant to the Securities     
Market Act regarding a change in shareholding.                                  

According to the announcement of Markku Kankaala, his ownership in Ruukki Group 
Plc has fallen below one twentieth (1/20) of the share capital and voting rights
of Ruukki Group Plc in consequence of transactions carried out on 21 June 2007. 
The ownership of Markku Kankaala of Ruukki Group Plc is at the moment 3,26 %    
(9,449,259 shares).                                                             

Proportions of share capital and voting rights are calculated taking into       
account the decision by the board of Ruukki Group Oyj to issue 130,000,000      
shares made on June 21, 2007 and assuming, that the additional share issuance of
19,500,000 shares decided by the board of Ruukki Group is concluded in full.    

Ruukki Group Plc's registered number of shares is 140,234,022 and share capital 
is 23,642,049.60 euros.                                                         

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                


Antti Kivimaa                                                                   
Chief Executive Officer                                                         
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