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2009-10-23 08:10:00 CEST 2009-10-23 08:10:01 CEST REGULATED INFORMATION Ruukki Group Oyj - Major shareholder announcementsANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACTRuukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 23 October 2009 at 09:10 a.m. ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT Ruukki Group Plc has received an announcement pursuant to Securities Market Act chapter 2, section 9 regarding a change in shareholding: Kermas Ltd (registration number 504889, Tortola, British Virgin Islands) announces that its current ownership has exceeded 25% of the share capital and voting rights of Ruukki Group Plc based on share transactions carried out on 22 October 2009. Kermas Limited now owns Ruukki Group Plc shares and forward contracts as follows: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | number of | % of shares and | | | shares | voting rights | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Current ownership (shares) | 67,366,500 | 25.81% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Potential future ownership (forwards) | +18,000,000 | 6.90% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Potential future ownership (option | +73,170,731 | 28.03% | | arrangement) | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Total | 158,537,231 | 60.73% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The forward contracts will expire in November 2009. Ruukki Group Plc's registered number of shares is 261,034,022 and share capital is EUR 23,642,049.60. The number of treasury shares held by Ruukki Group Plc on 22 October 2009 is 21,840,000 shares. RUUKKI GROUP PLC Alwyn Smit Chief Executive Officer Ruukki Group is an industrial group focusing minerals and wood processing businesses. Ruukki Group Plc's shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki and traded in the mid cap segment, in the industrials sector. For additional information, please contact: Alwyn Smit Chief Executive Officer Ruukki Group Plc Telephone +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. |
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