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2009-09-21 12:40:00 CEST 2009-09-21 12:40:01 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, 21 September 2009 at 1:40 p.m. ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT Ruukki Group Plc has today received an announcement pursuant to Securities Market Act chapter 2, section 9 regarding a change in shareholding. Nordea Bank AB (publ) (Swedish registration number 516406-0120) announces that forward contact agreements regarding Ruukki Group Plc owned by its Finnish subsidiary Nordea Bank Finland Plc (business ID 1680235-8) have expired on Friday 18 September 2009. As a result, Nordea Bank Finland Plc's ownership of Ruukki Group Plc's share capital and voting rights has fallen below 1/10 being 8.81 %. Nordea Bank Finland Plc now holds 23,010,111 Ruukki Group Plc shares. In addition, Nordea Bank Finland Plc has sold forward contract agreements so that 230,000 forward contracts (23,000,000 shares) will expire in November 2009. As the forward contracts expire in November 2009, the ownership of Nordea Bank Finland Plc will fall below 1/20. Nordea Bank Finland Plc has purchased Ruukki Group Plc shares as a part of its market making operations. Ruukki Group Plc's registered number of shares is 261,034,022 and share capital is EUR 23,642,049.60. The number of own shares held by Ruukki Group Plc on 18 September 2009 was 17,090,000 shares. RUUKKI GROUP PLC Alwyn Smit CEO Ruukki Group specialises in industrial refining of certain natural resources. The Group has two focus areas: Wood Processing and Minerals. Ruukki Group Plc's shares are listed on Nasdaq OMX 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 CEO 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. |
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