Ruukki Group Oyj - Changes board/management/auditors

PROPOSAL FOR THE MEMBERS OF RUUKKI GROUP'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 9 July 2008 at 10:05 a.m.             

Ruukki Group Plc's shareholders, representing approximately 14.6 % of share     
capital and voting rights, have informed that they will propose to the          
Extraordinary General Meeting convening on 11 July 2008 that the number of
members in the Board of Directors is five (5) as well as that Markku Kankaala
and Alwyn Smit are re-elected and Tom Borman, Esa Hukkanen and Jelena
Manojlovic are elected as new Board members. The proposed candidates have given
their consents to the election. 

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                
MATTI VIKKULA                                                                   
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER                                                         

Ruukki Group Plc's shares are listed on OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki in which   
the shares of the Company are traded in the mid cap segment, in the industrials 
sector.                                                                         

For additional information, please contact:                                     

Matti Vikkula                                                                   
Chief Executive Officer                                                         
Ruukki Group Plc                                                                
Tel. + 358 45 6700 606                                                          
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.