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CHANGES IN RUUKKI GROUP'S MANAGEMENT

Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 7 August 2009 at 2:00 p.m.            

CHANGES IN RUUKKI GROUP'S MANAGEMENT                                            

Ruukki Group Plc published on 7 May 2009 that it has started processes in order 
to demerge its Minerals and Wood Processing businesses during 2010. As part of  
this process, the Board of Ruukki Group Plc has today appointed a new CEO and an
operative management team to Ruukki Yhtiöt Oy, the subsidiary which will become 
the parent company for all the Wood Processing assets of the Group.             

“The demerger resolution made by the Board of Ruukki Group Plc requires special 
expertise in business, finance and investor relations. We have decided to elect 
Thomas Hoyer to this position, which aims at developing the Group's Wood        
Processing business into a growing business with high level of further          
processing with a foothold in both Finland and the neighbouring areas.” says    
Alwyn Smit, Chief Executive Officer of Ruukki Group Plc.                        

Thomas Hoyer, M.Sc. (Finance), will take the position of CEO in Ruukki Yhtiöt Oy
on 1 October 2009. He has previously been partner at Helsinki Capital Partners  
Oy, and CFO of Aldata Solution Oyj, a Nasdaq OMX listed software company. He has
since October 2008 been member of the Board of Ruukki Group Plc. The other      
members of the new Wood Processing management team are Alexandre Baranetskij    
(international operations), Esa Hukkanen (business development) and Kalle       
Lehtonen (finance and administration).                                          

Ruukki Group Plc's Deputy CEO Antti Kivimaa resigns from the company by the end 
of third quarter 2009 and will move on to new responsibilities outside the      
company. Mr. Kivimaa has agreed to remain of assistance to the company during a 
hand-over period.                                                               

”Antti Kivimaa has played a key role when Ruukki Group has changed into a large 
international industrial company. He has strongly contributed to maintaining the
relative profitability of our wood products business in comparison to overall   
industry performance.”, says Smit.                                              

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                

Alwyn Smit                                                                      
Chief Executive Officer
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 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 +358 50 442 1663 / +41 7960 19094                                     

Thomas Hoyer                                                                    
Member of the Board                                                             
Ruukki Group Plc                                                                
Telephone +358 45 670 0491                                                      

www.ruukkigroup.fi                                                              

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originally written in Finnish. In case of any discrepancies, inconsistencies or 
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