Ruukki Group Oyj - Company Announcement

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS

07:00 London, 09:00 Helsinki, 7 March 2011 - Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange
Release 

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL
RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS 

Ruukki Group Plc (“Ruukki” or the “Company”) (LSE: RKKI, OMX: RUG1V) announces
that 950,000 ordinary shares in the Company (“Shares”) were transferred from
the shares held in treasury and allotted to the following present and past
directors of the Company on 4 March 2011. 

The transfer takes place pursuant to the resolution related to the remuneration
of the Board approved at the Annual General Meeting held on 21 April 2010 and
the resolution of the Board of Directors from the board meeting held on 29 May
2010. The Shares have been released at no cost to the individuals. 

The issued shares are subject to a lock-up commitment in accordance with the
resolution of the Annual General Meeting. According to the lock-up commitment,
the Company is entitled to redeem the Initial Shares free of charge, in part or
in full, should the director's term in the Board of Directors end before the
third ordinary general meeting following the approval of this issue. The
redemption will concern all of the issued shares (3/3) if the director's term
at the Board of Directors ends before the first, two-thirds (2/3) if before the
second, and one-third (1/3) if before the third ordinary general meeting
following the approval of this issue. 

Following the transfer, the Company holds 7,790,895 ordinary shares in treasury.

Name                          No. of issued      Total holding   % holding after
                                     shares     after issuance        issuance *
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Philip Baum - PDMR                  150,000            150,000              0.06
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Paul Everard - PDMR                 150,000            150,000              0.06
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Markku Kankaala - PDMR              100,000          8,177,533              3.40
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Jelena Manojlovic - PDMR            150,000            150,000              0.06
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Chris Pointon - PDMR                150,000            150,000              0.06
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Barry Rourke - PDMR                 150,000            150,000              0.06
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Terence McConnachie - PDMR          100,000            100,000              0.04
 until 31 August 2010                                                           
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TOTAL                               950,000                                     
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* Holding of the issued share capital of the Company excluding treasury shares

RUUKKI GROUP PLC
Danko Koncar
Acting Managing Director


For additional information, please contact:

Ruukki Group Plc
Markus Kivimäki, Head of Corporate Affairs, +358 50 3495 687,
markus.kivimaki@ruukkigroup.fi 
Thomas Hoyer, CFO, +358 45 6700 491, thomas.hoyer@ruukkigroup.fi

Investec Bank Plc
Stephen Cooper, +44 (0)20 7597 5104, stephen.cooper@investec.com

RBC Capital Markets
Martin Eales, +44 (0)20 7653 4000, martin.eales@rbccm.com
Peter Barrett-Lennard, +44 (0)20 7653 4000, peter.barrett-lennard@rbccm.com


Ruukki Group is a natural resources company with a mining and minerals business
in southern Europe and South Africa. The Company is listed on NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki (RUG1V) and the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (RKKI). 
www.ruukkigroup.fi