Ruukki Group Oyj - Company Announcement

SHARE SUBSCRIPTIONS UNDER OPTIONS

07:00 London, 09:00 Helsinki, 5 July 2011 - Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange
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SHARE SUBSCRIPTIONS UNDER OPTIONS

Ruukki Group Plc (“Ruukki” or the “Company”) (LSE: RKKI, OMX: RUG1V) announces
that a total of 225,000 ordinary shares of no par value (“Ordinary Shares”)
have been subscribed based on B series stock options under the Option Program
I/2005. According to the terms of the Option Program, the subscription period
ended on 30 June 2011 and the subscription price was EUR 0.38 per share. The
subscription price shall be entered in whole in the Company's paid-up
unrestricted equity reserve. 

The Ordinary Shares are expected to be registered on the Trade Register on 12
July 2011 whereafter they will be admitted to public trading on the NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki. Application to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock Exchange
has been made for these new ordinary shares to be admitted to the premium
segment of the Official List and to trading on the Main Market, admission is
expected to take place on 13 July 2011. 

After the registration, the Company will have in total 248,432,000 shares with
voting rights and the share capital will be EUR 23,642,049.60. 

The Option Program I/2005 is based on the resolutions of the Extraordinary
General Meeting held on 8 December 2005. The terms of the Option Program were
last updated at the General Meeting on 7 May 2009. 

RUUKKI GROUP PLC
Thomas Hoyer
CEO


For additional information, please contact:

Ruukki Group Plc
Thomas Hoyer, CEO, +358 (0)45 6700 491, thomas.hoyer@ruukkigroup.fi
Markus Kivimäki, General Manager: Corporate Affairs, +358 (0)50 3495 687,
markus.kivimaki@ruukkigroup.fi 

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

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 southern Africa. The Company is listed on NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki (RUG1V) and the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (RKKI). 
www.ruukkigroup.fi

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London Stock Exchange
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