Ruukki Group Oyj - Major shareholder announcements

ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT

Ruukki Group Plc has received announcement pursuant to the Securities Market Act
regarding a change in shareholding.                                             

As a result of the share issue and related subscription decisions concluded on  
June 21, 2007, the holdings of Oy Herttakakkonen Ab (trade register number      
0761602-7) now represent less than one-fifth (1/5) of the share capital and     
voting rights in Ruukki Group Plc.                                              

Holdings by Oy Herttakakkonen Ab are now as follows:                            

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|                   |           Number |    Proportion of  |    Proportion of  |
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|                   |                  |     share capital |     voting rights |
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| Shares            |       41 075 297 |           14,18 % |           14,18 % |
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| Forward contracts |       15 000 000 |            5,18 % |            5,18 % |
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| Total             |       56 075 297 |           19,36 % |           19,36 % |
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Proportions of share capital and voting rights are calculated assuming, that the
additional share issuance of 19,500,000 shares decided by the board of Ruukki   
Group Plc is concluded in full.                                                 

Ruukki Group Plc's registered number of shares is 270,234,022 and share capital 
is 23,642,049.60 euros.                                                         

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                


Antti Kivimaa                                                                   
Chief Executive Officer                                                         
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