Ruukki Group Oyj - Notice to convene extr.general meeting

INVITATION TO EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 12 September 2008 at 3:05 p.m.        

The shareholders of Ruukki Group Plc are invited to an Extraordinary General    
Meeting which is held on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. in Espoo at   
the address Keilasatama 5, 02150 Espoo. The reception of those who have given   
notice to attend begins at 9:30 a.m. in the meeting facilities.                 

THE MATTERS UNDER DISCUSSION IN THE MEETING:                                    

1. ELECTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS                            

Shareholders of Ruukki Group Plc, owning altogether about 36.3 percent of       
Company's shares and voting rights, have announced that they propose to the     
Extraordinary General Meeting that six (6) members of the Board shall be        
elected, and that Esa Hukkanen, Markku Kankaala, Jelena Manojlovic and Alwyn    
Smit shall be re-elected and that Thomas Hoyer and Terence M. McConnachie shall 
be elected as new Board members. All of these persons have given their prior    
consent.                                                                        

Thomas Hoyer, M. Sc. (Econ.), works as the chief financial officer of Aldata    
Solutions Oyj. Previously he has been employed, for example, by Invision AG,    
private equity investor managing the investments of Mach HiTECH AG.             

Terence M. McConnachie, CEO of AIM -listed (London) company Sylvania Resources  
Limited, has 25 years of experience in mining industry, ferro alloys and        
precious metals. He was the founder of South African Chrome & Alloys Ltd, a     
chrome company listed on Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Currently he is also the  
CEO of Welprop Mining Services and SA Chrome and Alloys Limited, and furthermore
a major shareholder and CEO in Alumicor Pty Ltd.                                

2. REMUNERATION OF THE MEMBERS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS                            
KEEPING THE DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE                                                 

The documents required to be kept available according to the Finnish Companies  
Act will be available for the shareholders' inspection for the week preceding   
the Extraordinary General Meeting at the company headquarters at address        
Keilasatama 5, 02150 Espoo. In addition the documents will be available for the 
week preceding the Extraordinary General Meeting on the company's website at the
address www.ruukkigroup.fi. Copies of these documents will on request be sent to
the shareholders.                                                               

RIGHT TO ATTEND                                                                 

Right to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting has a shareholder who is not  
later than on September 26th, 2008 registered as a shareholder of the company in
the shareholder register maintained by Finnish Central Securities Depository Oy.
A foreign shareholder holding nominee registered shares who wishes to attend the
Meeting shall in good time contact his/her nominee operator and act according to
the instructions of the nominee operator. In this case the temporary            
registration in the shareholder register shall be valid no later than on        
September 26th, 2008. A shareholder can attend the Meeting personally or        
represented by a representative. A shareholder has also right to use an         
assistant.                        

NOTICE TO ATTEND                                                                

A shareholder wishing to attend the Meeting shall give notice to attend the     
Meeting to the company no later than by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 
by letter to Ruukki Group Plc, Keilasatama 5, 02150 Espoo, or by e-mail to      
ilmo@ruukkigroup.fi or by fax to +358 10 440 7001.                              

The notice shall be at the company before the deadline of the notice to attend. 
A shareholder is requested in addition to name to inform also his/her identity  
number or business ID. Possible proxies are asked to be delivered in written    
form together with the notice to attend, that means not later than on October 1,
2008 at 4:00 p.m.                                                               

ESPOO, ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2008                                                    

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                

BOARD OF DIRECTORS                                                              
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:                                     

Alwyn Smit                                                                      
Chairman of the Board                                                           
Ruukki Group Plc                                                                
Telephone +358 50 442 1663 / +41 7960 19094                                     
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.