Ruukki Group Oyj - Company Announcement

THOMAS HOYER NOMINATED THE CEO OF POHJOLAN DESIGN-TALO OY

Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 21 May 2010 at 10:10 a.m. 

THOMAS HOYER NOMINATED THE CEO OF POHJOLAN DESIGN-TALO OY                       

The director of Ruukki Group's Wood Processing business Thomas Hoyer has been   
nominated the CEO of Pohjolan Design-Talo Oy. This change is in accordance with 
the strategy of concentrating more to the house building in the Wood segment of 
Ruukki Group Plc.                                                               

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                

Alwyn Smit                                                                      
Chief Executive Officer                                                         

Ruukki Group is an industrial group focusing on minerals and wood processing    
businesses. 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                                                                
Tel. +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.