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2009-02-05 13:10:00 CET 2009-02-05 13:10:01 CET REGULATED INFORMATION Ruukki Group Oyj - Major shareholder announcementsANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACTRuukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 5 February 2009 at 2:10 p.m. ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT Based on the announcement Ruukki Group Plc made on Tuesday, 3 February 2009 related to the decision by the Board of Directors to cancel altogether 29,000,000 treasury shares held by the company, Ruukki Group makes the following announcement pursuant to Securities Market Act chapter 2, section 9 regarding a change in shareholding: Ruukki Group Plc has not been able to verify the shareholdings mentioned below nor whether the shareholder has made any agreements, trades or other arrangements whereby it would not exceed the ownership threshold described below, and hence, company bases this announcement on information publicly available at the time of this release. Based on Euroclear Finland Oy's information, on 4 February 2009 Atkey Limited held altogether 26,884,864 Ruukki Group Plc shares, which corresponds to about 9.27 % of current the share capital and registered shares of Ruukki Group Plc. In case Atkey Limited's ownership would be equal on the date when the treasury shares are cancelled, then Atkey Limited's ownership would exceed one tenth (1/10) and be about 10.30 % of share capital and voting rights of Ruukki Group Plc on the date of the cancellation. Since there are a number of nominee-registered shareholders, there might be some other shareholders whose ownership interest could exceed some of the thresholds set out in the Finnish Securities Market Act on the date the cancellation of treasury shares takes place. It is estimated that the cancellation of 29,000,000 treasury shares will be registered at the Trade Register on 17 February 2009. Ruukki Group Plc's registered number of shares is 290,034,022 and share capital is EUR 23,642,049.60. After the cancellation of 29,000,000 million treasury shares, company's registered amount of shares will be 261,034,022. RUUKKI GROUP PLC Alwyn Smit Chairman of the Board and CEO Ruukki Group specialises in industrial refining of certain natural resources. The Group has two focus areas: Wood Processing and Minerals. Ruukki Group Plc's shares are listed on Nasdaq OMX 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 and CEO 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. |
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