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2007-07-16 11:17:12 CEST 2007-07-16 11:17:12 CEST REGULATED INFORMATION Ruukki Group Oyj - Major shareholder announcementsANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACTRuukki Group Plc has today received an announcement pursuant to Securities Market Act regarding a change in shareholding. Nordea Bank AB (publ) (Swedish registration number 516406-0120) has previously announced that its Finnish subsidiary Nordea Pankki Suomi Plc (business ID 1680235-8) made a share lending agreement on June 25, 2007 according to which 9,500,000 Ruukki Group Plc's RUG1V shares were lent forward on June 29, 2007. Nordea Bank AB (publ) announces that the lent 9,500,000 shares will return to Nordea Pankki Suomi Plc on July 18, 2007. Nordea Pankki Suomi Plc owns 63,246,853 Ruukki Group Plc's shares. Nordea Pankki Suomi Plc's ownership in Ruukki Group Plc is therefore 21.81 % and has exceeded one fifth (1/5) of the share capital and voting rights. Proportions of share capital and voting rights are calculated taking into account the additional share issuance of 19,500,000 shares. The total number of shares used in the announcement is 290,034,022. Nordea Pankki Suomi Plc has entered into share forward contracts regarding Ruukki Group Plc's shares of which 2,525,000 will expire in July 2007, 1,973,400 will expire in September 2007, 15,680,000 will expire in December 2007 and 43,541,100 will expire in January 2008. As and when the December 2007 forward contracts expire, Nordea Pankki Suomi Plc's ownership will fall below three twentieth (3/20). As and when the January 2008 share forward contracts expire, the ownership will fall below one twentieth (1/20). Ruukki Group Plc's registered number of shares at the moment is 270,534,022 and share capital is 23,642,049.60 euros. RUUKKI GROUP PLC Antti Kivimaa Chief Executive Officer Telephone +358 400 501 780 |
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