Ruukki Group Oyj - Company Announcement

RAUTARUUKKI HAS INITIATED DISPUTE AGAINST RUUKKI GROUP

Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 21 December 2009 at 4:15 p.m.         

RAUTARUUKKI HAS INITIATED DISPUTE AGAINST RUUKKI GROUP                          

Ruukki Group Plc has received information from the release of Rautaruukki       
Corporation, that Rautaruukki Corporation has initiated legal proceedings       
against Ruukki Group Plc. According to Rautaruukki Corporation, it has taken    
legal action in Helsinki District Court against Ruukki Group Plc and its        
subsidiaries owing to increases in the registration of certain company names and
owing to business activities.                                                   

According to Rautaruukki Corporation, it has initiated legal proceedings also in
certain different countries where Rautaruukki Corporation claims to have earlier
rights to Ruukki name.                                                          

Ruukki Group Plc has not yet been formally served with the application for a    
summons. Ruukki Group Plc considers the actions taken by Rautaruukki Corporation
groundless; it is clear that Ruukki Group Plc has the legal right to use the    
name Ruukki, which Rautaruukki Corporation is now trying to prohibit by acting  
in bad faith.                                                                   

Ruukki Group Plc will give its response to the relevant courts in due course.   

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                                                                
Telephone +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.