Ruukki Group Oyj - Company Announcement

RUUKKI GROUP PLANS TO DIVIDE ITS BUSINESSES

Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 7 May 2009 at 08:10 a.m.              

RUUKKI GROUP PLANS TO DIVIDE ITS BUSINESSES                                     

Ruukki Group's Board has resolved to start processes in order to divide its     
businesses, with an ultimate target to separately list its Wood Processing      
business on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Exchange during 2010.                           

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.