2007-06-29 08:34:47 CEST

2007-06-29 08:34:47 CEST


REGULATED INFORMATION

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Ruukki Group Oyj - Company Announcement

RUUKKI GROUP PLC'S DIRECTED SHARE ISSUE'S NEW SHARES REGISTERED


NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO
AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN OR THE UNITED STATES.  
                                
Ruukki Group Plc's (”Ruukki Group” or the ”Company”) 130,000,000 new shares     
subscribed for in the Company's directed share issue have been entered in the   
Trade Register today, 29 June 2007. The interim shares which represent the      
subscribed new shares have today been combined with the Company's existing share
class.                                                                          

Ruukki Group's registered number of shares is 270,234,022 after the registration
of the new shares. The trading with the new shares on the Helsinki Stock        
Exchange will commence today, 29 June 2007.                                     

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                

Antti Kivimaa                                                                   
Managing Director                                                               

Ruukki Group is a multi-sector industrial group having mainly majority ownership
interests in various small and medium-sized companies in e.g. house building,   
sawmilling business, furniture business and care services. Ruukki Group share   
(RUG1V) is listed on OMX Nordic Exchange's so-called small cap category.        

Further information:                                                            

Antti Kivimaa                                                                   
Managing Director                                                               
Ruukki Group Plc                                                                
Tel. +358 400 501 780                                                           
www.ruukkigroup.fi                                                              

For further information on technical matters related to the offering, please    
contact Evli Bank Plc, by phone at +358 (9) 4766 9931, or by e-mail at          
operations@evli.com.                                                            

The information contained herein is not for release, publication or             
distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into Australia, Canada, Japan or the
United States. This release does not constitute an offer to sell shares in      
Australia, Japan, Canada or the United States (save for exemption regarding the 
private placement). The shares referred to in the release may only be offered or
sold in the United States pursuant to an exemption from registration            
requirements as provided for in the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, or in a        
transaction not subject to U.S. Securities Act of 1933 or any applicable laws of
the states of the United States. There is no intention to register this offering
or any portion of it in the United States or to conduct a public offering of the
shares in the United States.                                                    

This release does not constitute a direct or indirect offer to sell or acquire  
securities, nor shall there be any sale of the shares in any jurisdiction in    
which such offer or sale would be unlawful prior to registration of the shares, 
exemption from registration requirement or other qualification under the        
securities laws of any such jurisdiction.                                       

This release does not constitute an offer of securities to the public in the    
United Kingdom. No offering circular has been or will be registered in the      
United Kingdom in respect of the securities, and consequently, the offering is  
directed only to persons who (i) are outside the United Kingdom or (ii) are     
per-sons falling within Article 19(5) ("investment professionals") of the       
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (all   
such persons together being referred to as "relevant per-sons"). This release or
any of its contents must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not    
relevant persons.