Ruukki Group Oyj - Changes in company's own shares

RUUKKI GROUP PLC CANCELS ITS OWN SHARES

Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 19 January 2010 at 9:40 a.m.          

RUUKKI GROUP PLC CANCELS ITS OWN SHARES                                         

Ruukki Group Plc's Board of Directors has decided to cancel altogether          
13,052,022 own shares held by the Company, which totals about 5% of the         
registered number of shares. The cancellation does not affect the Company's     
share capital.  After the cancellation the Company will hold 8,735,895 own      
shares.                                                                         

The registered number of shares will be 247,982,000 after the cancellation.     

The cancellation becomes valid after it has been registered at the Trade        
Register, which is estimated to take place during the first half of February    
2010.                                                                           

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                

BOARD OF DIRECTORS                                                              

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.