Ruukki Group Oyj - Major shareholder announcements

ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT

Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 5 February 2009 at 2:10 p.m.          

ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT     

Based on the announcement Ruukki Group Plc made on Tuesday, 3 February 2009     
related to the decision by the Board of Directors to cancel altogether          
29,000,000 treasury shares held by the company, Ruukki Group makes the following
announcement pursuant to Securities Market Act chapter 2, section 9 regarding a 
change in shareholding:                                                         

Ruukki Group Plc has not been able to verify the shareholdings mentioned below  
nor whether the shareholder has made any agreements, trades or other            
arrangements whereby it would not exceed the ownership threshold described      
below, and hence, company bases this announcement on information publicly       
available at the time of this release.                                          

Based on Euroclear Finland Oy's information, on 4 February 2009 Atkey Limited   
held altogether 26,884,864 Ruukki Group Plc shares, which corresponds to about  
9.27 % of current the share capital and registered shares of Ruukki Group Plc.  
In case Atkey Limited's ownership would be equal on the date when the treasury  
shares are cancelled, then Atkey Limited's ownership would exceed one tenth     
(1/10) and be about 10.30 % of share capital and voting rights of Ruukki Group  
Plc on the date of the cancellation.                                            

Since there are a number of nominee-registered shareholders, there might be some
other shareholders whose ownership interest could exceed some of the thresholds 
set out in the Finnish Securities Market Act on the date the cancellation of    
treasury shares takes place.                                                    

It is estimated that the cancellation of 29,000,000 treasury shares will be     
registered at the Trade Register on 17 February 2009.                           

Ruukki Group Plc's registered number of shares is 290,034,022 and share capital 
is EUR 23,642,049.60. After the cancellation of 29,000,000 million treasury     
shares, company's registered amount of shares will be 261,034,022. 

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.