Ruukki Group Oyj - Decisions of extraordinary general meeting

DECISIONS OF RUUKKI GROUP PLC'S EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 24 February 2009 at 12:15 p.m.        

DECISIONS OF RUUKKI GROUP PLC'S EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING                   

Ruukki Group Plc's Extraordinary General Meeting was held in Espoo on Tuesday 24
February 2009. The Board of Directors' proposals for the General Meeting were   
published by stock exchange releases on 3 February 2009.                        

The Extraordinary General Meeting decided, in accordance with the proposal by   
the Board of Directors, to authorise the Board of Directors to decide on share  
issue and on the issuing of stock options and other special rights that entitle 
to shares. By virtue of the authorisation shares could be emitted in one or more
tranches in total a maximum of 100,000,000 new shares or shares owned by the    
Company. This equates approximately 38.3 per cent of the Company's current      
registered shares. The authorisation replaces all previous authorisations and is
valid for two years.                                                            

The Extraordinary General Meeting decided to authorise the Board of Directors to
decide on the acquiring of own shares for a maximum amount of 26,000,000 shares 
with the funds from the Company's unrestricted shareholders' equity. The        
authorisation covers acquisition of shares in public trade in NASDAQ OMX        
Helsinki Oy and also outside of the public trade. This authorisation is valid   
for one year.                                                                   

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                

Alwyn Smit                                                                      
Chairman of the Board                                                           

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.