Ruukki Group Oyj - Major shareholder announcements

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

Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 19 January 2009 at 12:30 p.m.         

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

Ruukki Group Plc has today received an announcement pursuant to Securities      
Market Act chapter 2, section 9 regarding a change in shareholding:             

Danske Bank A/S Helsingin Sivukonttori's (business ID 1078693-2) ownership has  
reached one twentieth (1/20) of the share capital and voting rights of Ruukki  
Group Plc due to share transaction carried out on 16 January 2009. Furthermore, 
Danske Bank A/S Helsingin Sivukonttori announces that it has entered into       
derivative agreements, which according to current terms will expire in February 
2009. In case these derivative agreements are exercised, Danske Bank A/S        
Helsingin Sivukonttori's ownership in Ruukki Group Plc will fall below 5 % on   
value date 25 February 2009 at the earliest.                                    
Danske Bank A/S Helsingin Sivukonttori now owns altogether 20,000,000 Ruukki    
Group Plc shares, which corresponds to about 6.9 % of the share capital and     
voting rights of Ruukki Group Plc.                                              

Danske Bank A/S Helsingin Sivukonttori has purchased Ruukki Group Plc shares as 
a part of its market making operations.                                         

Ruukki Group Plc's registered number of shares is 290,034,022 and share capital 
is EUR 23,642,049.60. The number of own shares held by Ruukki Group Plc on 16   
January 2009 was 14,077,000 shares.                                             

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.