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2008-06-03 08:15:54 CEST 2008-06-03 08:16:53 CEST REGULATED INFORMATION Ruukki Group Oyj - Major shareholder announcementsANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACTRuukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Announcement, 3 June 2008 at 9:15 a.m. Ruukki Group Plc has received an announcement pursuant to Securities Market Act chapter 2, section 9 regarding a change in shareholding. Nordea Bank AB (publ) (Swedish registration number 516406-0120) refers to its announcement on 21 May 2008 related to a change in ownership. In that announcement it was informed that when forward agreements expire in May 2008 Nordea Bank Finland Plc's (business ID 1680235-8), the Finnish subsidiary of Nordea Bank AB (publ), holdings in Ruukki Group Plc will fall below one fifth (1/5) of the share capital and voting rights. Nordea Bank Finland Plc now announces that on Friday 30 May 2008 51,151 forward agreements have expired and Nordea Bank Finland Plc has sold 5,115,100 Ruukki Group Plc shares. Nordea Bank Finland Plc now holds 59,742,862 Ruukki Group Plc shares i.e. its ownership is over 1/5 and is 20.60 % of the share capital and voting rights of Ruukki Group Plc. As a result of the share sale of Nordea Bank Finland Plc, the total ownership of Nordea Group is 1/5 i.e. 20.60 % (59,743,789 shares) of the share capital and voting rights of Ruukki Group Plc. Nordea Bank Finland Plc has also sold forward contracts of which 199,100 (19,910,000 shares) will expire in June 2008, 87,742 (8,774,200 shares) will expire in December 2008 and 310,553 (31,055,300 shares) will expire in January 2009. As the June 2008 forward contracts expire, the ownership of Nordea Bank Finland Plc and Nordea Group will fall below 3/20 and as the January 2009 forward contracts expire, below 1/20 of the share capital and voting rights of Ruukki Group Plc. Nordea Bank Finland Plc has purchased Ruukki Group shares as a part of its market making operations. Ruukki Group Plc's registered number of shares is 290,034,022 shares and share capital is EUR 23,642,049.60. RUUKKI GROUP OYJ Matti Vikkula Chief Executive Officer Ruukki Group Plc's share is listed on OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki in which the shares of the Company are traded in the mid cap segment, in the industrials sector. This stock exchange release is based on translation into English of a document written in Finnish. In case there would be any potential discrepancies, inconsistencies or inaccuracies, the Finnish version of the release shall prevail. |
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