Ruukki Group Oyj - Notice to convene extr.general meeting

INVITATION TO AN EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 19 June 2008 at 12:17 p.m.            

The shareholders of Ruukki Group Plc are invited to an Extraordinary General    
Meeting which will be held on Friday 11 July 2008 from 10:00 a.m. in Espoo at   
the address Keilasatama 5, 02150 Espoo. The reception of those who have given   
notice to attend begins at 9:30 a.m. in the meeting facilities.                 

THE MATTERS UNDER DISCUSSION IN THE MEETING:                                    

1. ELECTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS                            

In consequence to the change of the owning structure of the company and the     
strong change of the strategic focus, the Board of Directors of the company has 
considered expedient to bring the composition of the Board of Directors to be   
reconsidered in General Meeting. The issue that will be discussed in the General
Meeting is resolving on the number of members of the Board of Directors and the 
election of the members of the Board of Directors.                              

2. REMUNERATION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS                        

3. AMENDMENT OF THE FIELD OF ACTIVITIES OF THE COMPANY IN THE ARTICLES OF
ASSOCIATION 

The Board of Directors proposes to the Extraordinary General Meeting that the   
article 2 (“The Field of Activities of the Company) of the Articles of          
Association shall be altered as follows:                                        

“The company is a parent company of a diversified group that acts as a long-term
owner in the companies it owns. As a parent company of the group the company    
exercises group administration and financing functions. As a part of the group  
financing functions the company may perform investments and financing         
arrangements outside the group.                                                 

The objective of the company is developing of the companies that it owns by     
acting through their boards of directors or other organs, as an adviser,        
financier or otherwise by supporting the entrepreneurship.                      

To the field of activities of the company belongs to exercise domestic and      
foreign wood processing, mechanic forest industry and mine and extractive       
activities and manufacturing and trade of ferroalloys and business activities   
that base on the knowledge acquired from this field of business or business     
activities that relate to or that suite to them.                                

The company may exercise its business activities either directly or through     
subsidiary companies in the fields of activities separately chosen by the board 
of directors. The business activities of the company or its subsidiaries may be 
performed in Finland and abroad. The company may perform its business activities
with auxiliary firm-names.”                                                     

KEEPING THE DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE

The proposals of the Board of Directors with their appendices and other         
documents required to be kept available according to the Finnish Companies Act  
will be available for the shareholders' inspection for the week preceding the   
Extraordinary General Meeting at the company headquarters at address Keilasatama
5, 02150 Espoo. In addition the documents will be available for the week        
preceding the Extraordinary General Meeting on the company's website at the     
address www.ruukkigroup.fi. Copies of these documents will on request be sent to
the shareholders.                                                               

RIGHT TO ATTEND                                                                 

Right to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting has a shareholder who is not  
later than on 1 July 2008 registered as a shareholder of the company in the     
shareholder register maintained by Finnish Central Securities Depository. A     
shareholder holding nominee registered shares who wishes to attend the Meeting  
shall in good time contact his/her nominee operator and act according to the    
instructions of the nominee operator. In this case the temporary registration in
the shareholder register shall be valid no later than on 1 July 2008. A         
shareholder can attend the Meeting personally or be represented by a            
representative. A shareholder has also a right to use an assistant.             

NOTICE TO ATTEND                                                                

A shareholder wishing to attend the Meeting shall give notice to attend the     
Meeting to the company no later than by 4:00 p.m. on 4 July 2008 by letter to   
Ruukki Group Plc, Keilasatama 5, 02150 Espoo, or by e-mail to                   
info@ruukkigroup.fi or by fax to +358 10 440 7001. The notice shall be at the   
company before the deadline of the notice to attend. A shareholder is requested 
in addition to name to inform also his/her identity number or business ID.      
Possible proxies are asked to be delivered in written form together with the    
notice to attend, that means not later than on 4 July 2008 at 4:00 p.m.         

ESPOO 19 JUNE 2008                                                              

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                

BOARD OF DIRECTORS                                                              

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.                                                                         

For additional information, please contact:                                     

Matti Vikkula                                                                   
Chief Executive Officer                                                    
Ruukki Group Plc                                                                
Tel. + 358 10 440 7002                                                          
www.ruukkigroup.fi                                                              

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.