Ruukki Group Oyj - Decisions of extraordinary general meeting

DECISIONS OF RUUKKI GROUP PLC'S EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 7 October 2008 at 11:35 a.m.          

Ruukki Group Plc's Extraordinary General Meeting was held in Espoo on Tuesday 7 
October 2008. The Board of Directors' proposals for the General Meeting were
published by a stock exchange release on 12 September 2008. 

The number of Board members was decided to be six (6).                          

Esa Hukkanen, Markku Kankaala, Jelena Manojlovic and Alwyn Smit were re-elected 
to the Board. Thomas Hoyer and Terence McConnachie were elected as new Board    
members.                                                                        

The Extraordinary General Meeting resolved the compensation of the Board of     
Directors as follows: Chairman of the Board EUR 7,500 per month, and EUR 5,000  
per month for each member.                                                      

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                
Alwyn Smit                                                                      
Chairman of the Board and CEO                                                   

Ruukki Group Plc's shares are 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:                                     

Alwyn Smit                                                                      
Chairman of the Board and CEO                                                   
Ruukki Group Plc                                                                
Telephone +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.