RUUKKI GROUP ENTERED INTO A STANDBY LOAN FACILITY AGREEMENT WITH KERMAS

Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 27 May 2010 at 4:00 p.m.             

RUUKKI GROUP ENTERED INTO A STANDBY LOAN FACILITY AGREEMENT WITH KERMAS         
                                                                                
Ruukki Group Plc and Kermas Ltd have today, 27 May 2010, entered into a standby 
loan facility agreement of 55 million US dollars. The loan facility is available
on 14 days notice and for 24 months. The loan term is ten years from the first  
draw-down. Ruukki Group Plc enters into the agreement in order to provide       
support, strengthen and secure the general working capital available to Ruukki  
Group Plc, if and when required. The facility is currently not utilised.        

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                

Alwyn Smit                                                                      
Chief Executive Officer                                                         

Ruukki Group is an industrial group focusing on minerals and wood processing    
businesses. Ruukki Group Plc's shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki and     
traded in the mid cap segment, in the industrials sector.                       

For additional information, please contact:                                     

Alwyn Smit                                                                      
Chief Executive Officer                                                         
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.