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

Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 21 May 2008 at 8:30 a.m.              

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

Ruukki Group Plc has yesterday received an announcement pursuant to Securities  
Market Act regarding a change in shareholding:                                  

According to the announcement of Hanwa Co., Limited (Tokyo, Japan) its ownership
has exceeded one tenth (1/10) of the share capital and voting rights of Ruukki  
Group Plc based on share transaction carried out on 20 May 2008.                

Hanwa Co., Limited owns altogether 30,000,000 Ruukki Group Plc shares, which    
corresponds to about 10.34 % of the share capital and voting rights of Ruukki   
Group Plc.                                                                      

Ruukki Group Plc's registered number of shares is 290,034,022 and share capital 
is EUR 23,642,049.60.                                                           

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                
                                                                                
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.