Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 12 September 2008 at 3:05 p.m.
The shareholders of Ruukki Group Plc are invited to an Extraordinary General
Meeting which is held on Tuesday, October 7, 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
Shareholders of Ruukki Group Plc, owning altogether about 36.3 percent of
Company's shares and voting rights, have announced that they propose to the
Extraordinary General Meeting that six (6) members of the Board shall be
elected, and that Esa Hukkanen, Markku Kankaala, Jelena Manojlovic and Alwyn
Smit shall be re-elected and that Thomas Hoyer and Terence M. McConnachie shall
be elected as new Board members. All of these persons have given their prior
consent.
Thomas Hoyer, M. Sc. (Econ.), works as the chief financial officer of Aldata
Solutions Oyj. Previously he has been employed, for example, by Invision AG,
private equity investor managing the investments of Mach HiTECH AG.
Terence M. McConnachie, CEO of AIM -listed (London) company Sylvania Resources
Limited, has 25 years of experience in mining industry, ferro alloys and
precious metals. He was the founder of South African Chrome & Alloys Ltd, a
chrome company listed on Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Currently he is also the
CEO of Welprop Mining Services and SA Chrome and Alloys Limited, and furthermore
a major shareholder and CEO in Alumicor Pty Ltd.
2. REMUNERATION OF THE MEMBERS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
KEEPING THE DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE
The 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 September 26th, 2008 registered as a shareholder of the company in
the shareholder register maintained by Finnish Central Securities Depository Oy.
A foreign 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
September 26th, 2008. A shareholder can attend the Meeting personally or
represented by a representative. A shareholder has also 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 Wednesday, October 1, 2008
by letter to Ruukki Group Plc, Keilasatama 5, 02150 Espoo, or by e-mail to
ilmo@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 October 1,
2008 at 4:00 p.m.
ESPOO, ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2008
RUUKKI GROUP PLC
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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
Ruukki Group Plc
Telephone +358 50 442 1663 / +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.