ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING ON 28 OCTOBER 2008

Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 20 October 2008 at 8:13 p.m.          

Related to the Extraordinary General Meeting convened to take place on 28       
October 2008, Ruukki Group Plc's Board has prepared a presentation that will be 
presented to shareholders at the EGM and in which there is information on the   
business proposed to be acquired, on transaction structure as well as on general
background of the industry and its future forecasts prepared by third parties. 

Ruukki Group's Board will publish this presentation in advance as a stock       
exchange release so that all the shareholders have the ability to go through it.
The presentation is attached to this stock exchange release and it is also      
published on the company's website.                                             

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 and CEO                                                   
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.