AMENDED SHAREHOLDERS' PROPOSAL TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ON THE ELECTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 9 April 2010 at 9:37 a.m.             

AMENDED SHAREHOLDERS' PROPOSAL TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ON THE ELECTION OF 
THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS                                           

Shareholders that hold together over 50% of the shares and the votes of the     
Company have announced to the Company that they amend their proposal to the     
Annual General Meeting in relation to the number of members of the Board of     
Directors and that Mr. Barry Rourke (Senior NED) would be elected as a member of
the Board.                                                                      

Mr. Barry Rourke, born 1950, is a financial specialist with extensive           
international experience, particularly in the USA and Eastern Europe. Mr. Rourke
has significant boardroom experience, with leadership and team working skills as
well as broad business and industry knowledge, particularly in the natural      
resource, engineering and construction sectors. He currently holds a number of  
non-executive director and Chairman positions.                                  

In addition to Mr. Rourke, the other proposed members are Jelena Manojlovic     
(present Chairperson, Senior NED), Markku Kankaala (NED) and Terence McConnachie
(NED) of the present members of the Board of Directors and Philip Baum (Senior  
NED), Paul Everard (Senior NED) and Chris Pointon (Senior NED) for the next     
mandate that begins from the Annual General Meeting 2010 and ends in the end of 
the Annual General Meeting 2011.                                                

IN ESPOO, ON 9 APRIL 2010                                                       

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                

BOARD OF DIRECTORS                                                              

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.