Based on subscription commitments submitted in the share issue, Ruukki Group Plc's board of directed decided on 21 June 2007 to implement the offering and made the related decisions on share allocations. This decision might not yet been received by all investors, and moreover, the final share subscriptions are not yet made. However, when taking into account 130,000,000 new shares to be issued through this offering and when also taking into account up to 19,500,000 new over-allotment shares, and based on information from the shareholders as to their holdings of Ruukki Group shares, Ruukki Group Plc hereby announces the following changes in shareholding, which might change somewhat after the subscriptions have been finalised. The company has not yet received the flagging notices of the below-mentioned shareholders. Due to the share issue, the combined shareholding by Procomex S.A. (registration number R.C.Luxembourg B 57.877) and Helsingin Mekaanikontalo Ltd (business ID number 1076761-9) in Ruukki Group Plc will fall below one fourth (1/4), and be about 20,01 %. Oy Herttakakkonen Ab (business ID 0761602-7) will own 19,35 % of Ruukki Group Plc's shares, in other words less than one fifth (1/5) of all shares and votes, after the share issue. Nordea Bank AB's (publ) (Swedish registration number 516406-0120) Finnish subsidiary Nordea Pankki Suomi Oyj's (business ID number 1680238-8) ownership in Ruukki Group Plc will fall below one tenth (1/10) being then approximately 9,44 %. Due to the share issue, shareholding by Markku Kankaala will fall below one twentieth (1/20), and be about 3,26 %. Ruukki Group Plc's registered number of shares at the moment is 140,234,022 and share capital is 23,642,049.60 euros. RUUKKI GROUP PLC Antti Kivimaa Chief Executive Officer Tel. +358 400 501780
ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT
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