Ruukki Group Plc has today received an announcement pursuant to Securities
Market Act chapter 2, section 9 regarding a change in shareholding.
According to the announcement of Procomex S.A (registration number
R.C.Luxembourg B 57.877)its ownership exceeds three twentieth (3/20) of the
share capital and voting rights of Ruukki Group Plc in consequence of forward
contract transactions carried out on 19 and 21 December 2007.
Furthermore, in consequence of the aforementioned forward transactions, the
combined ownership of Procomex S.A. and Helsingin Mekaanikontalo Oy (business ID
number 1076761-9) together exceeds one fourth (1/4) of the share capital and
voting rights of Ruukki Group Plc.
Owner Number of shares Percentage of share capital
and votes
Helsingin Mekaanikontalo Oy 28,924,600 9.97%
Procomex S.A. 43,888,115 15.13%
Total 72,812,715 25.10%
The number of shares consists both of shares and of several forward contracts,
which are due on different maturity dates in future.
Ruukki Group Plc's registered number of shares is 290,034,022 and share capital
is 23,638,649.60 euros.
RUUKKI GROUP PLC
Matti Vikkula
Chief Executive Officer
Ruukki Group focuses on wood-based industrial business operations. Currently the
group operations are located mainly in Finland, but in future the targeted
emphasis is principally in Russia. Ruukki Group Plc is listed on the Helsinki
Stock Exchange. The company's share is quoted on the OMX Nordic Exchange under
the Mid Cap segment in the Industrials sector.
For further information, please contact:
Matti Vikkula
Chief Executive Officer
Ruukki Group Plc
Phone +358 45 6700 606
www.ruukkigroup.fi
ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT
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