ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT

Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 27 March at 5:00 pm.                  

ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT     

Ruukki Group Plc has today received an announcement pursuant to Securities      
Market Act chapter 2, section 9 regarding a change in shareholding.             

Evli Pankki Oyj (business ID 0533755-0) announces that based on transactions    
carried out on 20 March 2008 its ownership in Ruukki Group Plc's share capital  
and voting rights is below one twentieth (1/20).                                

Evli Pankki Oyj owns 12,406,557 Ruukki Group Plc's shares which represents about
4.28 % of the share capital and voting rights of Ruukki Group Plc.              

Furthermore, Evli Pankki Oyj has sold altogether 11,753,200 shares via forward  
agreements of which 8,774,200 shares related forward agreements expire in April 
2008,  2,898,100 shares related forward agreements expire in June 2008 and      
80,900 shares related forward agreements expire in September 2008. Evli Pankki  
Oyj has sold the forward agreements as part of its market making business       
operations.                                                                     

The combined net amount of Evli Pankki Oyj's ownership in Ruukki Group shares   
and shares related forward agreements is 653,357 shares, which corresponds to   
about 0.23 % of the share capital and voting rights of Ruukki Group Plc.        

Ruukki Group Plc's registered number of shares is 290,034,022 and share capital 
is EUR 23,642,049.60.                                                           

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                

Matti Vikkula                                                                   
Chief Executive Director                                                        

Ruukki Group's strategic aim is to concentrate on wood processing within the    
Northern coniferous wood zone. Group business operations will be focused on     
mechanical wood processing, and furthermore on pulp business. Ruukki Group Plc's
share is listed on OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki in which the shares of the      
Company are traded in the mid cap segment, in the industrials sector.           

This stock exchange release is based on translation into English of a document  
written in Finnish. In case there would be any potential discrepancies,         
inconsistencies or inaccuracies, the Finnish version of the release shall       
prevail.