Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 19 June 2008 at 12:17 p.m. The shareholders of Ruukki Group Plc are invited to an Extraordinary General Meeting which will be held on Friday 11 July 2008 from 10:00 a.m. in Espoo at the address Keilasatama 5, 02150 Espoo. The reception of those who have given notice to attend begins at 9:30 a.m. in the meeting facilities. THE MATTERS UNDER DISCUSSION IN THE MEETING: 1. ELECTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS In consequence to the change of the owning structure of the company and the strong change of the strategic focus, the Board of Directors of the company has considered expedient to bring the composition of the Board of Directors to be reconsidered in General Meeting. The issue that will be discussed in the General Meeting is resolving on the number of members of the Board of Directors and the election of the members of the Board of Directors. 2. REMUNERATION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 3. AMENDMENT OF THE FIELD OF ACTIVITIES OF THE COMPANY IN THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION The Board of Directors proposes to the Extraordinary General Meeting that the article 2 (“The Field of Activities of the Company) of the Articles of Association shall be altered as follows: “The company is a parent company of a diversified group that acts as a long-term owner in the companies it owns. As a parent company of the group the company exercises group administration and financing functions. As a part of the group financing functions the company may perform investments and financing arrangements outside the group. The objective of the company is developing of the companies that it owns by acting through their boards of directors or other organs, as an adviser, financier or otherwise by supporting the entrepreneurship. To the field of activities of the company belongs to exercise domestic and foreign wood processing, mechanic forest industry and mine and extractive activities and manufacturing and trade of ferroalloys and business activities that base on the knowledge acquired from this field of business or business activities that relate to or that suite to them. The company may exercise its business activities either directly or through subsidiary companies in the fields of activities separately chosen by the board of directors. The business activities of the company or its subsidiaries may be performed in Finland and abroad. The company may perform its business activities with auxiliary firm-names.” KEEPING THE DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE The proposals of the Board of Directors with their appendices and other documents required to be kept available according to the Finnish Companies Act will be available for the shareholders' inspection for the week preceding the Extraordinary General Meeting at the company headquarters at address Keilasatama 5, 02150 Espoo. In addition the documents will be available for the week preceding the Extraordinary General Meeting on the company's website at the address www.ruukkigroup.fi. Copies of these documents will on request be sent to the shareholders. RIGHT TO ATTEND Right to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting has a shareholder who is not later than on 1 July 2008 registered as a shareholder of the company in the shareholder register maintained by Finnish Central Securities Depository. A shareholder holding nominee registered shares who wishes to attend the Meeting shall in good time contact his/her nominee operator and act according to the instructions of the nominee operator. In this case the temporary registration in the shareholder register shall be valid no later than on 1 July 2008. A shareholder can attend the Meeting personally or be represented by a representative. A shareholder has also a right to use an assistant. NOTICE TO ATTEND A shareholder wishing to attend the Meeting shall give notice to attend the Meeting to the company no later than by 4:00 p.m. on 4 July 2008 by letter to Ruukki Group Plc, Keilasatama 5, 02150 Espoo, or by e-mail to info@ruukkigroup.fi or by fax to +358 10 440 7001. The notice shall be at the company before the deadline of the notice to attend. A shareholder is requested in addition to name to inform also his/her identity number or business ID. Possible proxies are asked to be delivered in written form together with the notice to attend, that means not later than on 4 July 2008 at 4:00 p.m. ESPOO 19 JUNE 2008 RUUKKI GROUP PLC BOARD OF DIRECTORS 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. For additional information, please contact: Matti Vikkula Chief Executive Officer Ruukki Group Plc Tel. + 358 10 440 7002 www.ruukkigroup.fi 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.