TOM BORMAN RESIGNED FROM RUUKKI GROUP PLC'S BOARD


Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 4 August 2008 at 8:10 a.m.            

Ruukki Group Plc's board member Tom Borman has resigns from the Board of        
Directors on 2 August 2008. Mr. Borman wants to concentrate on his other        
business interests and on his family. Consequently, the Board of Directors of   
Ruukki Group Plc will have four members up until the next shareholders' meeting.

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                

BOARD OF DIRECTORS                                                              
                                                                                
Ruukki Group Plc's shares are 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:                                     

Alwyn Smit                                                                      
Chairman of the Board                                                           
Ruukki Group Plc                                                                
Telephone +358 50 442 1663 / +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.