Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 12 September 2008 at 3:05 p.m. The shareholders of Ruukki Group Plc are invited to an Extraordinary General Meeting which is held on Tuesday, October 7, 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 Shareholders of Ruukki Group Plc, owning altogether about 36.3 percent of Company's shares and voting rights, have announced that they propose to the Extraordinary General Meeting that six (6) members of the Board shall be elected, and that Esa Hukkanen, Markku Kankaala, Jelena Manojlovic and Alwyn Smit shall be re-elected and that Thomas Hoyer and Terence M. McConnachie shall be elected as new Board members. All of these persons have given their prior consent. Thomas Hoyer, M. Sc. (Econ.), works as the chief financial officer of Aldata Solutions Oyj. Previously he has been employed, for example, by Invision AG, private equity investor managing the investments of Mach HiTECH AG. Terence M. McConnachie, CEO of AIM -listed (London) company Sylvania Resources Limited, has 25 years of experience in mining industry, ferro alloys and precious metals. He was the founder of South African Chrome & Alloys Ltd, a chrome company listed on Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Currently he is also the CEO of Welprop Mining Services and SA Chrome and Alloys Limited, and furthermore a major shareholder and CEO in Alumicor Pty Ltd. 2. REMUNERATION OF THE MEMBERS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS KEEPING THE DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE The 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 September 26th, 2008 registered as a shareholder of the company in the shareholder register maintained by Finnish Central Securities Depository Oy. A foreign 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 September 26th, 2008. A shareholder can attend the Meeting personally or represented by a representative. A shareholder has also 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 Wednesday, October 1, 2008 by letter to Ruukki Group Plc, Keilasatama 5, 02150 Espoo, or by e-mail to ilmo@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 October 1, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. ESPOO, ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2008 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.