Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 5 November at 12:05 p.m. Ruukki Group Plc has today received an announcement pursuant to Securities Market Act chapter 2, section 9 regarding a change in shareholding: Procomex S.A. (registration number R.C. Luxembourg B 57.877) announces that it has on 4 November 2008 sold 82,930 forward contracts which correspond to 8,293,000 Ruukki Group Plc shares. As a result, Procomex S.A.'s holdings have fallen below one twentieth (1/20) of the share capital and voting rights of Ruukki Group Plc. The holdings of Procomex S.A. in Ruukki Group Plc are the following: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | shares | via option | total | share of voting rights | | | contracts | | and share capital | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 454,842 | 8,297,704 | 8,752,546 | 3.02 % | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ruukki Group Plc's registered number of shares is 290,034,022 and share capital is EUR 23,642,049.60. RUUKKI GROUP PLC Alwyn Smit Chairman of the Board and CEO 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 and CEO 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.
ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT
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