Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 22 December 2008 at 11:40 a.m. RUUKKI GROUP'S SUBSIDIARY POHJOLAN DESIGN-TALO OY ELECTED NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR Pohjolan Design-Talo Oy, parent company of Ruukki Group Plc's House Building Business segment, has elected M.Sc. Eng., MBA Jari-Jukka Hämäläinen as the Managing Director of Pohjolan Design-Talo Oy starting as of 19 January 2009. The current Managing Director Kimmo Kurkela will remain board member at Pohjolan Design-Talo Oy. Jari-Jukka Hämäläinen is 54 years old and is currently working in Nordic Shelter Solutions group being responsible for its industrial, storage and sports facility solutions. He has extensive experience in business management as well as in technical sales, service operations and project management. RUUKKI GROUP PLC Alwyn Smit Chairman and CEO Ruukki Group specialises in industrial refining of certain natural resources. The Group has two focus areas: Wood Processing and Minerals. Ruukki Group Plc's shares are listed on Nasdaq OMX Helsinki in which the shares of the Company are traded in the mid cap segment, in the industrials sector. For additional information, please contact: Antti Kivimaa Deputy CEO, domestic wood processing businesses Ruukki Group Plc Telephone +358 400 501 780 www.ruukkigroup.fi Kimmo Kurkela Managing Director Pohjolan Design-Talo Oy Telephone +358 50 379 6900 www.designtalo.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.
RUUKKI GROUP'S SUBSIDIARY POHJOLAN DESIGN-TALO OY ELECTED NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR
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