RUUKKI GROUP PLC'S CANCELLATION OF OWN SHARES REGISTERED


Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 17 February 2009 at 10:35 a.m.        

RUUKKI GROUP PLC'S CANCELLATION OF OWN SHARES REGISTERED                        

Ruukki Group Plc's Board of Directors decided on 3 February 2009 to cancel      
29,000,000 own shares held by the company. The cancellation of own shares has   
today been registered at the Trade Register. The registered number of shares is 
now 261,034,022. The cancellation did not affect company's share capital which  
is EUR 23,642,049.60. After the cancellation company does not hold any own      
shares.                                                                         

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                

Alwyn Smit                                                                      
Chairman of the Board 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:                                     

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.