Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 18 May 2009 at 09:50 a.m. ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT Ruukki Group Plc has received an announcement pursuant to Securities Market Act chapter 2, section 9 regarding a change in shareholding: Kermas Ltd (registration number 504889, Tortola, British Virgin Islands) announces that its current ownership has exceeded 15 % of the share capital and voting rights of Ruukki Group Plc based on share transactions carried out on 14 May 2009. Kermas Limited now owns Ruukki Group Plc shares and forward contracts as follows: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | number of | % of shares and | | | shares | voting rights | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Current ownership (shares) | 41,111,200 | 15.75 % | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Potential future ownership (forwards) | +45,255,300 | 17.34 % | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Potential future ownership (option | +73,170,731 | 28.03 % | | arrangement) | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Total | 159,537,231 | 61.12 % | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The forward contracts will expire in June 2009. Ruukki Group Plc's registered number of shares is 261,034,022 and share capital is EUR 23,642,049.60. The number of treasury shares held by Ruukki Group Plc on 15 May 2009 is 10,700,000 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.
ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT
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