Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 28 May 2009 at 2:40 p.m. ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT Ruukki Group Plc has today received an announcement pursuant to Securities Market Act chapter 2, section 9 regarding a change in shareholding: Bassanio Services Limited (register ID 1469894, Tortola, British Virgin Islands) and Alwyn Smit announce that their combined potential future ownership has fallen below 5% of the share capital and voting rights of Ruukki Group Plc based on share transactions carried out on 28 May 2009. Bassanio Services Limited and Alwyn Smit now own Ruukki Group Plc shares and option rights as follows: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Current | Potential | Total number | Proportion of | | | ownership | future | of shares | shares and | | | (shares) | ownership | | voting rights | | | | (option | | | | | | rights) | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Bassanio | 2 900 000 | 0 | 2 900 000 | 1.11 % | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Alwyn Smit | 0 | 2 900 000 | 2 900 000 | 1.11 % | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Total | 2 900 000 | 2 900 000 | 5 800 000 | 2.22 % | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 May 2009 is 11,198,000 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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