10:45 London, 12:45 Helsinki, 21 September 2010 - Ruukki Group Plc, Stock
Exchange Release
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL
RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS
Ruukki Group Plc (“Ruukki” or the “Company”) (LSE: RKKI, OMX: RUG1V) announces
that following a notification received on 21 September 2010, Markku Kankaala,
Non-executive Director, has sold 15,000 ordinary shares ("shares") in the
Company at an average price of Euro 1.7667 per share between 15 September and 17
September 2010. The trades were made on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Exchange in
accordance with a trading plan entered into on 24 May 2010.
Accordingly Markku Kankaala now holds voting rights attached to 8,342,533
shares, representing 3.48% of the issued share capital of the Company excluding
treasury shares.
The trading plan is a written trading programme which sets out the strategy for
the acquisition and/or disposal of securities to enable insiders of the Company
to trade shares without doubts related to the use of insider information. The
plan specifies the amount, the price and the date on which the securities are to
be dealt in by an independent third party on behalf of the Company insider. The
purpose of the trading plan is to separate the timing of the decision on the
share trade and the execution of the trade.
RUUKKI GROUP PLC
Alwyn Smit
CEO
Ruukki Group is an industrial group focusing on minerals and wood processing
businesses. Ruukki Group Plc's shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki and the
London Stock Exchange.
For additional information please contact:
Ruukki Group Plc
Alwyn Smit, CEO: +44 20 7368 6763
www.ruukkigroup.fi
Investec Bank plc
Stephen Cooper: +44 20 7597 5104
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS
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