Flagging notification in accordance with Chapter 9, Section 10 of the Finnish Securities Markets Act

Rautaruukki Corporation Stock exchange release 22 April 2014 at 5.15pm EEST

Flagging notification in accordance with Chapter 9, Section 10 of the Finnish
Securities Markets Act

Rautaruukki Corporation (Rautaruukki) has today 22 April 2014 received from SSAB
AB (SSAB) the following flagging notice in accordance with the Securities Market
Act:

If the exchange offer for all the shares in Rautaruukki announced by SSAB on 22
January 2014 is completed, the ownership of SSAB in Rautaruukki would, upon the
completion of the settlement trades of the shares tendered into the exchange
offer of by 22 April 2014 (including the acceptance of the exchange offer by
Rautaruukki's largest shareholder Solidium Oy, in accordance with the
undertaking provided in advance by Solidium Oy) exceed 40.38 percent of all the
shares and voting rights in Rautaruukki.

SSAB would, upon the completion of the settlement trades of the shares tendered
into the exchange offer by 22 April 2014 gain the hold of 56 641 012 of
Rautaruukki's shares, which would equate to 40.38 percent of the total
outstanding shares and votes in Rautaruukki.

On 22 January 2014, the Boards of Directors of SSAB and Rautaruukki announced a
plan to combine the two companies through SSAB making a public share exchange
offer which Rautaruukki's Board of Directors has recommended Rautaruukki's
shareholders to accept. The offer period of the share exchange offer commenced
at 9 am EEST on 14 April 2014 and will continue until 4 pm EEST on 12 May 2014,
unless the offer period is extended.

For further information, please contact:
Olli Huuskonen, SVP, General Counsel, tel. +358 20 592 9300

Taina Kyllönen
SVP, Marketing and Communications

Ruukki specialises in steel and steel construction. We provide customers with
energy-efficient steel solutions for better living, working and moving. We have
around 8,600 employees and an extensive distribution and dealer network across
some 30 countries including the Nordic countries, Russia and elsewhere in Europe
and the emerging markets, such as India, China and South America. Net sales in
2013 totalled €2.4 billion. The company's share is quoted on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
(Rautaruukki Oyj: RTRKS). www.ruukki.com

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