Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 5 June 2008 at 4:05 pm.
Ruukki Group Plc has today received an announcement pursuant to Securities
Market Act regarding a change in shareholding:
According to the announcement of Oy Herttakakkonen Ab (business ID 0761602-7)
its ownership has fallen below one tenth (1/10) to 7.48 % of the share capital
and voting rights of Ruukki Group Plc based on transactions carried out on 5
June 2008 and to 9.07 % when taking into account the personal ownership of Kai
Mäkelä and the ownership of Oy Herttaässä Ab.
Oy Herttakakkonen Ab has the following ownership:
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| | number | proportion of voting rights |
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| | | and share capital |
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| Shares | 2,744,889 | 0,95 % |
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| Forward contracts | 18,936,000 | 6,53 % |
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| Total | 21,680,889 | 7,48 % |
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The forward contracts will expire on 19 June 2008.
In addition, Oy Herttakakkonen Ab announces that it has continued the one-sided
commitment to sell, by 31 August 2008, 20,000,000 Ruukki Group Plc shares or
forward contracts that it owns to RCS Trading Corp Ltd or to a party appointed
by RCS.
In addition, Kai Mäkelä owns personally 20 and Oy Herttaässä Ab 4,635,410 Ruukki
Group Plc shares.
Ruukki Group Plc's registered number of shares is 290,034,022 and share capital
is EUR 23,642,049.60.
RUUKKI GROUP PLC
Matti Vikkula
Chief Executive Officer
Ruukki Group Plc's share is listed on OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki in which the
shares of the Company are traded in the mid cap segment, in the industrials
sector.
For additional information, please contact:
Matti Vikkula
Chief Executive Officer
Ruukki Group Plc
Tel. + 358 10 440 7002
www.ruukkigroup.fi
This stock exchange release is based on translation into English of a document
written in Finnish. In case there would be any potential 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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