Ruukki Group Plc has today received an announcement pursuant to Securities Market Act chapter 2, section 9 regarding a change in shareholding: According to the announcement of Russian JSC VTB Bank (ОАО Банк ВТБ, state registration number 1027739609391) its or its affiliate's ownership will exceed one tenth (1/10) of the share capital and voting rights of Ruukki Group Plc based on agreements entered into on 12 February 2008. In case the agreements will be fully implemented, the ownership of JSC VTB Bank or its affiliate will exceed one tenth after the share transactions are finalised. Therefore, based on the agreements and on current ownership data, the ownership of JSC VTB Bank or its affiliate in Ruukki Group Plc would be the following after the share transactions have been finalised: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Owner | Number of shares | Percentage of share capital and | | | | voting rights | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | JSC VTB Bank | 29,200,000 | 10.07 % | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Director Ruukki Group focuses on wood-based industrial business operations. Currently the group operations are located mainly in Finland, but in future the targeted emphasis is principally in Russia. Ruukki Group Plc is listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. The company's share is quoted on the OMX Nordic Exchange under the Mid Cap segment in the Industrials sector.
ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT
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