ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT

Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 20 May 2008 at 4:30 p.m.              

Ruukki Group Plc has today received an announcement pursuant to Securities      
Market Act regarding a change in shareholding:                                  

According to the announcement of Danske Bank A/S Helsingin Sivukonttori         
(business ID 1078693-2) its ownership has reached over one tenth (1/10) of the  
share capital and voting rights of Ruukki Group Plc based on share transaction  
carried out on 19 May 2008. Furthermore, Danske Bank A/S Helsingin Sivukonttori 
announces that it has entered into derivative agreements, which according to    
current information will expire in June 2008 and in September 2008. In case     
these derivative agreements are exercised, Danske Bank A/S Helsingin            
Sivukonttori's ownership in Ruukki Group Plc will fall below one twentieth      
(1/20) by the earliest at the value date 19 June 2008.                          

Danske Bank A/S Helsingin Sivukonttori now owns altogether 31,494,000 Ruukki    
Group Plc shares, which corresponds to about 10.86 % of the share capital and   
voting rights of Ruukki Group Plc.                                              

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.                                                                         
                                                                                
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.