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


Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 11 August 2008 at 4:58 p.m.           
   
Ruukki Group Plc has today received the following details in relation to the    
announcement pursuant to Securities Market Act chapter 2, section 9 regarding a 
change in shareholding dated and published on 8 August 2008.                    

Atkey Ltd (register number 1456426, British Virgin Islands) announces that the  
date of the transaction on which the threshold was exceeded, is 7 August 2008.  
Otherwise the information on the flagging notification corresponds to the       
previous notification.                                                          

Ruukki Group Plc's registered number of shares is 290,034,022 shares and share  
capital is EUR 23,642,049.60.                                                   

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                

Alwyn Smit                                                                      
Chairman of the Board                                                           
                                                                                
Ruukki Group Plc's shares are 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:                                     

Alwyn Smit                                                                      
Chairman of the Board                                                           
Ruukki Group Plc                                                                
Telephone +358 50 442 1663 / +41 7960 19094                                     
www.ruukkigroup.fi                                            

This stock exchange release is based on a translation into English of a document
written in Finnish. In case of any discrepancies, inconsistencies or            
inaccuracies, the Finnish version of the release shall prevail.