NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS

Ruukki Group Plc  / Director/PDMR Shareholding*

10.09.2010 13:50

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12:50 London, 14:50 Helsinki, 10 September 2010 - Ruukki Group Plc, Stock       
Exchange Release                                                                

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL       
RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS                                             

Ruukki Group Plc ('Ruukki' or the 'Company') (LSE: RKKI, OMX: RUG1V) announces  
that following a notification received on 10 September 2010, Markku Kankaala,   
Non-executive Director, has sold 1,500 ordinary shares ('shares') in the Company
at an average price of Euro 1.80 per share on 6 September 2010. The trades were 
made on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Exchange in accordance with a trading plan      
entered into on 24 May 2010.                                                    

Accordingly Markku Kankaala now holds voting rights attached to 8,357,533       
shares, representing 3.49% of the issued share capital of the Company excluding 
treasury shares.                                                                

The trading plan is a written trading programme which sets out the strategy for 
the acquisition and/or disposal of securities to enable insiders of the Company 
to trade shares without doubts related to the use of insider information.  The  
plan specifies the amount, the price and the date on which the securities are to
be dealt in by an independent third party on behalf of the Company insider. The 
purpose of the trading plan is to separate the timing of the decision on the    
share trade and the execution of the trade.                                     

RUUKKI GROUP PLC                                                                
Alwyn Smit                                                                      
CEO                                                                             

Ruukki Group is an industrial group focusing on minerals and wood processing    
businesses. Ruukki Group Plc's shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki and the 
London Stock Exchange.                                                          

For additional information please contact:                                      

Ruukki Group Plc                                                                
Alwyn Smit (CEO): +44 20 7368 6763                                              
www.ruukkigroup.fi                                                              

Investec Bank plc                                                               
Stephen Cooper: +44 20 7597 5104

News Source: NASDAQ OMX



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Language:           English
Company:            Ruukki Group Plc
                    
                     
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ISIN:               FI0009800098
Category Code:      RDS
LSE Ticker:         RKKI
Sequence Number:    572
Time of Receipt:    Sep 10, 2010 13:50:02
 
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