Directorate change

07:05 London, 09:05 Helsinki, 4 May 2011 - Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange
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RUUKKI GROUP PLC'S NOMINATION COMMITTEE PROPOSES NEW CEO AS A MEMBER OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Nomination Committee of Ruukki Group Plc ("Ruukki" or the "Company") (LSE:
RKKI, OMX: RUG1V) has decided to propose to the Annual General Meeting that
Thomas Hoyer, who has been appointed as the new CEO of Ruukki, be elected as new
member of the Board of Directors.

As announced on 15 April 2011 in the Annual General Meeting invitation, the
Nomination Committee proposes the re-election of seven (7) board members: Philip
Baum, Paul Everard, Markku Kankaala, Danco Koncar, Jelena Manojlovic, Chris
Pointon and Barry Rourke.

The Nomination Committee proposes now that there will be eight (8) members on
the Board of Directors for the period that begins following the Annual General
Meeting on May 2011 and ends in the end of the Annual General Meeting in 2012.

The Annual General Meeting will be held on 11 May 2011 at 10:00 a.m. in Helsinki
at: Hotel Haven, Unioninkatu 17, Helsinki, Finland.

RUUKKI GROUP PLC
Jelena Manojlovic
Chairman of the Board of Directors


For additional information, please contact:

Ruukki Group Plc
Markus Kivimäki, General Manager: Corporate Affairs and Company Secretary, +358
(0)50 3495 687,[e-mail]

Investec Bank Plc
Stephen Cooper, [phone],[e-mail]

RBC Capital Markets
Martin Eales, [phone],[e-mail]
Peter Barrett-Lennard, [phone],[e-mail]


Ruukki Group is a natural resources company with a mining and minerals business
in southern Europe and southern Africa. The Company is listed on NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki (RUG1V) and the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (RKKI).
www.ruukkigroup.fi

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