SHARE SUBSCRIPTIONS UNDER OPTIONS

07:00 London, 09:00 Helsinki, 5 July 2011 - Ruukki Group Plc, Stock Exchange
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SHARE SUBSCRIPTIONS UNDER OPTIONS

Ruukki Group Plc ("Ruukki" or the "Company") (LSE: RKKI, OMX: RUG1V) announces
that a total of 225,000 ordinary shares of no par value ("Ordinary Shares") have
been subscribed based on B series stock options under the Option Program I/2005.
According to the terms of the Option Program, the subscription period ended on
30 June 2011 and the subscription price was EUR 0.38 per share. The subscription
price shall be entered in whole in the Company's paid-up unrestricted equity
reserve.

The Ordinary Shares are expected to be registered on the Trade Register on 12
July 2011 whereafter they will be admitted to public trading on the NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki. Application to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock Exchange
has been made for these new ordinary shares to be admitted to the premium
segment of the Official List and to trading on the Main Market, admission is
expected to take place on 13 July 2011.

After the registration, the Company will have in total 248,432,000 shares with
voting rights and the share capital will be EUR 23,642,049.60.

The Option Program I/2005 is based on the resolutions of the Extraordinary
General Meeting held on 8 December 2005. The terms of the Option Program were
last updated at the General Meeting on 7 May 2009.

RUUKKI GROUP PLC
Thomas Hoyer
CEO


For additional information, please contact:

Ruukki Group Plc
Thomas Hoyer, CEO, [phone],[e-mail]
Markus Kivimäki, General Manager: Corporate Affairs, +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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