Disclosure Notification under Chapter 2 Section...

Rautaruukki Corporation Stock Exchange Release 2 February 2009 at
12.00

On 28 January 2009, Rautaruukki Corporation, pursuant to Chapter 2,
Section 9 of the Finnish Securities Markets Act, received a
disclosure notification from Capital and Research Management Company
(CRMC) that the aggregate holding in Rautaruukki shares for the
mutual funds it manages had, as at 26 January 2009, decreased to
below five (5) per cent (1/20).


The number of Rautaruukki Oyj shares notified by CRMC (86-0206507) is
6,949,917 shares, which equate to 4.96 per cent of Rautaruukki's
share capital and votes. Rautaruukki's registered share capital
comprises a total of 140,255,479 shares.

Capital Research and Management Company is a US-based investment
adviser that manages The American Funds Group of mutual funds. CRMC
does not own shares of the companies it invests in for its own
account. Rather, the shares reported in this disclosure are owned by
mutual funds under the discretionary investment management of CRMC.


Rautaruukki Corporation

Anne Pirilä
SVP, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations

Rautaruukki supplies metal-based components, systems and integrated
systems to the construction and engineering industries. The company
has a wide selection of metal products and services. Rautaruukki has
operations in 26 countries and employs 15,000 people. Net sales in
2007 totalled EUR 3.9 billion. The company's share is quoted on
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (Rautaruukki Oyj: RTRKS). The Corporation uses
the marketing name Ruukki.


DISTRIBUTION
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Main media
www.ruukki.com


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