Notification of Transactions of Directors

07:00 London, 09:00 Helsinki, 7 March 2011 - 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 950,000 ordinary shares in the Company ("Shares") were transferred from the
shares held in treasury and allotted to the following present and past directors
of the Company on 4 March 2011.

The transfer takes place pursuant to the resolution related to the remuneration
of the Board approved at the Annual General Meeting held on 21 April 2010 and
the resolution of the Board of Directors from the board meeting held on 29 May
2010. The Shares have been released at no cost to the individuals.

The issued shares are subject to a lock-up commitment in accordance with the
resolution of the Annual General Meeting. According to the lock-up commitment,
the Company is entitled to redeem the Initial Shares free of charge, in part or
in full, should the director's term in the Board of Directors end before the
third ordinary general meeting following the approval of this issue. The
redemption will concern all of the issued shares (3/3) if the director's term at
the Board of Directors ends before the first, two-thirds (2/3) if before the
second, and one-third (1/3) if before the third ordinary general meeting
following the approval of this issue.

Following the transfer, the Company holds 7,790,895 ordinary shares in treasury.
+---------------------+-----------------+-------------------+------------------+
|Name                 |    No. of issued|Total holding after|   % holding after|
|                     |           shares|           issuance|        issuance *|
+---------------------+-----------------+-------------------+------------------+
|Philip Baum - PDMR   |          150,000|            150,000|              0.06|
+---------------------+-----------------+-------------------+------------------+
|Paul Everard - PDMR  |          150,000|            150,000|              0.06|
+---------------------+-----------------+-------------------+------------------+
|Markku Kankaala -    |          100,000|          8,177,533|              3.40|
|PDMR                 |                 |                   |                  |
+---------------------+-----------------+-------------------+------------------+
|Jelena Manojlovic -  |          150,000|            150,000|              0.06|
|PDMR                 |                 |                   |                  |
+---------------------+-----------------+-------------------+------------------+
|Chris Pointon - PDMR |          150,000|            150,000|              0.06|
+---------------------+-----------------+-------------------+------------------+
|Barry Rourke - PDMR  |          150,000|            150,000|              0.06|
+---------------------+-----------------+-------------------+------------------+
|Terence McConnachie -|          100,000|            100,000|              0.04|
|PDMR until 31 August |                 |                   |                  |
|2010                 |                 |                   |                  |
+---------------------+-----------------+-------------------+------------------+
|TOTAL                |          950,000|                   |                  |
+---------------------+-----------------+-------------------+------------------+

* Holding of the issued share capital of the Company excluding treasury shares

RUUKKI GROUP PLC
Danko Koncar
Acting Managing Director


For additional information, please contact:

Ruukki Group Plc
Markus Kivimäki, Head of Corporate Affairs,
[phone],[e-mail]
Thomas Hoyer, CFO, [phone],[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 South 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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