DGAP-UK-Regulatory: NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS

1 Sep 2010 09:00

Ruukki Group Oyj / Director/PDMR Shareholding* 01.09.2010 10:00 Dissemination of a UK Regulatory Announcement, transmitted byDGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09:00 London, 11:00 Helsinki, 1 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 1 September 2010, Markku Kankaala, Non-executive Director, has sold 5,000 ordinary shares ('shares') in the Companyat an average price of Euro 1.75 per share on 26 August 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 8,359,033 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 tobe 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 01.09.2010 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements,Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: EnglishCompany: Ruukki Group Oyj FinlandPhone: Fax: E-mail: Internet: ISIN: FI0009800098Category Code: RDSLSE Ticker: RKKISequence Number: 566Time of Receipt: Sep 01, 2010 10:00:03 End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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