+------------------------+-----+-------+-----+------+----------+---------+ | | |Quarter| |January-September|Full year| +------------------------+-----+-------+-----+------+----------+---------+ | SEKm |3-12 |2-12 |3-11 |2012 |2011 |2011 | +------------------------+-----+-------+-----+------+----------+---------+ |Net turnover |4 230|4 569 |4 518|13 577|14 026 |18 656 | +------------------------+-----+-------+-----+------+----------+---------+ |EBITDA |615 |694 |838 |2 097 |2 511 |3 240 | +------------------------+-----+-------+-----+------+----------+---------+ |Operating profit* |394 |488 |519 |1 442 |1 570 |5 573 | +------------------------+-----+-------+-----+------+----------+---------+ |Profit after tax* |249 |313 |343 |950 |1 015 |3 955 | +------------------------+-----+-------+-----+------+----------+---------+ |Earnings per share, SEK*|3.0 |3.7 |4.1 |11.3 |12.1 |47.1 | +------------------------+-----+-------+-----+------+----------+---------+ |Return on equity, %* |5.0 |6.4 |8.1 |6.4 |8.1 |23.1 | +------------------------+-----+-------+-----+------+----------+---------+ *In Q4 2011 revaluation of forest was included: + SEK 3 593 million before tax and SEK 2 648 million after tax. · Profit after tax for January–September 2012 was SEK 950 million (January–September 2011: SEK 1 015 million). · Earnings per share amounted to SEK 11.3 (12.1). · Return on equity was 6.4 per cent (8.1). · Operating profit totalled SEK 1 442 million (1 570). The contribution from currency hedges fell, while the change in the value of forests rose. · The operating profit from the third quarter was SEK 394 million, SEK 94 million lower than in the preceding quarter. Earnings at Holmen Skog were low but improved at Iggesund Paperboard as a result of good production and a high level of deliveries. Staff costs were seasonally low. · The market situation for paperboard was stable during the quarter, while demand for printing paper and sawn timber was weak. For further information please contact: Magnus Hall, President and CEO, tel. +46 8 666 21 05 Anders Jernhall, CFO, tel. +46 8 666 21 22 Ingela Carlsson, Public Relations Director, tel. +46 70 212 97 12 In its capacity as issuer, Holmen AB is releasing the information in this interim report for January-September 2012 in accordance with Chapter 17 of the Swedish Securities Market Act (2007:528). The information was distributed to the media for publication at 12.30 CET on Friday September 26, 2012.
Interim report January-September 2012
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