Quarter Full year
SEKm 1-14 4-13 1-13 2013
Net turnover 4 081 3 938 4 158 16 231
Operating profit excl.
items affecting comparability		 389 338 238 1 209
Operating profit 389 338 98 1 069
Profit after tax 276 230 42 711
Earnings per share, SEK 3.3 2.7 0.5 8.5
Return on equity, % 5.3 4.5 0.8 3.4
Cash flow before investing activities 540 444 352 2 011
Debt/equity ratio 0.28 0.29 0.31 0.29
  • Operating profit, excluding items affecting comparability, totalled SEK 389 million (January–March 2013: 238). The improvement in profit is due to higher prices for printing paper, more stable paperboard production as well as higher prices and increased deliveries for sawn timber.
  • Compared with the fourth quarter, operating profit rose by SEK 51 million, mainly as a result of price increases for printing paper.
  • The market situation for paperboard was good. Demand for sawn timber increased from low levels. Demand for printing paper continued to decline.
  • Profit after tax amounted to SEK 276 million (42), which corresponds to earnings per share of SEK 3.3 (0.5). Return on equity was 5.3 per cent (0.8).


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Henrik Sjölund, President and CEO, tel. +46 8 666 21 05
Anders Jernhall, CFO, tel. +46 8 666 21 22
Ingela Carlsson, Communications Director, tel. +46 70 212 97 12

This is information that Holmen AB is obliged to disclose under the Swedish Securities Market Act and/or the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was distributed to the media for publication at 12:30 CET on Wednesday May 7, 2014.