Interim report January-June 2013


                               Quarter         January-June  Full year
SEKm                     2-13     1-13   2-12   2013   2012       2012
Net turnover            4 197    4 158  4 569  8 354  9 347     17 852
Operating profit excl.    307      238    488    545  1 048      1 713
items affecting comp.*
Operating profit          307       98    488    405  1 048      1 520
Profit after tax          232       42    313    274    701      1 853
Earnings per share,       2.8      0.5    3.7    3.3    8.3       22.1
SEK
Return on equity, %       4.5      0.8    6.4    2.6    7.2        9.3

* Items affecting comparability are impairment losses and restructuring costs at
Holmen Paper, amounting to SEK -140 million in Q1 2013 and SEK -193 million in
Q4 2012.

  · Profit after tax for January–June 2013 was SEK 274 million (January–June
2012: 701).
  · Earnings per share totalled SEK 3.3 (8.3).
  · Return on equity was 2.6 per cent (7.2).
  · Operating profit, excluding items affecting comparability, totalled SEK 545
million (1 048). The decline was attributable to lower selling prices for
printing paper and a stronger Swedish krona.
  · Compared with the first quarter, operating profit rose by SEK 69 million to
SEK 307 million. The establish­ment of a jointly-owned wind power company and
start-up of a biofuel boiler in the UK had a positive effect on the result,
while a major maintenance shutdown at Iggesund Mill had a negative impact.
  · The market situation for paperboard was stable, while demand for printing
paper and sawn timber remained 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, Communications Director, tel. +46 70 212 97 12

In its capacity as issuer, Holmen AB is releasing the information in this
interim report for January-June 2013 in accordance with Chapter 17 of the
Swedish Securities Market Act (2007:528). The information was distributed to the
media for publication at 12.15 CET on Wednesday August 14, 2013.

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