Oct 26, 2012. /Lesprom Network/. Holmen released interim report January-September 2012. 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, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.