MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC. (NASDAQ:MERC) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC. (NASDAQ:MERC) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Mercer International Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on June1, 2018. At this meeting, shareholders were requested to (1)elect a board of directors, (2)ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, and (3)approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation, all of which were described in more detail in the Company’s 2018 Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April13, 2018. The results of voting on the matters submitted to the Company’s shareholders are as follows:

Proposal 1:Election of Directors.

All of the nine nominees for the Company’s board of directors were elected, and the voting results are set forth below:

For Withheld BrokerNon-Votes

Jimmy S.H. Lee

 53,858,483 182,155 7,864,551

David M. Gandossi

 54,006,219 34,419 7,864,551

William D. McCartney

 53,643,972 396,666 7,864,551

Bernard Picchi

 54,007,243 33,395 7,864,551

James Shepherd

 53,996,853 43,785 7,864,551

R. Keith Purchase

 54,002,928 37,710 7,864,551

Martha A.M. Morfitt

 53,961,705 78,933 7,864,551

Alan C. Wallace

 54,001,625 39,013 7,864,551

Linda J. Welty

 54,007,450 33,188 7,864,551

Proposal 2:Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

The selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2018 was ratified, and the voting results are set forth below:

For

Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes
59,535,260 2,361,614 8,315

Proposal 3:Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation.

The non-binding resolution approving the Company’s executive compensation was approved, and the voting results are set forth below:

For

Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes
53,831,933 137,730 70,975 7,864,551


About MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC. (NASDAQ:MERC)

Mercer International Inc. is engaged in producing (northern bleached softwood kraft) NBSK pulp. The Company operates in the pulp industry and produces pulp for resale, known as market pulp, in Germany. It also produces and sells tall oil, which is used as both a chemical additive and as a green energy source. The Company operates over two mills in Eastern Germany and approximately one mill in Western Canada. The Company’s NBSK pulp mills include Rosenthal mill, which is located in the town of Blankenstein, Germany, approximately 300 kilometers south of Berlin; Stendal Mill, which is located near the town of Stendal, Germany, approximately 130 kilometers west of Berlin, and Celgar Mill, which is located near the city of Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada, over 600 kilometers east of Vancouver. The Company’s NBSK pulp mills has an annual production capacity of approximately 1.5 million air-dried metric tons (ADMTs) of NBSK pulp and generates over 305 megawatts (MW) of electricity.