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<P style="font-size: 14pt" align="center"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
<FONT style="font-size: 12pt">Washington, D.C. 20549
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<P style="font-size: 18pt" align="center"><B>FORM 8-K</B>

<P style="font-size: 12pt" align="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest
event reported): January 29, 2009</B>


<P style="font-size: 24pt" align="center"><B>MERCER INTERNATIONAL
INC.<BR>
</B><FONT style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter) </FONT>
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Street,<BR> Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada</B></TD>
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including area code: <B>(604) 684-1099</B>
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Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of
the registrant under any of the following provisions:

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="left"><FONT face="Wingdings">o</FONT> Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
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<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify"><B>ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO DEFINITIVE
MATERIAL AGREEMENT</B>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">Mercer International Inc., through
its subsidiary, Zellstoff Celgar Limited Partnership (&#8220;ZCLP&#8221;),
entered into an energy purchase agreement with British Columbia Hydro and Power
Authority (&#8220;BC&nbsp;Hydro&#8221;) on January&nbsp;29, 2009 (the
&#8220;EPA&#8221;). BC&nbsp;Hydro is a Province of British Columbia Crown
Corporation and is one of the largest electric utilities in Canada.

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">The description below is a summary
of the EPA and is qualified in its entirety by the complete text of the EPA
itself, which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company&#8217;s annual report
on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2008, with portions omitted and
filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a
request for confidential treatment.

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify"><U><B>Background to the EPA</B></U>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">BC&nbsp;Hydro issued a bioenergy
call for &#8220;green&#8221; power on February&nbsp;6, 2008 in which it
requested proposals for the supply of electrical energy generated from
forest-based biomass projects located in British&nbsp;Columbia. ZCLP was one of
20 submitting parties, from which four proposals, including that of ZCLP, were
selected by BC&nbsp;Hydro.

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify"><U><B>Overview</B></U>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">Under the EPA, BC&nbsp;Hydro agrees
to take and pay for, and ZCLP agrees to sell, energy produced by ZCLP in excess
of a historic generator baseline established by BC Hydro. The energy that is to
be sold will be largely produced from the energy plant upgrades currently
underway at ZCLP&#8217;s Castlegar pulp mill (the &#8220;Mill&#8221;). The
price for the green electrical energy to be sold by ZCLP to BC&nbsp;Hydro under
the EPA was determined through an arm&#8217;s-length bid process and is
intended to reflect the market value for &#8220;green&#8221; energy.

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify"><U><B>Term</B></U>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">The term of the EPA commenced
effective January&nbsp;27, 2009 (the &#8220;Effective Date&#8221;) and
continues until the 10th anniversary of the commercial operation date (the
&#8220;COD&#8221;) of ZCLP&#8217;s electrical generation equipment. Such
equipment will include the ongoing energy plant upgrades comprised of
electrical generators, facilities and equipment that will support the
generation and transmission of electrical energy (the &#8220;Electrical
Plant&#8221;). To achieve COD, the Electrical Plant must continuously generate,
for a period of 72 hours at not less than 90% of the hourly electrical output
that would be required over a season for the Electrical Plant to meet its
delivery commitments for such season (the &#8220;Seasonally Firm Energy
Amount&#8221;). ZCLP must achieve COD by May&nbsp;1, 2010, subject to certain
customary force majeure type delays that may arise due to circumstances not
within its control (&#8220;Force Majeure&#8221;).

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<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">ZCLP may, upon notice to
BC&nbsp;Hydro, sell energy to any person prior to achieving COD. After
achieving COD, ZCLP will become bound to deliver and sell, at minimum,
approximately 238,000 MWh of electrical energy annually to BC&nbsp;Hydro over
the ten-year term of the EPA and BC&nbsp;Hydro shall be obligated to take and
pay for such electrical energy.

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<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify"><U><B>Environmental
Attributes</B></U>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">Under the EPA, ZCLP transfers all
&#8220;Environmental Attributes&#8221; to BC&nbsp;Hydro. Such Environmental
Attributes are limited to those directly associated with or derived from
Eligible Energy and do not cover attributes attached to the pulp production
process.

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify"><U><B>Construction of Electrical
Generation Facilities</B></U>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">Under the EPA, ZCLP is obligated to
design and build additions to its electricity generating facilities,
incorporate same into the Electrical Plant, and complete interconnection of
such facilities to the existing distribution system. ZCLP must commence work
30&nbsp;days after the British Columbia Utilities Commission (the
&#8220;BCUC&#8221;) approves the EPA. BC&nbsp;Hydro is required to file the EPA
with the BCUC within a reasonable time after the Effective Date and either
party may terminate the EPA if BCUC acceptance is not obtained within
150&nbsp;days of the Effective Date.

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify"><U><B>Performance Security</B></U>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">ZCLP is obliged under the EPA to
provide Performance Security by way of letter of credit, the amount of which is
calculated by multiplying the aggregate of all Seasonally Firm Energy Amounts
(the &#8220;Annual Firm Energy Amounts&#8221;) by specified amounts ranging
between CAD$2.50 and $8.00 per MWh, which factor varies over the term of the
EPA. Based on the current Seasonally Firm Energy Amount, ZCLP estimates that
the amount of the Performance Security will range between approximately
CAD$0.6&nbsp;million and CAD$1.9&nbsp;million. Currently, ZCLP has provided a
letter of credit in the amount of approximately CAD$0.6&nbsp;million.

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify"><U><B>Damages for Failure to Achieve
COD on Time</B></U>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">Subject to Force Majeure delays, if
ZCLP does not achieve COD by May&nbsp;1, 2010 (the &#8220;Guaranteed COD
Date&#8221;), then ZCLP shall become liable to pay liquidated damages to
BC&nbsp;Hydro flowing from such delay. Such damages will be equal to the
greater of: (i) $5.00 per MWh; or (ii)&nbsp;the difference between the
&#8220;Mid-C Price&#8221; and the price under the EPA per MWh, based on the
amount of energy that was required to be delivered to BC&nbsp;Hydro under the
EPA during the period of delay. The right to collect such damages will expire
on the date that BC&nbsp;Hydro becomes entitled to terminate the EPA for
failure to achieve COD. BC&nbsp;Hydro&#8217;s right to terminate for failure to
achieve COD arises 365 (plus no more than 180 Force Majeure days) after the
Guaranteed COD Date. On a yearly basis, liquidated damages will be capped at
200% of the amount of the &#8220;Performance Security&#8221;. Accordingly,
based on such estimates, liquidated damages for failure to achieve COD would
not exceed CAD$3.8&nbsp;million.

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify"><U><B>Termination Payment for
Failure to Achieve COD</B></U>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">If BC&nbsp;Hydro terminates the EPA
for failure to achieve COD then, in addition to the damages referred to above,
ZCLP shall become liable to pay BC&nbsp;Hydro a termination payment equal to
<U>the lesser of</U>: (i)&nbsp;the Performance Security; and (ii)&nbsp;the
amount by which BC&nbsp;Hydro&#8217;s economic losses exceed its aggregate
gains as calculated pursuant to the EPA. Based on ZCLP&#8217;s estimates, such
termination payment would not exceed CAD$1.9&nbsp;million.

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<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify"><U><B>Post-COD Liquidated
Damages</B></U>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">The EPA provides a one-year post-COD
break-in period, during which no liquidated damages are payable for delivery
shortfalls. If in any complete season following the one-year break-in period,
the amount of Eligible Energy delivered to BC&nbsp;Hydro by ZCLP is less than
the Seasonally Firm Energy Amount for that season, ZCLP will be liable to pay
liquidated damages to BC&nbsp;Hydro in an amount per MWh of shortfall equal to
the greater of: (i) $5.00 per MWh; or (ii) the difference between Mid-C Price
and the price under the EPA.

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">The annual cap on liability for
delivery shortfalls is set at 200% of the Performance Security. After the first
anniversary of COD (following the break-in period) Performance Security will be
set at $6.00 per MWh or approximately CAD$1.4&nbsp;million. As a result,
ZCLP&#8217;s maximum liability for seasonal energy delivery shortfalls for a
full year will be capped at twice the Performance Security or approximately
CAD$2.8&nbsp;million.

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">A copy of the Company&#8217;s press
release announcing the entry into the EPA is attached hereto as
Exhibit&nbsp;99.1.

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify"><B>ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AND EXHIBITS</B>
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<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center"><B>SIGNATURES</B>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">Pursuant to the requirements of the
<I>Securities Exchange Act of 1934</I>, the Registrant has duly caused this
report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

<P style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 46%" align="justify"><B>MERCER
INTERNATIONAL INC.</B>

<P style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 46%" align="justify"><U>/s/ David M.
Gandossi&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
David
M. Gandossi<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>


<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">Date: February&nbsp;3, 2009

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<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center"><B>MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.</B>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center"><B>FORM 8-K</B>

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Filed by Bowne Pure Compliance
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest
event reported): January 29, 2009
MERCER INTERNATIONAL
INC.
(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter)
Washington
000-51826
47-0956945
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
Suite 2840, 650 West Georgia
Street,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
V6B 4N8
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number,
including area code:
(604) 684-1099
(Former name or former address if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the
Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of
the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o
Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
o
Soliciting material pursuant
to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO DEFINITIVE
MATERIAL AGREEMENT
Mercer International Inc., through
its subsidiary, Zellstoff Celgar Limited Partnership ("ZCLP"),
entered into an energy purchase agreement with British Columbia Hydro and Power
Authority ("BC Hydro") on January 29, 2009 (the
"EPA"). BC Hydro is a Province of British Columbia Crown
Corporation and is one of the largest electric utilities in Canada.
The description below is a summary
of the EPA and is qualified in its entirety by the complete text of the EPA
itself, which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company's annual report
on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2008, with portions omitted and
filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a
request for confidential treatment.
Background to the EPA
BC Hydro issued a bioenergy
call for "green" power on February 6, 2008 in which it
requested proposals for the supply of electrical energy generated from
forest-based biomass projects located in British Columbia. ZCLP was one of
20 submitting parties, from which four proposals, including that of ZCLP, were
selected by BC Hydro.
Overview
Under the EPA, BC Hydro agrees
to take and pay for, and ZCLP agrees to sell, energy produced by ZCLP in excess
of a historic generator baseline established by BC Hydro. The energy that is to
be sold will be largely produced from the energy plant upgrades currently
underway at ZCLP's Castlegar pulp mill (the "Mill"). The
price for the green electrical energy to be sold by ZCLP to BC Hydro under
the EPA was determined through an arm's-length bid process and is
intended to reflect the market value for "green" energy.
Term
The term of the EPA commenced
effective January 27, 2009 (the "Effective Date") and
continues until the 10th anniversary of the commercial operation date (the
"COD") of ZCLP's electrical generation equipment. Such
equipment will include the ongoing energy plant upgrades comprised of
electrical generators, facilities and equipment that will support the
generation and transmission of electrical energy (the "Electrical
Plant"). To achieve COD, the Electrical Plant must continuously generate,
for a period of 72 hours at not less than 90% of the hourly electrical output
that would be required over a season for the Electrical Plant to meet its
delivery commitments for such season (the "Seasonally Firm Energy
Amount"). ZCLP must achieve COD by May 1, 2010, subject to certain
customary force majeure type delays that may arise due to circumstances not
within its control ("Force Majeure").
Volume
ZCLP may, upon notice to
BC Hydro, sell energy to any person prior to achieving COD. After
achieving COD, ZCLP will become bound to deliver and sell, at minimum,
approximately 238,000 MWh of electrical energy annually to BC Hydro over
the ten-year term of the EPA and BC Hydro shall be obligated to take and
pay for such electrical energy.
Environmental
Attributes
Under the EPA, ZCLP transfers all
"Environmental Attributes" to BC Hydro. Such Environmental
Attributes are limited to those directly associated with or derived from
Eligible Energy and do not cover attributes attached to the pulp production
process.
Construction of Electrical
Generation Facilities
Under the EPA, ZCLP is obligated to
design and build additions to its electricity generating facilities,
incorporate same into the Electrical Plant, and complete interconnection of
such facilities to the existing distribution system. ZCLP must commence work
30 days after the British Columbia Utilities Commission (the
"BCUC") approves the EPA. BC Hydro is required to file the EPA
with the BCUC within a reasonable time after the Effective Date and either
party may terminate the EPA if BCUC acceptance is not obtained within
150 days of the Effective Date.
Performance Security
ZCLP is obliged under the EPA to
provide Performance Security by way of letter of credit, the amount of which is
calculated by multiplying the aggregate of all Seasonally Firm Energy Amounts
(the "Annual Firm Energy Amounts") by specified amounts ranging
between CAD$2.50 and $8.00 per MWh, which factor varies over the term of the
EPA. Based on the current Seasonally Firm Energy Amount, ZCLP estimates that
the amount of the Performance Security will range between approximately
CAD$0.6 million and CAD$1.9 million. Currently, ZCLP has provided a
letter of credit in the amount of approximately CAD$0.6 million.
Damages for Failure to Achieve
COD on Time
Subject to Force Majeure delays, if
ZCLP does not achieve COD by May 1, 2010 (the "Guaranteed COD
Date"), then ZCLP shall become liable to pay liquidated damages to
BC Hydro flowing from such delay. Such damages will be equal to the
greater of: (i) $5.00 per MWh; or (ii) the difference between the
"Mid-C Price" and the price under the EPA per MWh, based on the
amount of energy that was required to be delivered to BC Hydro under the
EPA during the period of delay. The right to collect such damages will expire
on the date that BC Hydro becomes entitled to terminate the EPA for
failure to achieve COD. BC Hydro's right to terminate for failure to
achieve COD arises 365 (plus no more than 180 Force Majeure days) after the
Guaranteed COD Date. On a yearly basis, liquidated damages will be capped at
200% of the amount of the "Performance Security". Accordingly,
based on such estimates, liquidated damages for failure to achieve COD would
not exceed CAD$3.8 million.
Termination Payment for
Failure to Achieve COD
If BC Hydro terminates the EPA
for failure to achieve COD then, in addition to the damages referred to above,
ZCLP shall become liable to pay BC Hydro a termination payment equal to
the lesser of
: (i) the Performance Security; and (ii) the
amount by which BC Hydro's economic losses exceed its aggregate
gains as calculated pursuant to the EPA. Based on ZCLP's estimates, such
termination payment would not exceed CAD$1.9 million.
Post-COD Liquidated
Damages
The EPA provides a one-year post-COD
break-in period, during which no liquidated damages are payable for delivery
shortfalls. If in any complete season following the one-year break-in period,
the amount of Eligible Energy delivered to BC Hydro by ZCLP is less than
the Seasonally Firm Energy Amount for that season, ZCLP will be liable to pay
liquidated damages to BC Hydro in an amount per MWh of shortfall equal to
the greater of: (i) $5.00 per MWh; or (ii) the difference between Mid-C Price
and the price under the EPA.
The annual cap on liability for
delivery shortfalls is set at 200% of the Performance Security. After the first
anniversary of COD (following the break-in period) Performance Security will be
set at $6.00 per MWh or approximately CAD$1.4 million. As a result,
ZCLP's maximum liability for seasonal energy delivery shortfalls for a
full year will be capped at twice the Performance Security or approximately
CAD$2.8 million.
A copy of the Company's press
release announcing the entry into the EPA is attached hereto as
Exhibit 99.1.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AND EXHIBITS
Exhibit
No.
Description
99.1
Press Release dated January 30, 2009
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
, the Registrant has duly caused this
report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
MERCER
INTERNATIONAL INC.
/s/ David M.
Gandossi
David
M. Gandossi
Chief Financial Officer
Date: February 3, 2009
MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
FORM 8-K
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
99.1
Press Release dated January 30, 2009