SEC Company Response from MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC. (MERC) (CIK 0001333274) (MERC) — Nov 12, 2009
MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC. (MERC) (CIK 0001333274)
Date: Nov. 12, 2009 · CIK: 0001333274 · Accession: 0000950123-09-061658
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File numbers found in text: 333-159617
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VIA EDGAR UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Division of Corporation Finance 100F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Attention: Cathey Baker
Dear Sirs/Mesdames:
Re:
Mercer International Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3
File No. 333-159617
Request for Acceleration
Pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned registrant, Mercer International Inc., a Washington corporation (the “Registrant”), hereby requests that the above-referenced Registration Statement be declared effective at 2 p.m., New York City time, on November 16, 2009, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
The Registrant hereby acknowledges that:
(i)
should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the Registration Statement effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the Registration Statement;
(ii)
the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the Registration Statement effective, does not relieve the Registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the Registration Statement; and
(iii)
the Registrant may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
Very truly yours,
MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
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November 12, 2009
VIA EDGAR
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Division of Corporation Finance
100F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Cathey Baker
Dear Sirs/Mesdames:
Re:
Mercer International Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3
File No. 333-159617
Request for Acceleration
Pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned
registrant, Mercer International Inc., a Washington corporation (the “Registrant”), hereby requests
that the above-referenced Registration Statement be declared effective at 2 p.m., New York City
time, on November 16, 2009, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
The Registrant hereby acknowledges that:
(i)
should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the staff,
acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the Registration Statement effective,
it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the
Registration Statement;
(ii)
the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated
authority, in declaring the Registration Statement effective, does not relieve the
Registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure
in the Registration Statement; and
(iii)
the Registrant may not assert staff comments and the declaration of
effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person
under the federal securities laws of the United States.
Very truly yours,
MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
By:
/s/ David M. Gandossi
Name:
David M. Gandossi
Title:
Secretary and Chief Financial Officer
MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC
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