Mercer International Inc. Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year End 2008 Conference Call to be Broadcast Over the Internet


NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mercer International (Nasdaq:MERC), (TSX:MRI.U) announced today that it intends to release its fourth quarter and full-year financial results for the period ended December 31, 2008 on Wednesday, February 11, 2009, after the close of the market. In conjunction with the release of its results, Mercer will host a conference call, which will be simultaneously broadcast live over the Internet. Jimmy S.H. Lee, Chairman and President, and David M. Gandossi, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, will host the call on:



                Thursday, February 12, 2009

                        10:00 AM ET
                         9:00 AM CT
                         8:00 AM MT
                         7:00 AM PT

Listeners can access the conference call live, or archived through March 12, 2009, over the Internet at:

http://investor.shareholder.com/media/eventdetail.cfm?mediaid=35514&c=MERC&mediakey=6840E432D363FCCF7B6B2DAAE3044B6B&e=0

or through a link on the Company's News/Financial page at http://www.mercerint.com/s/NewsReleases.asp. Please allow 15 minutes prior to the call to visit the sites and download and install any necessary audio software.

Mercer International Inc. is a global pulp manufacturing company. Mercer operates three modern NBSK pulp mills in Germany and Canada with a consolidated annual production capacity of approximately 1.4 million tonnes.

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