7,000,000 Shares Mercer International Inc. Common Stock UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • April 2nd, 2014 • Mercer International Inc. • Pulp mills • New York
Introductory. Mercer International Inc., a Washington corporation (the “Company”), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representative (the “Representative”), 7,000,000 shares (the “Firm Securities”) of common stock, $1.00 par value per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) and also proposes to issue and sell to the Underwriters, at the option of the Underwriters, an aggregate of not more than 1,050,000 additional shares (the “Optional Securities”) of its Common Stock as set forth below. The Firm Securities and the Optional Securities are herein collectively called the “Securities.”
