New York, New York, USA, 23 July 2009 – Mercer International (NASDAQ: MERC, TSX: MRI.U) announced today that it intends to release its second quarter financial results for the period ended 30 June 2009, on 29 July 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 30 July 2009.

The call will be archived through 30 August 2009 and can be accessed over the Internet at http://investor.shareholder.com/media/eventdetail.cfm?mediaid=38093&c=MERC&mediakey=50D857354A43CD0FD3CD8A36343ED6B2&e=0 or through a link on the company's News/Financial page at http://www.mercerint.com/s/NewsReleases.asp.

Mercer International Inc. is a global pulp manufacturing company. Mercer operates three modern northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp mills in Germany and Canada, with a consolidated annual production capacity of approximately 1.4 million metric tons.