As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 2009

Registration No. 333-38317

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Post-Effective Amendment No. 2
to

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.

Washington (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		47-0956945 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

Suite 2840, 650 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada, V6B 4N8
(604) 684-1099
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s office)

AMENDED AND RESTATED 1992 NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)

David M. Gandossi
Mercer International Inc.
Suite 2840, 650 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada, V6B 4N8
(604) 684-1099
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.

If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. o

If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. o

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

On October 21, 1997, Mercer International Inc. (the “Registrant”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement on Form S-8, as amended (Registration No. 333-38317) (the “Registration Statement”). In accordance with the undertaking contained in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities registered under the Registration Statement which remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Registrant hereby removes from registration all securities of the Registrant registered under the Registration Statement which remain unsold as of the termination of the offering.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on March 3, 2009.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature:		Title:		Date:
/s/ Jimmy S.H. Lee   Jimmy S.H. Lee		Chief Executive Officer		March 3, 2009
/s/ David M. Gandossi   David M. Gandossi		Chief Financial Officer		March 3, 2009
/s/ Guy W. Adams   Guy W. Adams		Director		March 3, 2009
/s/ Eric Lauritzen   Eric Lauritzen		Director		March 3, 2009
/s/ William D. McCartney   William D. McCartney		Director		March 3, 2009
/s/ Graeme A. Witts   Graeme A. Witts		Director		March 3, 2009
/s/ Kenneth A. Shields   Kenneth A. Shields		Director		March 3, 2009
/s/ George Malpass   George Malpass		Director		March 3, 2009