--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0000950170-23-025424" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "MERC" cik: "0001333274" company_name: "MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC." filed_at: "2023-06-01T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-14T09:09:25.472967+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.15 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Mercer shareholders elect all nominees, approve executive compensation and auditor at 2023 meeting ## Summary - All eleven director nominees elected; top vote getter Thomas Kevin Corrick received 41,364,358 for (99.95% of votes cast). - Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 40,437,891 for (97.7% of votes cast), 928,190 against. - Ratification of PwC as auditor approved with 43,643,960 for (98.5% of votes cast), 674,194 against. - Advisory vote on frequency of future say-on-pay: 1-year frequency approved with 36,662,909 for (88.6% of votes cast). ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0000950170-23-025424 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: MERC - cik: 0001333274 - company_name: MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC. - filed_at: 2023-06-01T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.15 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.07 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333274/000095017023025424/0000950170-23-025424-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333274/000095017023025424/merc-20230531.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-025424 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-025424.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-025424.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-31 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-31 source text: Proposal 1: Election of Directors. All of the eleven nominees for the Company's board of directors were elected, and the voting results are set forth below: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Jimmy S.H. Lee 40,930,653 452,192 15,136 2,924,218 Juan Carlos Bueno 40,991,004 391,041 15,936 2,924,218 William D. McCartney 39,027,717 2,354,950 15,314 2,924,218 James Shepherd 40,591,639 791,028 15,314 2,924,218 Alan C. Wallace 41,352,140 30,705 15,136 2,924,218 Linda J. Welty 40,831,827 551,068 15,086 2,294,218 Rainer Rettig 40,787,369 595,466 15,146 2,924,218 Alice Laberge 41,347,890 35,005 15,086 2,924,218 Janine North 40,829,777 553,013 15,191 2,924,218 Torbjörn Lööf 41,359,844 22,990 15,147 2,924,218 Thomas Kevin Corrick 41,364,358 19,688 13,935 2,924,218 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333274/000095017023025424/0000950170-23-025424-index.htm - Shareholder Votes MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation at the 2023-05-31 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay frequency - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-31 source text: Proposal 4: Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation The non-binding resolution to conduct future advisory votes on executive compensation every year was approved, and the voting results are set forth below: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 36,662,909 13,131 4,713,232 8,709 2,924,218 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333274/000095017023025424/0000950170-23-025424-index.htm - Shareholder Votes MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC. shareholders approved Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-05-31 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-31 source text: Proposal 3: Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2022 was ratified, and the voting results are set forth below: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 43,643,960 674,194 4,045 - evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333274/000095017023025424/0000950170-23-025424-index.htm - Shareholder Votes MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-05-31 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-31 source text: Proposal 2: Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation. The non-binding resolution approving the Company's executive compensation was approved, and the voting results are set forth below: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 40,437,891 928,190 31,900 2,924,218 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333274/000095017023025424/0000950170-23-025424-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.