---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-084904"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MERC"
cik: "0001333274"
company_name: "MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC."
filed_at: "2024-04-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T03:24:31.986551+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mercer to dissolve Cariboo Pulp JV with West Fraser, expects Q1 impairment

## Summary
- Mercer and West Fraser dissolve 50/50 Cariboo Pulp and Paper JV; West Fraser becomes sole owner/operator.
- No termination payments; Mercer retains certain finished product inventory.
- Mercer expects non-cash impairment in Q1 2024 based on net carrying value of its interest.
- Cariboo mill capacity: up to 340,000 tonnes NBSK pulp annually; ~300 employees.
- Mercer acquired its interest in 2018 via Peace River mill acquisition; now deemed non-core.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-084904
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MERC
- cik: 0001333274
- company_name: MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
- filed_at: 2024-04-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333274/000119312524084904/0001193125-24-084904-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333274/000119312524084904/d813245d8k.htm

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