---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-411343"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MERC"
cik: "0001333274"
company_name: "MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC."
filed_at: "2026-10-02T13:24:07+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:33:13.753382+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.86
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.86
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mercer skips $25.8M interest payment on 12.875% 2028 notes amid advanced recapitalization talks

## Summary
- Special committee of independent directors in advanced discussions with an ad hoc holder group holding >75% of the 12.875% Senior Notes due 2028 and 5.125% Senior Notes due 2029.
- Company did not make the ~$25.8M interest payment due October 1, 2026 on the 2028 Notes, electing the 30-day grace period; use of the grace period is not an event of default.
- Proposed Transaction would deliver a significant capital infusion, a meaningful reduction in funded debt and interest expense, address upcoming maturities and enhance liquidity.
- No definitive agreement with the Ad Hoc Group or other noteholders has been reached; timing and terms remain uncertain, though an announcement is expected in the near term.
- Pulp, lumber and mass timber operations continue in the ordinary course, with suppliers, contractors and employees being paid as normal.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-411343
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MERC
- cik: 0001333274
- company_name: MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
- filed_at: 2026-10-02T13:24:07+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.86
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.86
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333274/000119312526411343/0001193125-26-411343-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333274/000119312526411343/d108140d8k.htm

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