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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-032847"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MERC"
cik: "0001333274"
company_name: "MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC."
filed_at: "2022-09-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T06:17:39.510622+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mercer completes €270M acquisition of HIT, expanding solid wood operations in Germany

## Summary
- Purchase price of €270 million, inclusive of working capital.
- HIT owns timber processing and pallet facility in Torgau, Germany, and garden products facility in Dahlen.
- Annual capacity up to 17 million pallets and ability to process up to 410 MMfbm of lumber per year.
- HIT includes five biomass-fueled power plants generating up to 15MW of electricity.
- CEO cites expansion of product mix with pallets and biofuels, and integration with existing operations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-032847
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MERC
- cik: 0001333274
- company_name: MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
- filed_at: 2022-09-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333274/000156459022032847/0001564590-22-032847-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1333274/000156459022032847/merc-8k_20220930.htm

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