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Mercer International Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘JSON’

On:  Thursday, 2/13/20, at 4:42pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/19   ·   Accession #:  1564590-20-4625   ·   File #:  0-51826

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 2/13/20  Mercer International Inc.         10-K       12/31/19  120:22M                                    ActiveDisclosure/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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105: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     38K  
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                Shareholders' Equity                                             
106: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    144K  
91: R9          The Company And Summary Of Significant Accounting   HTML     97K 
                Policies                                                         
28: R10         Acquisitions                                        HTML    108K 
41: R11         Accounts Receivable                                 HTML     54K 
111: R12         Inventories                                         HTML     58K  
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112: R16         Accounts Payable and Other                          HTML     68K  
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27: R18         Pension and Other Post-Retirement Benefit           HTML    546K 
                Obligations                                                      
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102: R24         Business Segment Information                        HTML    432K  
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104: R28         The Company And Summary Of Significant Accounting   HTML    168K  
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                Obligations (Tables)                                             
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                Price to Fair Value of Assets Acquired and                       
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                Price to Fair Value of Assets Acquired and                       
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                Information (Details)                                            
117: R50         Accounts Receivable - Schedule of Accounts          HTML     42K  
                Receivable (Details)                                             
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120: R58         Amortizable Intangible Assets - Schedule of         HTML     46K  
                Amortization Expense Related to Intangible Assets                
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                Long-Term Assets (Details)                                       
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                Payable and Other (Details)                                      
57: R61         Debt - Schedule of Debt (Details)                   HTML     54K 
94: R62         Debt - Schedule of Debt (Parenthetical) (Details)   HTML    175K 
80: R63         Debt - Principal Maturities of Debt (Details)       HTML     55K 
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60: R65         Pension and Other Post-Retirement Benefit           HTML    112K 
                Obligations - Schedule of Net Benefit Costs                      
                (Details)                                                        
97: R66         Pension and Other Post-Retirement Benefit           HTML     50K 
                Obligations - Additional Information (Details)                   
83: R67         Pension and Other Post-Retirement Benefit           HTML     53K 
                Obligations - Estimated Future Benefit Payments                  
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17: R68         Pension and Other Post-Retirement Benefit           HTML     53K 
                Obligations - Summary of Key Assumptions (Details)               
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                Obligations - Schedule of Assumed Health Care Cost               
                Trend Rates (Details)                                            
54: R70         Pension and Other Post-Retirement Benefit           HTML     68K 
                Obligations - Schedule of Defined Benefit Pension                
                Plans' Assets Fair Value Measurements (Details)                  
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                Obligations - Schedule of Multiemployer Plan                     
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76: R72         Income Taxes - Summary of Income (Loss) Before      HTML     42K 
                Provision for Income Taxes By Taxing Jurisdiction                
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116: R73         Income Taxes - Schedule of Provision for Income     HTML     48K  
                Taxes Recognized in Consolidated Statements of                   
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51: R74         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details)     HTML     58K 
34: R75         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Effective Tax      HTML     72K 
                Rate (Details)                                                   
73: R76         Income Taxes - Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities  HTML     78K 
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                Allowance (Details)                                              
39: R79         Shareholders' Equity - Summary of Dividends         HTML     46K 
                Declared (Details)                                               
53: R80         Shareholders' Equity - Additional Information       HTML    128K 
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36: R81         Shareholders' Equity - Summary of Share Activity -  HTML     61K 
                PSU's (Details)                                                  
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                Restricted Shares (Details)                                      
115: R83         Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share -                HTML     64K  
                Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Net Income                   
                (Loss) Per Share (Details)                                       
52: R84         Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share -                HTML     39K 
                Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Net Income                   
                (Loss) Per Share (Parenthetical) (Details)                       
35: R85         Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share - Anti-Dilutive  HTML     41K 
                Instruments Excluded from Calculation of Net                     
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74: R86         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss - Schedule of  HTML     61K 
                Change in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss by                
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114: R87         Related Party Transactions - Additional             HTML     52K  
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48: R88         Business Segment Information - Additional           HTML     61K 
                Information (Details)                                            
38: R89         Business Segment Information - Schedule of Results  HTML    105K 
                by Segment (Details)                                             
20: R90         Business Segment Information - Schedule of Results  HTML     36K 
                by Segment (Parenthetical) (Details)                             
58: R91         Business Segment Information - Schedule Of Long     HTML     43K 
                Lived Assets By Geographic Area (Details)                        
95: R92         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurement -  HTML     55K 
                Estimated Fair Values of Outstanding Debt                        
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81: R93         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurement -  HTML     48K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
21: R94         Lease Commitments - Additional Information          HTML     66K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R95         Lease Commitments - Components of Lease Expense     HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
96: R96         Lease Commitments - Supplemental Cash Flow          HTML     42K 
                Information Related to Leases (Details)                          
82: R97         Lease Commitments - Other Information Related To    HTML     45K 
                Leases (Details)                                                 
18: R98         Lease Commitments - Supplemental Balance Sheet      HTML     63K 
                Information Related To Leases (Details)                          
62: R99         Lease Commitments - Schedule of Maturities of       HTML     77K 
                Lease Liabilities (Details)                                      
70: R100        Lease Commitments - Minimum Lease Payments Under    HTML     78K 
                Non-cancellable Finance and Operating Leases                     
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