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                            SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                            (AMENDMENT NO. ________)

Filed  by  the  Registrant               /X/
Filed  by  a  party  other  than  the  Registrant     /   /

Check  the  appropriate  box:

/ /     Preliminary  Proxy  Statement
/ /     Confidential,  for  Use  of  the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule
        14a-6(e)(2))
/ /     Definitive  Proxy  Statement
/X/     Definitive  Additional  Materials
/ /     Soliciting  Material  Pursuant  to  Rule  14a-12


                            MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
                (Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Payment  of  Filing  Fee  (Check  the  appropriate  box):

/X/     No  fee  required.

/ /     Fee  computed  on  table  below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and
        0-11.

        (1)  Title  of  each  class  of securities to which transaction applies:

        (2)  Aggregate  number  of  securities  to  which  transaction  applies:

        (3)  Per  unit  price  or other underlying value of transaction computed
             pursuant  to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on  which
             the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):

        (4)  Proposed  maximum  aggregate  value  of  transaction:

        (5)  Total  fee  paid:

/ /     Fee  paid  previously  with  preliminary  materials.

/ /     Check  box  if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act
        Rule  0-11(a)(2)  and  identify the  filing for which the offsetting fee
        was  paid  previously.  Identify  the  previous  filing  by registration
        statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

        (1)  Amount  Previously  Paid:

        (2)  Form,  Schedule  or  Registration  Statement  No.:

        (3)  Filing  Party:

        (4)  Date  Filed:


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                                      FOR:  MERCER  INTERNATIONAL  INC.

                             APPROVED  BY:  Jimmy  S.H  Lee
                                            Chairman, Chief Executive Officer &
                                            President
                                            (41)  43  344-7070
FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE

                                            Financial  Dynamics
                                            Investors:  Eric  Boyriven
                                            Media:  Jeffrey  Zack
                                            (212)  850-5600

               MERCER AND SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDERS MUTUALLY AGREE
                          ON TWO NOMINEES TO THE BOARD

     NEW YORK, New York, August 6, 2003 - Mercer International Inc. ("Mercer" or
the  "Company")  (Nasdaq:  MERCS,  TSX:  MRI.U,  Nasdaq-Europe:  MERC  GR) today
announced  that  the  Company  and  four  significant shareholders have mutually
agreed  upon a consensual slate of two nominees to be elected as trustees at the
Company's  upcoming  shareholders'  meeting  on  August  22, 2003.  As a result,
Greenlight  Capital  Inc.  ("Greenlight") has withdrawn its proposed nominations
for  trustees  and  terminated  its  proxy  solicitation.

     Mercer  will  nominate  for  election as a trustee Guy W. Adams, one of the
nominees  originally  proposed  by  Greenlight.  Pursuant  to the agreement, Mr.
Adams  will  now  be  compensated  in  his role and capacity as a trustee by the
Company  and  not  by  Greenlight.  The  other nominee will be proposed by three
other  significant  shareholders  and  serve  as a lead trustee on the Company's
board.

     Mercer's  management, trustees and significant shareholders are expected to
support  the election of the two nominees.  Mercer will reimburse Greenlight for
certain  reasonable  third-party  costs  incurred  in  connection with its proxy
solicitation.

     Jimmy  S.H.  Lee,  the  Chief  Executive  Officer  and President of Mercer,
stated:  "We  are  pleased  to resolve this matter on a consensual basis that is
supported  by  our management, trustees and significant shareholders.  This will
permit  the  Company  to  refocus on creating value for shareholders through our
strategy  of  becoming  a  leading  global  market  pulp  producer."

     He  added:  "To  this  end, we will focus on the completion and start up of
our  new  Stendal  pulp  mill  and revive our plan to refinance two bridge loans
which had initially been put on hold as a result of the resignation of our prior
CFO."

     The  Company will file supplemental proxy materials to nominate the two new
candidates  for election as trustees at the upcoming shareholders' meeting.  The
proxy  materials  will  be mailed to shareholders of record as of July 23, 2003.

ABOUT  MERCER  INTERNATIONAL  INC.

     Mercer  International  Inc.  is  a  European  pulp  and paper manufacturing
company.

     The  preceding  includes forward looking statements which involve known and
unknown  risks  and  uncertainties  which  may  cause Mercer's actual results in
future  periods  to  differ  materially from forecasted results.  For a list and
description of such risks and uncertainties, see Mercer's reports filed with the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission.

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