Insider Trading: Mercer International Inc

Monthly summaries of insider trading activities (stock purchases, sales, and option exercises) reported by insiders of Mercer International Inc in the last 24 months are illustrated in figures 1 and 2. Table 1 shows the monthly insider trading data of Mercer International Inc since year 2005. Table 2 shows the detailed insider transactions of Mercer International Inc since 2005. The reporting company's ticker symbol is MERC. The reporting company's CIK number is 75659.

The total value of stock buying since 2005 is $20,055,297. The total value of stock sales is $7,148,592. The total value of stock exercises is $0.

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Figure 1. Monthly insider transaction values at Mercer International Inc (MERC) in the past 24 months. The trade values of insider stock buys, sales, and option exercises are in logarithmic scale as shown on the right axis labels. The detailed monthly and daily insider transactions are listed in the 2 tables below.

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$2,350k

$235k

$23k

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Figure 2. Average prices of insider buys, sales, and option exercises at Mercer International Inc (MERC) in the past 24 months. See table 2 for insider transaction details.

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$6.70

$5.03

$3.35

$1.68

Table 1. Monthly summaries of insider stock purchases, sales, and option exercises for *Mercer International Inc* (*MERC*).
Trading Period year-month	Insider Buying Shares Value ($)		Insider Sales Shares Value ($)
2012-10	25,000	152,630	0	0
2012-09	367,550	2,350,992	0	0
2012-01	100,000	573,836	0	0
2011-11	100,000	374,970	0	0
2010-09	220,973	1,231,673	0	0
2010-08	704,900	2,547,045	0	0
2010-05	200,000	444,659	0	0
2010-04	100,000	265,500	0	0
2010-03	100,000	542,591	0	0
2010-02	100,000	162,200	0	0
2010-01	250,000	693,830	0	0
2008-09	150,000	579,533	0	0
2008-08	500,000	2,128,919	0	0
2008-07	100,000	303,800	0	0
2008-05	398,600	2,458,605	0	0
2008-04	350,000	1,997,655	0	0
2007-12	100,000	549,645	0	0
2007-09	100,000	499,164	0	0
2006-12	0	0	190,000	2,283,842
2005-08	0	0	224,000	1,624,000
2005-07	0	0	298,000	2,160,500
2005-06	0	0	149,000	1,080,250
2005-04	135,000	765,450	0	0
2003-07	200,000	1,432,600	0	0

Table 2. Detailed insider stock purchases, sales, and option exercises for *Mercer International Inc* (*MERC*)
Trade Date	Insider Name	Trade Type	Shares	Price ($)	Value ($)
2012-10-05	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	9,604	3.79	36,437
2012-10-04	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	15,396	7.55	116,193
2012-09-28	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	33,750	7.41	250,222
2012-09-25	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	11,800	7.15	84,370
2012-09-21	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	50,000	6.51	325,500
2012-09-19	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	182,000	6.20	1,128,400
2012-09-18	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	90,000	6.25	562,500
2012-01-16	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	26,000	3.36	87,412
2012-01-15	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	25,511	6.59	168,143
2012-01-05	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	48,489	6.56	318,281
2011-11-15	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	30,000	5.78	173,370
2011-11-14	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	70,000	2.88	201,600
2010-09-17	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	20,973	5.42	113,673
2010-09-16	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	200,000	5.59	1,118,000
2010-08-09	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	300,000	2.55	765,000
2010-08-05	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	184,900	5.05	933,745
2010-08-04	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	160,000	3.74	548,900
2010-05-25	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	60,000	2.22	133,200
2010-05-24	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	40,000	2.26	90,360
2010-05-17	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	100,000	2.21	221,099
2010-04-23	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	100,000	2.66	265,500
2010-03-16	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	89,900	5.73	514,857
2010-03-15	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	10,100	2.75	27,734
2010-02-10	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	100,000	1.62	162,200
2010-01-25	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	165,006	3.37	556,565
2010-01-22	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	84,994	1.62	137,265
2008-09-29	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	10,100	2.03	20,502
2008-09-26	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	74,300	4.01	297,943
2008-09-25	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	65,600	3.98	261,088
2008-08-14	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	200,000	3.25	650,000
2008-08-12	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	30,000	6.50	195,000
2008-08-11	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	70,000	3.22	225,470
2008-08-08	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	100,000	6.14	614,000
2008-08-05	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	618	6.27	3,874
2008-08-04	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	40,182	6.28	252,142
2008-08-01	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	59,200	3.18	188,433
2008-07-31	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	100,000	3.04	303,800
2008-05-15	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	15,792	3.98	62,852
2008-05-14	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	132,808	7.97	1,058,479
2008-05-08	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	132,781	3.70	491,422
2008-05-07	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	117,219	7.22	845,852
2008-04-28	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	90,300	3.50	315,598
2008-04-25	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	71,723	7.07	507,296
2008-04-24	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	87,977	3.43	301,761
2008-04-22	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	100,000	8.73	873,000
2007-12-17	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	45,485	3.55	161,335
2007-12-16	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	54,515	7.12	388,310
2007-09-18	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	12,600	8.61	108,486
2007-09-17	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	87,400	4.47	390,678
2006-12-21	Greenlight Capital Inc (10% Owner)	Sale	153,700	12.02	1,848,242
2006-12-06	Greenlight Capital Inc (10% Owner)	Sale	36,300	12.00	435,600
2005-08-03	Greenlight Capital Inc (10% Owner)	Sale	224,000	7.25	1,624,000
2005-07-26	Greenlight Capital Inc (10% Owner)	Sale	149,000	7.25	1,080,250
2005-07-05	Greenlight Capital Inc (10% Owner)	Sale	149,000	7.25	1,080,250
2005-06-08	Einhorn David (10% Owner)	Sale	149,000	7.25	1,080,250
2005-04-22	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	135,000	5.67	765,450
2003-07-13	Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner)	Purchase	200,000	7.16	1,432,600

Insider trading activities including stock purchases, stock sales, and option exercises listed in the above tables cannot be completely guaranteed as to their accuracy. For more insider trading information of Mercer International Inc (symbol MERC, CIK number 75659) see the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) website.