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Insider Trading: Mercer International Inc

Monthly summaries of insider trading activities (stock purchases, sales, and option exercises) reported by insiders of Mercer International Inc since year 2005 are given in the first table. The second table lists detailed insider transactions reported by 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 during this period is $7,703,382. The total value of stock sales is $7,148,606. The total value of stock exercises is $0.

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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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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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 ($)
Insider Sales     
Shares               Value ($)
Option Exercises     
Shares               Value ($)
2008-05 398,600 2,458,816 0 0 0 0
2008-04 350,000 1,997,655 0 0 0 0
2007-12 100,000 549,697 0 0 0 0
2007-09 100,000 499,164 0 0 0 0
2006-12 0 0 190,000 2,283,856 0 0
2005-08 0 0 224,000 1,624,000 0 0
2005-07 0 0 298,000 2,160,500 0 0
2005-06 0 0 149,000 1,080,250 0 0
2005-04 135,000 765,450 0 0 0 0
2003-07 200,000 1,432,600 0 0 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 ($)   Value ($)
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 3.70 491,528
2008-05-07 Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner) Purchase 117,219 7.22 845,957
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 3.55 161,371
2007-12-16 Kellogg Peter R (10% Owner) Purchase 54,515 7.12 388,326
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 12.00 435,614
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.

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