EXHIBIT 3.1

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

MERCER INTERNATIONAL REGCO INC.

      The undersigned, a natural person (the “Sole Incorporator”), for the purpose of organizing a corporation to conduct the business and promote the purposes hereinafter stated, under the provisions and subject to the requirements of the laws of the State of Washington hereby certifies that:

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Name

      The name of this Corporation (hereinafter called the “Corporation”) is Mercer International Regco Inc.

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Purpose

      The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the Washington Business Corporation Act (the “Act”). The Corporation shall have perpetual existence.

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Registered Office and Agent

      The name and address in the State of Washington of the Corporation’s initial agent for service of process is:

Corporation Service Company

202 North Phoenix Street

Olympia, Washington 98506

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Authorized Capital

      4.1     Authorized Capital. This Corporation is authorized to issue 250,000,000 shares of stock in the aggregate. Such shares shall be divided into two classes as follows:

      (a) 200,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 (“Common Stock”).

      (b) 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $1.00 (“Preferred Stock”).

      Holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share on any matter on which holders of Common Stock are entitled to vote. On dissolution of the Corporation, after any preferential amount with respect to the Preferred Stock has been paid or set aside, the holders of Common Stock and the holders of any series of Preferred Stock entitled to participate further in the distribution of assets are entitled to receive the net assets of the Corporation.

      4.2     Authority of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors is authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by the Act and by the provisions of this Article IV, to provide for the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock in series, to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each series and to

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determine the designations, relative rights, preferences and limitations of the shares of each series. The authority of the Board of Directors with respect to each series includes determination of the following:

      4.2.1 The number of shares in and the distinguishing designation of that series;

      4.2.2 Whether shares of that series shall have full, special, conditional, limited or no voting rights, except to the extent otherwise provided by the Act;

      4.2.3 Whether shares of that series shall be convertible and the terms and conditions of the conversion, including provision for adjustment of the conversion rate in circumstances determined by the Board of Directors;

      4.2.4 Whether shares of that series shall be redeemable and the terms and conditions of redemption, including the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable and the amount per share payable in case of redemption, which amount may vary under different conditions or at different redemption dates;

      4.2.5 The dividend rate, if any, on shares of that series, the manner of calculating any dividends and the preference of any dividends;

      4.2.6 The rights of shares of that series in the event of voluntary or involuntary dissolution of the Corporation and the rights of priority of that series relative to the Common Stock and any other series of Preferred Stock on the distribution of assets on dissolution; and

      4.2.7 Any other rights, preferences and limitations of that series that are permitted by the Act.

      Within any limits stated in these Articles of Incorporation or in the resolution of the Board of Directors establishing a series, the Board of Directors, after the issuance of shares of a series, may amend the resolution establishing the series to decrease (but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding) the number of shares of that series, and the number of shares constituting the decrease shall thereafter constitute authorized but undesignated shares, and the Board of Directors may amend the rights and preferences of the shares of any series that has been established but is wholly unissued.

      The authority herein granted to the Board of Directors to determine the relative rights and preferences of the Preferred Stock shall be limited to unissued shares, and no power shall exist to alter or change the rights and preferences of any shares that have been issued.

      4.3     Transfer Restrictions. The Board of Directors shall have the authority to issue shares of the capital stock of this Corporation and the certificates therefor subject to such transfer restrictions and other limitations as it may deem necessary to promote compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws, and to regulate the transfer thereof in such manner as may be calculated to promote such compliance or to further any other reasonable purpose.

      4.4     Securities Exchange Act 1934. At any time when the Corporation is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, special meetings of the shareholders for any purpose or purposes may be called only by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board (if one be appointed) or the Chief Executive Officer.

      4.5     Designation of Series of Preferred Stock. The first series of Preferred Stock, consisting of 2,000,000 shares, with a par value of $1.00 per share, is hereby designated the “Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock” (hereinafter referred to as the “Series A Preferred Stock”). The rights, preferences, privileges and limitations granted to and imposed on the Series A Preferred Stock are as set forth in this Article 4.5.

      4.5.1     Dividend Provisions.

      (a) Subject to the prior and superior rights of the holders of any shares of any series of Preferred Stock ranking prior and superior to the shares of Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the fifteenth day

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of March, June, September and December in each year (each such date being referred to herein as a “Quarterly Dividend Payment Date”), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $10.00 or (b) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 100 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 100 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions other than a dividend payable in Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise), declared on the Common Stock since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock. In the event the Company shall at any time after filing of these Articles of Incorporation (the “Rights Declaration Date”) (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the amount to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

      (b) The Company shall declare a dividend or distribution on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in Article 4.5.1(a) above immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock); provided that, in the event no dividend or distribution shall have been declared on the Common Stock during the period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date and the next subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $10.00 per share on the Series A Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be payable on such subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.

      (c) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock, unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on such shares shall begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be no more than 30 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.

      4.5.2     Voting Rights. The holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights:

      (a) Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to 100 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders of the Company. In the event the Company shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the number of votes per share to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

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      (b) Except as otherwise provided herein or by law, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders of the Company.

      (c) The following provisions shall apply in a default period (as defined below).

      (i) If at any time dividends on any Series A Preferred Stock shall be in arrears in an amount equal to six (6) quarterly dividends thereon, the occurrence of such contingency shall mark the beginning of a period (herein called a “default period”) which shall extend until such time when all accrued and unpaid dividends for all previous quarterly dividend periods and for the current quarterly dividend period on all shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment. During each default period, all holders of Preferred Stock (including holders of the Series A Preferred Stock) with dividends in arrears in an amount equal to six (6) quarterly dividends thereon, voting as a class, irrespective of series, shall have the right to elect two (2) directors.

      (ii) During any default period, such voting right of the holders of Series A Preferred Stock may be exercised initially at a special meeting called pursuant to Article 4.5.2(c)(iii) or at any annual meeting of shareholders, and thereafter at annual meetings of shareholders, provided that neither such voting right nor the right of the holders of any other series of Preferred Stock, if any, to increase, in certain cases, the authorized number of directors shall be exercised unless the holders of ten percent (10%) in number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding shall be present in person or by proxy. The absence of a quorum of the holders of Common Stock shall not affect the exercise by the holders of Preferred Stock of such voting right. At any meeting at which the holders of Preferred Stock shall exercise such voting right initially during an existing default period, they shall have the right, voting as a class, to elect directors to fill such vacancies, if any, in the directors as may then exist up to two (2) directors or, if such right is exercised at an annual meeting, to elect two (2) directors. If the number which may be so elected at any special meeting does not amount to the required number, the holders of the Preferred Stock shall have the right to make such increase in the number of directors as shall be necessary to permit the election by them of the required number. After the holders of the Preferred Stock shall have exercised their right to elect directors in any default period and during the continuance of such period, the number of directors shall not be increased or decreased except by vote of the holders of Preferred Stock as herein provided or pursuant to the rights of any equity securities ranking senior to or pari passu with the Series A Preferred Stock.

      (iii) Unless the holders of Preferred Stock shall, during an existing default period, have previously exercised their right to elect directors, the Board of Directors may order, or any shareholder or shareholders owning in the aggregate not less than ten percent (10%) of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding, irrespective of series, may request, the calling of a special meeting of the holders of Preferred Stock, which meeting shall thereupon be called by the President, a Vice-President or the Secretary of the Company. Notice of such meeting and of any annual meeting at which holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote pursuant to this Article 4.5.2(c)(iii) shall be given to each holder of record of Preferred Stock by mailing a copy of such notice to him at his last address as the same appears on the books of the Company. Such meeting shall be called for a time not earlier than 20 days and not later than 60 days after such order or request or in default of the calling of such meeting within 60 days after such order or request, such meeting may be called on similar notice by any shareholder or shareholders owning in the aggregate not less than ten percent (10%) of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article 4.5.2(c)(iii), no such special meeting shall be called during the period within 60 days immediately preceding the date fixed for the next annual meeting of the shareholders.

      (iv) In any default period, the holders of Common Stock, and other classes of stock of the Company if applicable, shall continue to be entitled to elect the whole number of directors until the

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holders of Preferred Stock shall have exercised their right to elect two (2) directors voting as a class, after the exercise of which right (x) the directors so elected by the holders of Preferred Stock shall continue in office until their successors shall have been elected by such holders or until the expiration of the default period, and (y) any vacancy in the directors may (except as provided in Article 4.5.2 (c)(ii)) be filled by vote of a majority of the remaining directors theretofore elected by the holders of the class of stock which elected the director whose office shall have become vacant, or if no such directors are in office, by the holders of the Preferred Stock. References in this Article 4.5.2(c) to directors elected by the holders of a particular class of stock shall include directors elected by such directors to fill vacancies as provided in clause (y) of the foregoing sentence.

      (v) Immediately upon the expiration of a default period, (x) the right of the holders of Preferred Stock as a class to elect directors shall cease, (y) the term of any directors elected by the holders of Preferred Stock as a class shall terminate, and (z) the number of directors shall be such number as may be provided for in these Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Corporation irrespective of any increase made pursuant to the provisions of Article 4.5.2(c)(ii) (such number being subject, however, to change thereafter in any manner provided by law or in these Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Corporation). Any vacancies in the Directors effected by the provisions of clauses (y) and (z) in the preceding sentence may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors.

      (d) Except as set forth herein or otherwise required by law, holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights and their consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate action.

      4.5.3     Certain Restrictions.

      (a) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions payable on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in Article 4.5.1 are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Company shall not:

      (i) Declare or pay dividends on, make any other distributions on, or redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock;

      (ii) declare or pay dividends on or make any other distributions on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series A Preferred Stock and all such parity stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then entitled;

      (iii) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration shares of any stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Preferred Stock, provided that the Company may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any such parity stock in exchange for shares of any stock of the Company ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock;

      (iv) purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of Series A Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined by the Board of Directors) to all holders of such shares upon such terms as the Board of Directors after consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series or classes.

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      (b) The Company shall not permit any subsidiary of the Company to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock of the Company unless the Company could, under Article 4.5.3(a), purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.

      4.5.4     Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series A Preferred Stock purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company in any manner whatsoever shall be retired and cancelled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such shares shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock to be created by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein.

      4.5.5     Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.

      (a) Upon any liquidation (voluntary or otherwise), dissolution or winding up of the Company, no distribution shall be made to the holders of shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have received $100 per share plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment (the “Series A Liquidation Preference”). Following the payment of the full amount of the Series A Liquidation Preference, no additional distributions shall be made to the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall have received an amount per share (the “Common Adjustment”) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Series A Liquidation Preference by (ii) 100 (as appropriately adjusted as set forth in Article 4.5.5(c) below to reflect such events as stock splits, stock dividends and recapitalizations with respect to the Common Stock) (such number in clause (ii), the “Adjustment Number”). Following the payment of the full amount of the Series A Liquidation Preference and the Common Adjustment in respect of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock and Common Stock, respectively, holders of Series A Preferred Stock and holders of shares of Common Stock shall receive their ratable and proportionate share of the remaining assets to be distributed in the ratio of the Adjustment Number to 1 with respect to such Preferred Stock and Common Stock, on a per share basis, respectively.

      (b) In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment in full of the Series A Liquidation Preference and the liquidation preferences of all other series of preferred stock, if any, which rank on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock, then such remaining assets shall be distributed ratably to the holders of such parity shares in proportion to their respective liquidation preferences. In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment in full of the Common Adjustment, then such remaining assets shall be distributed ratably to the holders of Common Stock.

      (c) In the event the Company shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Adjustment Number in effect immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such Adjustment Number by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

      4.5.6     Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the Company shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case the shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed in an amount per share (subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth) equal to 100 times the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged. In the event the Company shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the amount set forth in the preceding sentence with respect to the exchange or change of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount

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by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

      4.5.7     No Redemption. The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable.

      4.5.8     Ranking. The Series A Preferred Stock shall rank junior to all other series of the Company’s Preferred Stock as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets, unless the terms of any such series shall provide otherwise.

      4.5.9     Amendment. These Articles of Incorporation shall not be further amended in any manner which would materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series A Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds (2/3) or more of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class.

      4.5.10     Fractional Shares. Series A Preferred Stock may be issued in fractions of a share which shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder’s fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends, participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all other rights of holders of Series A Preferred Stock.

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Directors

      5.1     Number of Directors. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock as set out in these Articles of Incorporation, the number of directors of the Corporation and the manner in which such directors are to be elected shall be as set forth in the Bylaws.

      5.2     Classes. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the directors shall be divided into three classes designated as Class I, Class II and Class III, respectively. Directors shall be assigned to each class in accordance with a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors. At the first annual meeting of shareholders following the adoption and filing of these Articles of Incorporation, the term of office of the Class I directors shall expire and Class I directors shall be elected for a full term of three years. At the second annual meeting of shareholders following the adoption and filing of these Articles of Incorporation, the term of office of the Class II directors shall expire and Class II directors shall be elected for a full term of three years. At the third annual meeting of shareholders following the adoption and filing of these Articles of Incorporation, the term of office of the Class III directors shall expire and Class III directors shall be elected for a full term of three years. At each succeeding annual meeting of shareholders, directors shall be elected for a full term of three years to succeed the directors of the class whose terms expire at such annual meeting.

      Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article 5.2, each director shall serve until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his death, resignation or removal. Neither the Board of Directors nor any individual director may be removed without cause. Subject to any limitation imposed by law, any individual director or directors may be removed with cause by the holders of a majority of the voting power of the corporation entitled to vote at an election of directors. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

      5.3     Vacancies. Vacancies in the Board of Directors may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. The shareholders may elect a director at any time to fill any vacancy not filled by the directors.

      5.4     Bylaws. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors shall have the power to make, adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws, or adopt new Bylaws for this Corporation, by a resolution adopted by a majority of the directors.

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VI

Shareholder Rights

      6.1     Preemptive Rights. No shareholder of this Corporation shall have, solely by reason of being a shareholder, any preemptive or preferential right or subscription right to any stock of this Corporation or to any obligations convertible into stock of this Corporation, or to any warrant or option for the purchase thereof, except to the extent provided by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors establishing a series of Preferred Stock or by written agreement with this Corporation.

      6.2     Cumulative Voting. In any election for directors of the Corporation, a holder of shares of any class or series of stock then entitled to vote has the right to vote in person or by proxy the number of shares of stock held thereby for as many persons as there are directors to be elected. No cumulative voting for directors shall be permitted.

      6.3     Voting Requirements. The approval of any plan of merger, plan of share exchange, sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all, or substantially all, of the Corporation’s property otherwise than in the usual and regular course of business, or proposal to dissolve, shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than a majority of all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Corporation. At any time when the corporation is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, pursuant to the authority granted under Sections 23B.10.030, 23B.11.030, 23B.12.020, and 23B.14.020 of the Act, except as otherwise provided in these Articles of Incorporation, the vote of shareholders of this Corporation required in order to approve amendments to these Articles of Incorporation, a plan of merger or share exchange, the sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the property of the Corporation not in the usual and regular course of business, or dissolution of the Corporation shall be a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast by each voting group, regardless of whether or not the corporation is a “public company,” as that term is defined in Section 23B.01.400 of the Act.

      6.4     Written Consent. No action required to be taken or that may be taken at an annual or special meeting of the shareholders of this Corporation may be taken without a meeting, and the power of shareholders to consent in writing, without a meeting, to the taking of any action is specifically denied.

      6.5     Bylaws. The Corporation’s shareholders shall have the power to make amendments to the Bylaws by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than two-thirds (²/3) of all shareholders of the Corporation entitled to vote on an action.

      6.6     Quorum for Meeting of Shareholders. A quorum shall exist at any meeting of the Shareholders if one-third of the shares entitled to be cast are represented in person or by proxy.

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Indemnification and Liability of Officers and Directors

      7.1     Indemnification. The Corporation may indemnify, in the manner and to the full extent permitted by law, any person (or the estate of any person) who was or is a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or complete action, suit or proceeding, whether or not by or in the right of the Corporation, and whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or otherwise, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The Corporation may, to the full extent permitted by law, purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any such person against any liability which may be asserted against such person. To the full extent permitted by law, the indemnification provided herein shall include expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, and, in the manner provided by law, any such expenses may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding. The indemnification provided herein shall not be deemed to limit the right of the Corporation to indemnify any other person for any such expenses to the full extent permitted by law, nor shall it be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any person seeking indemnification from the Corporation may be entitled under any agreement, vote of

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shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.

      7.2     Liability. No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for his conduct as a director, except for (i) acts or omissions that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law by the director, (ii) approval of distributions or loans in violation of Section 23B.08.310 of the Act, or (iii) any transaction from which the director will personally receive a benefit in money, property or services to which the director is not legally entitled. If the Act is hereafter amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Act, as so amended. Any amendment to or repeal of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.

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Amendments to Articles of Incorporation

      8.1     Amendments. Amendments to Article 4.1(b) (authorized Preferred Stock); Article 5 (Directors); Article 6.2 (elimination of cumulative voting); and, this Article 8 shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than two-thirds (2/3) of all shareholders of the Corporation entitled to vote on an action. Except as otherwise provided in these Articles of Incorporation, as amended from time to time, the Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provisions contained in these Articles of Incorporation in any manner now or hereafter prescribed or permitted by statute.

      8.2     Corrections. The Corporation shall have authority to correct clerical errors in any documents filed with the Secretary of State of Washington, including these Articles of Incorporation or any amendments hereto, without the necessity of special shareholder approval of such corrections.

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Incorporator

      The name and the mailing address of the Sole Incorporator is as follows:

Jeffry A. Shelby

701 Fifth Avenue

Suite 6100

Seattle, Washington 98104-7098

/s/ Jeffry A. Shelby

Jeffry A. Shelby, Sole Incorporator

Executed this 11^th day of July, 2005.

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ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF THE

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

MERCER INTERNATIONAL REGCO INC.

      Pursuant to the provisions of RCW 23B.10.060 of the Washington Business Corporation Act, the undersigned corporation hereby submits the following amendment to the corporation’s Articles of Incorporation:

      1.    The name of the corporation is Mercer International Regco Inc. (the “Corporation”).

      2.    Effective upon the filing of these Articles of Amendment with the Secretary of State of Washington, Article V of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation will be replaced in its entirety to read in full as follows:

“V

Directors

       5.1 Number of Directors. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock as set out in these Articles of Incorporation, the number of directors of the Corporation shall be as set forth in the Bylaws.

       5.2 Vacancies. Vacancies in the Board of Directors may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. The shareholders may elect a director at any time to fill any vacancy not filled by the directors.

       5.3 Bylaws. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors shall have the power to make, adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws, or adopt new Bylaws for this Corporation, by a resolution adopted by a majority of the directors.”

      3.    The date of the adoption of the amendment by the Board of Directors of the Corporation was January 25, 2006.

      4.    The amendment was duly approved by the shareholders of the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of RCW 23B.10.030 and 23B.10.040 on January 25, 2006.

      The foregoing Articles of Amendment are executed on behalf of the Corporation by the undersigned, its duly authorized officer.

      Dated: January 25, 2006.

MERCER INTERNATIONAL REGCO INC.

By:  /s/ David M. Gandossi

David M. Gandossi, Treasurer and Secretary

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ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF THE

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
MERCER INTERNATIONAL REGCO, INC.

     Pursuant to the provisions of RCW 23B.10.060 of the Washington Business Corporation Act, the undersigned corporation hereby submits the following amendment to the corporation’s Articles of Incorporation:

     1.     The name of the corporation is Mercer International Regco, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

     2.     Effective upon the filing of these Articles of Amendment with the Secretary of State of Washington, Article I of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation will be replaced in its entirety to read in full as follows:

“I

NAME

     The name of this Corporation (hereinafter called the “Corporation”) is Mercer International Inc.”

     3.     The date of the adoption of the amendment by the Board of Directors of the Corporation was February 28, 2006.

     4.     The amendment was duly approved by the shareholders of the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of RCW 23B.10.030 and 23B.10.040 on February 28, 2006.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

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     The foregoing Articles of Amendment are executed on behalf of the Corporation by the undersigned, its duly authorized officer.

     Dated: March 1, 2006.

MERCER INTERNATIONAL REGCO, INC.
By:	/s/ Jimmy S.H. Lee
	Jimmy S.H. Lee, President

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