Mercer International to give up TSX listing following loss at NAFTA tribunal
Posted May 25, 2018 05:26:11 PM.
Last Updated May 25, 2018 06:00:15 PM.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. – Mercer International says it intends to voluntarily de-list from the Toronto Stock Exchange on June 11, about three months after it lost a six-year-old NAFTA battle with the Canadian government.
The U.S.-based forest products company had mounted a $250-million claim against the Canadian government in early 2012.
It alleged that BC Hydro and the B.C. Utilities Commission discriminated against Mercer’s power-generating operations at a pulp mill near Castlegar, B.C.
However, a North American Free Trade Agreement tribunal ruled on March 6 that there had been no violation of the deal and it awarded Canada approximately $6.9 million in costs.
Mercer says that its listing on the Nasdaq global select market will be unaffected by its delisting from the Toronto Stock Exchange.
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