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The purpose of this amendment on Form 10-Q/A to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Alliance One International, Inc. for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 is to restate our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures, as described in Note 14 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. |
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No attempt has been made in this Form 10-Q/A to modify or update other disclosures presented in the original report on Form 10-Q, except as required to reflect the effects of the restatement. Information not affected by the restatement is unchanged and reflects the disclosures made at the time of the original filing of the Form 10-Q on August 15, 2005. Accordingly, this Form 10-Q/A should be read in conjunction with our filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission subsequent to the filing of the original Form 10-Q, including any amendments to those filings. The following items have been amended as a result of the restatement: |
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· Part I—Item 1—Financial Statements
· Part I—Item 2—Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations · Part I—Item 4—Controls and Procedures |
The restatement corrects an error in a non-cash adjustment for deferred income taxes related to the accrued taxes on unremitted earnings of the Standard group that were booked to goodwill. The effect of this error was to overstate the income tax benefit and understate the deferred tax liability for the first quarter by $11.1 million. This adjustment reduces the annualized effective tax rate from a benefit of 30.9% to 19.7%. |
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As a result of the restatement described above, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, with the assistance of other members of management, have reviewed the effectiveness of the Company's internal controls over financial reporting as of June 30, 2005, and, based on this re-evaluation, have determined that a material control weakness in internal control over financial reporting existed at the end of the first quarter with respect to accounting for income taxes. This revised assessment is included under Part 1, Item 4 in this document. |
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| Part I. Financial Information Item 1. Financial Statements | |
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| Alliance One International, Inc. and Subsidiaries | |
| CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED INCOME | |
| Three Months Ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 | |
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| | | June 30, | | June 30, | |
| | | 2005 | | 2004 | |
| | | As restated, See Note 14 | | | |
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| Sales and other operating revenues | | $405,961 | | $284,728 | |
| Cost of goods and services sold | | 362,020 | | 231,744 | |
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| Gross profit | | 43,941 | | 52,984 | |
| Selling, administrative and general expenses | | 38,604 | | 28,939 | |
| Other income | | (155) | | (1,895) | |
| Restructuring, asset impairment and integration charges | | 17,215 | | 675 | |
| Operating income (loss) | | (11,723) | | 25,265 | |
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| Debt retirement expense | | 64,907 | | - | |
| Interest expense | | 24,700 | | 12,102 | |
| Interest income | | 1,157 | | 926 | |
| Derivative financial instruments (income) | | (83) | | (6,131) | |
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| Income (loss) before income taxes and other items | | (100,090) | | 20,220 | |
| Income tax expense (benefit) | | (19,757) | | 6,471 | |
| Equity in net income of investee companies | | 19 | | 89 | |
| Minority interests (income) | | (182) | | (235) | |
| Income (loss) from continuing operations | | ( 80,132) | | 14,073 | |
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| Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax | | (526) | | (699) | |
| Net income (loss) | | $( 80,658) | | $ 13,374 | |
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| Basic earnings (loss) per share | | | | | |
| Net income (loss) from continuing operations | | $(1.20) | | $.31 | |
| Loss from discontinued operations | | (.01) | | (.01) | |
| Net income (loss) | | $(1.21) | | $.30 | |
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| Diluted earnings (loss) per share | | | | | |
| Net income (loss) from continuing operations | | $(1.20) | | $.30 | |
| Loss from discontinued operations | | (.01) | | (.01) | |
| Net income (loss) | | $(1.21) | | $.29 | |
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| Average number of shares outstanding: | | | | | |
| Basic | | 66,822 | | 44,846 | |
| Diluted | | 66,822 | | 48,004 | |
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| Cash dividends per share | | $.075 | | $.075 | |
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Alliance One International, Inc. and Subsidiaries CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (Unaudited) |
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| June 30, 2005 | | June 30, 2004 | |
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Current assets | | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 183,122 | | $ 155,837 | | $ 29,128 | |
Notes receivable | 4,081 | | 6,153 | | 4,474 | |
Trade receivables, net of allowances | 258,648 | | 119,679 | | 219,775 | |
Inventories | | | | | | |
Tobacco | 991,305 | | 582,004 | | 457,159 | |
Other | 57,737 | | 52,392 | | 38,611 | |
Advances on purchases of tobacco | 97,487 | | 53,915 | | 79,268 | |
Current deferred and recoverable income taxes | 19,797 | | 14,350 | | 12,286 | |
Prepaid expenses and other assets | 36,291 | | 25,093 | | 15,461 | |
Assets of discontinued operations | 76,447 | | 40,848 | | 13,694 | |
Total current assets | 1,724,915 | | 1,050,271 | | 869,856 | |
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Equity in net assets of investee companies | 16,725 | | 918 | | 918 | |
Other investments | 2,337 | | 2,496 | | 2,503 | |
Notes receivable | 5,014 | | 2,925�� | | 2,835 | |
Other | 83,971 | | 44,257 | | 57,016 | |
| 108,047 | | 50,596 | | 63,272 | |
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Goodwill | 286,628 | | 151,772 | | 151,772 | |
Production and supply contracts | 3,418 | | 9,825 | | 8,710 | |
Pension asset | 1,856 | | 1,934 | | 1,856 | |
| 291,902 | | 163,531 | | 162,338 | |
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Land | 41,428 | | 18,708 | | 21,322 | |
Buildings | 243,859 | | 188,183 | | 183,262 | |
Machinery and equipment | 256,992 | | 200,780 | | 177,069 | |
Allowances for depreciation | (163,941) | | (174,653) | | (160,491) | |
| 378,338 | | 233,018 | | 221,162 | |
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Deferred taxes and other deferred charges | 101,035 | | 56,472 | | 87,431 | |
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| $2,604,237 | | $1,553,888 | | $1,404,059 | |
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Alliance One International, Inc. and Subsidiaries CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS Three Months Ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 (Unaudited) |
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Operating activities | | | | | |
Net income (loss) | | $ (80,658) | | $ 13,374 | |
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used by operating activities | | | | | |
Net loss from discontinued operations | | 526 | | 699 | |
Depreciation and amortization | | 10,303 | | 8,749 | |
Restructuring, asset impairment and integration charges | | 17,215 | | 675 | |
Deferred items | | 87 | | (1,754) | |
Gain on foreign currency transactions | | (3,768) | | (187) | |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities | | (65,799) | | (42,806) | |
Net cash used by operating activities of continuing operations | | (122,094) | | (21,250) | |
Net cash provided by operating activities of discontinued operations | | 5,184 | | 7,120 | |
Net cash used by operating activities | | (116,910) | | (14,130) | |
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Cash received from equity in subsidiaries and investees purchased | | 42,019 | | - | |
Purchases of property and equipment | | (3,249) | | (3,450) | |
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment | | 10,722 | | 2,108 | |
Payments received on notes receivable | | 4,018 | | (651) | |
Payments for other investments and other assets | | (3,258) | | (7,629) | |
Net cash provided (used) by investing activities | | 50,252 | | (9,622) | |
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Net change in short-term borrowings | | (74,030) | | 164,547 | |
Proceeds from long-term borrowings | | 781,878 | | 25,763 | |
Repayment of long-term borrowings | | (455,068) | | (25,550) | |
Debt issuance cost | | (21,910) | | (386) | |
Proceeds from sale of stock | | 149 | | 51 | |
Cash dividends paid to Alliance One International, Inc. stockholders | | (7,086) | | (3,387) | |
Net cash provided by financing activities | | 223,933 | | 161,038 | |
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Effect of exchange rate changes on cash | | (3,281) | | (268) | |
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Increase in cash and cash equivalents | | 153,994 | | 137,018 | |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year | | 29,128 | | 18,819 | |
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | | $ 183,122 | | $ 155,837 | |
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Common stock issued, including adjustment for options, in business acquisition | | $ 264,368 | | $ - | |
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Alliance One International, Inc. and Subsidiaries NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (in thousands) |
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1. | BASIS OF PRESENTATION | |
| Alliance One International, Inc. (the “Company”) is a Virginia corporation formerly known as DIMON Incorporated. The Company changed its name simultaneously with the closing of its merger with Standard Commercial Corporation (“Standard”) on May 13, 2005. | |
| The merger with Standard has been treated as a purchase business combination for accounting purposes, with the Company designated as the acquirer. As such, the historical financial statements for DIMON become the historical financial statements of the Company, the registrant. The accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income and cash flows for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2005 include the results of operations of Standard since May 13, 2005, the effective date of acquisition and a full quarter of results for DIMON. Note 2 provides summary unaudited pro forma information and details regarding purchase accounting for the merger. | |
| The accompanying interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. For additional information regarding accounting principles and other financial data, see Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005. The Company’s operations are seasonal. Therefore, the results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2005 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending March 31, 2006. | |
| In May 2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections—a replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3.” Under SFAS No. 154, changes in accounting principles will generally be made by the retrospective application of the new accounting principle to the financial statements of prior periods unless it is impractical to determine the effect of the change on prior periods. The reporting of a change in accounting principle as a cumulative adjustment to net income in the period of the change, as was previously permitted under APB Opinion No. 20, will no longer be permitted unless it is impractical to determine the effect of the change on prior periods. Correction of an error in the application of accounting principles will continue to be reported by retroactively restating the affected financial statements. The provisions of SFAS No. 154 will not apply to new accounting standards that contain specific transition provisions. SFAS No. 154 is applicable to accounting changes made in fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2005. The Company does not expect SFAS No. 154 to have a material effect, if any, on its consolidated financial statements. | |
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2. | MERGER OF STANDARD AND DIMON | |
| On May 13, 2005, the Company completed its previously announced merger with Standard pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 7, 2004 (the “Merger Agreement”). Upon the consummation of the merger, Standard was merged into DIMON, which simultaneously changed its name to Alliance One International, Inc. | |
| Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Standard shareholders received three shares of the Company’s common stock for each Standard share owned. Approximately 41,243 shares of the Company’s common stock were issued in exchange for all outstanding common stock of Standard based on the three-for-one exchange ratio, at an aggregate value of $264,368 (based on the average closing price of $6.36 of DIMON common stock during the two business days before and after the date the merger was announced). The common stock issuance combined with professional fees and charges incurred to effect the merger of $11,560 result in a total purchase price of $275,928. | |
| The merger has been treated as a purchase business combination for accounting purposes, with the Company as the acquiring entity. As such, Standard’s assets acquired and liabilities assumed have been recorded at their fair value. In identifying the Company as the acquiring entity, the companies took into account the relative share ownership of the surviving entity, the composition of the governing body of the combined entity and the designation of certain senior management positions. As a result, the historical financial statements of DIMON become the historical financial statements of the Company. The purchase price for the acquisition, including transaction costs, has been allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on estimated fair values at the date of acquisition, May 13, 2 005. The purchase price allocation is preliminary and further refinements are anticipated. | |
| The preliminary purchase price allocation, is as follows: | |
| In fiscal 2004, the Company conducted a strategic review to evaluate its production capacity and organization relative to the major transition occurring in global sourcing of tobacco and over-capacity within certain markets of the industry. As a result of this review, the Company recorded additional restructuring charges of $675 during the three months ended June 30, 2004 primarily related to additional severance costs associated with the closing of one of its two U.S. processing facilities. These costs were paid in fiscal 2005. | |
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4. | DISCONTINUED ITALIAN OPERATIONS | |
| On September 30, 2004, concurrent with the sale of the Italian processing facility, the Company made a decision to discontinue all of its former DIMON Italian operations as part of its ongoing plans to realign its operations to more closely reflect worldwide changes in the sourcing of tobacco. As a result of the merger on May 13, 2005, the Company acquired the remaining net assets of the discontinued Italian operations of Standard. | |
| Results of operations and the assets and liabilities of the Italian operations, other than subsidiary debt guaranteed by the Company and the related interest expense, are reported as discontinued operations. Sales and operating losses for the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 are presented below. This information is summarized for the appropriate fiscal periods as follows: | |
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| Sales and other revenues | $ 5,413 | | $14,942 | |
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| Loss from discontinued operations | $ (526) | | $ (742) | |
| Income tax benefit | - | | 43 | |
| Discontinued operations, net of tax | $ (526) | | $ (699) | |
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| The following information reconciles basic earnings per share to diluted earnings per share. | |
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| (in thousands, except per share amounts) | 2005 | | 2004 |
| Basic earnings (loss) per share | | | |
| Income (loss) from continuing operations | $(80,132) | | $14,073 |
| Loss from discontinued operations | (526) | | (699) |
| Net income (loss) | $(80,658) | | $13,374 |
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| Weighted average shares outstanding | 66,882 | | 44,846 |
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| Income (loss) from continuing operations | $(1.20) | | $ .31 |
| Loss from discontinued operations | (.01) | | (.01) |
| Net income (loss) | $(1.21) | | $ .30 |
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| Income (loss) from continuing operations | $(80,132) | | $14,073 |
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| Convertible Debentures issued April 1, 1997 | - | | 745 |
| Income (loss) from continuing operations adjusted | (80,132) | | 14,818 |
| Loss from discontinued operations | (526) | | (699) |
| Net income (loss) as adjusted | $(80,658) | | $14,119 |
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| Weighted average shares outstanding | 66,882 | | 44,846 |
| Restricted shares issued and shares applicable to stock options, net of shares | | | |
| assumed to be purchased from proceeds at average market price | - | | 609 |
| Effect of conversion of 6.25% Debentures at beginning of period | - | | 2,549 |
| Average diluted shares outstanding | 66,822 | | 48,004 |
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| Income (loss) from continuing operations | $(1.20) | | $ .30 |
| Loss from discontinued operations | (.01) | | (.01) |
| Net income (loss) as adjusted | $(1.21) | | $ .29 |
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9. | CONTINGENCIES |
| In June 2004, the Company received from Brazilian tax officials notices of proposed adjustments to income tax returns for the Company’s Brazil operations for tax years 1999 through 2002, inclusive, that total $54,360 as of March 31, 2005. Of these proposed adjustments $39,446 relates to disallowance of local currency foreign exchange losses on U.S. dollar funding. The other $14,914 relates to disallowance of other sales related expenses. In March 2005, the Taxpaper’s Council dismissed the assessment relating to the disallowance of local currency foreign exchange losses. The Company is continuing to argue its position on the disallowance of sales related expenses, and believes it has strong defenses to these adjustments. | |
| In 1993 and 1996, the Company received notices from Brazilian tax authorities of proposed adjustments to the income tax returns of the Company’s entities located in Brazil for the calendar years ending 1988 through 1992. The Company has successfully defeated many of the proposed adjustments in litigation and settled the other issues under REFIS and Tax Amnesty programs. As of June 30, 2005, total estimated tax, penalties and interest relating to still unresolved issues is $1,600. | |
| On October 31, 2002, the Company received an assessment from the tax authorities in Germany regarding the taxable gain from the sale of its flower operations, Florimex, in September 1998. The report concluded the values of the real estate located in Germany were greater than those arrived at with the buyer of the flower operation. The proposed adjustment to income tax, including interest, is equivalent to approximately $5,660 for federal corporate income tax and $3,200 for local trade income tax. The Company has challenged this finding with valuations that support the values used in the original filings and is currently discussing the issue with the tax officials in Germany. During March 2005, the Company received an official rejection of its appeal from the tax administration officials in Ger many. The Company has now appealed to the tax court and believes it has a strong case. | |
| In September 2002 and in January 2004, the Company’s Tanzanian operations received assessments for income taxes equivalent to approximately $1,000 and $5,300, respectively. In March 2005, the Company’s Tanzanian operations received assessments that show no additional income taxes but that reduce the balance of its tax loss carryovers as of the end of 2001 by approximately $4,000. The Company has filed protests and appeals and is currently awaiting replies. | |
| In September 2004, the Zimbabwe tax authorities (ZIMRA) issued a proposed assessment for withholding tax on export commissions of approximately $980. In May 2005, ZIMRA delivered additional proposed assessments for withholding tax on export commissions and other tax issues including penalties for a total proposed assessment of approximately $17,100. On May 10, 2005, the Company received an official assessment of approximately $3,900. The Company has met with the Commissioner of ZIMRA and expressed its objections to this assessment and is challenging its merits. Discussions with ZIMRA are ongoing and the Company believes it has strong defenses to these assessments. | |
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| The Company believes it has properly reported its income and provided for taxes in Brazil, Germany, Tanzania and Zimbabwe in accordance with applicable laws and intends to vigorously contest the proposed adjustments. The Company expects the ultimate resolution of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet or results of operations. | |
| Since October 2001, the Directorate General for Competition (DG Comp) of the European Commission (EC) has been conducting an administrative investigation into certain tobacco buying and selling practices alleged to have occurred within the leaf tobacco industry in Spain and Italy. The Company’s subsidiaries in Spain (Agroexpansion and World Wide Tobacco Espana) and in Italy (DIMON Italia and Transcatab, Spa) have cooperated with the DG Comp. The EC issued separate Statements of Objections (the “Statements”) relating to buying practices in Spain and Italy. The Statements alleged that the buying practices of the tobacco processors and producers in Spain and Italy constitute infringements of EC competition laws. Agroexpansion, World Wide Tobacco Espana, DIMON Italia and Transcatab, Spa eac h filed a response to the Statements of Objections relating to Spain and Italy respectively, and the EC conducted separate oral hearings on the Spanish and Italian matters. In respect of the Spanish investigation, on December 15, 2003, the DG Comp served on twenty entities within the Spanish leaf tobacco industry, including the Company and a number of its subsidiaries, including Agroexpansion and World Wide Tobacco Espana, Statements of Objections alleging certain infringements of the antitrust laws of the European Union. On October 20, 2004, the DG Comp announced that DIMON Incorporated (now the Company) and Agroexpansion had been assessed a fine in the amount of Euros 2,592 which was accrued in selling, general and administrative expenses on September 30, 2004. At the same time the EC announced that it had imposed on Standard Commercial Corporation (now merged into the Company) and a number of its subsidiaries (now all subsidiaries of the Company), including World Wide Tobacco Espana, a f ine of Euros 1,823. The Company accrued a charge for the full amount of the fine in the quarter ended September 30, 2004. A number of other tobacco processors, growers and agricultural associations were assessed fines in various amounts, including the amount assessed against our companies, which total Euros 20,000. The Company, along with its Spanish and other involved subsidiaries, have appealed the decision of the Commission to the Court of First Instance of the European Commission for the annulment or modification of the decision; but the outcome of the appeals process as to both timing and results is uncertain. | |
| On March 1, 2004, the DG Comp served Statements of Objections on eleven entities within the Italian leaf tobacco industry, including the Company and a number of its subsidiaries, including its Italian subsidiaries, DIMON Italia and Transcatab Spa. The Company and its subsidiaries responded to the Statements and have cooperated in the investigations. Through the Statements, DG Comp intends to impose, where appropriate and probably in 2005, administrative penalties on the entities it determines have infringed the EC competition law. The Company expects to be assessed penalties in the Italian case and expects that the penalties could be material to its earnings, but believes that there may be mitigating circumstances in the investigation, including the Company’s cooperation with the DG Comp. T he Company is unable to assess the amount of any penalties which might be imposed. | |
| On October 27, 2004, a wrongful discharge action was filed in North Carolina state court against one of the Company’s subsidiaries, Standard Commercial Tobacco Co., Inc., by one of its former employees. The Company believes the claim to be without merit, has filed a response contesting its substantive allegations and intends to vigorously defend it. However, a finally adjudicated adverse result could be material to the Company’s earnings. | |
| The Company recently received correspondence from a former employee alleging that his termination in connection with the Company’s merger with Standard Commercial Corporation was in retaliation for actions taken while an employee and therefore violated the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Company has investigated this allegation and believes it to be baseless. The former employee was terminated as part of the post-merger integration of Standard following a thorough integration planning and cost savings process designed and implemented with the assistance of an independent consultant. That process has resulted in the termination of numerous employees at all levels of the Company. The former employee also alleged that the Company has engaged in employment practices with respect to some employe es located in certain foreign jurisdictions in violation of such jurisdictions’ laws and which could subject the Company to fines and penalties. The Company has reported these allegations to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors and is investigating their validity and materiality. The Company intends to continue its investigation and take any appropriate remedial measures. | |
| The Company and certain of its foreign subsidiaries guarantee bank loans to growers to finance their crop. Under longer-term arrangements, the Company may also guarantee financing on growers’ construction of curing barns or other tobacco production assets. The Company also guarantees bank loans to certain tobacco cooperatives to assist with the financing of their growers’ crops. Guaranteed loans are generally repaid concurrent with the delivery of tobacco to the Company. The Company is obligated to repay any guaranteed loan should the grower or tobacco cooperative default. If default occurs, the Company has recourse against the grower or cooperative. At June 30, 2005, the Company was guarantor of an amount not to exceed $424,820 with $282,128 outstanding under these guarant ees. The majority of the current outstanding guarantees expire within the respective annual crop cycle. The Company considers the risk of significant loss under these guarantees and other contingencies to be remote and the accrual recorded for exposure under them was not material at June 30, 2005. | |
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| On August 21, 2001, the Company’s subsidiary in Brazil won a claim related to certain excise taxes (“IPI credit bonus”) for the years 1983 through 1990 and is now pursuing collection. The collection procedures are not clear and the total realization process could potentially extend over many years. Through March 2005, the Company has utilized $20,377 of IPI credit bonus in lieu of cash payments for Brazilian federal income and other taxes. No benefit for this IPI credit bonus has been recognized, and it has been recorded as deferred revenue, because the Company has been unable to predict whether the Brazilian Government will require payment of amounts offset. In January 2005, the Company received a Judicial Order to suspend the IPI compensation. An appeal was filed and the C ompany received notification from the tax authorities in March 2005 to present all documentation pertaining to the IPI credit bonus. The Company is working with the tax authorities and believes it has properly utilized the IPI credit bonus. | |
| Zimbabwe remains in a period of civil unrest in combination with a deteriorating economy. Should the current political situation continue, the Company could experience disruptions and delays associated with its Zimbabwe operations. If the political situation in Zimbabwe continues to deteriorate, the Company’s ability to recover its assets there could be impaired. The Company’s Zimbabwe subsidiaries have long-lived assets of approximately $35,561 as of June 30, 2005. | |
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10. | REFINANCING OF DEBT ARRANGMENTS | |
| Many of the Company’s financing arrangements were refinanced in connection with the closing of the merger with Standard because of change of control clauses in agreements governing such financings, or because the merged company would not have been able to comply with certain of the financial covenants contained in those agreements as of the closing of, or immediately after, the merger. The specific financing arrangements that were refinanced were: | |
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| · DIMON’s $200,000 of 9 5/8% senior notes due 2011; | |
| · DIMON’s $125,000 of 7 3/4 % senior notes due 2013; | |
| · DIMON’s $73,328 of convertible subordinated debentures due 2007 (July 2005); | |
| · Standard’s $150,000 senior credit facility; and | |
| · Standard’s $150,000 of 8% senior notes due 2012. | |
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| The Company raised capital to tender for, repay or redeem these financings and pay the costs and expenses of the merger and refinancing through the following financing arrangements, all of which were effective with the closing of the merger on May 13, 2005 and are described in more detail below: | |
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| · the issuance of $315,000 of 11% senior notes due 2012; | |
| · the issuance of $100,000 of 12 ¾% senior subordinated notes due 2012 sold at a 10% original issue discount (reflecting a 15% yield to maturity); and | |
| · a new $650,000 senior secured credit facility with a syndicate of banks consisting of (1) a three-year $300,000 senior secured revolving credit line, which accrues interest at a rate of LIBOR plus a margin, which will initially be 2.75%, (2) a three-year $150,000 senior secured term loan, which accrues interest at an annual rate equal to LIBOR plus 2.75%, and (3) a five-year $200,000 senior secured term loan, which accrues interest at an annual rate equal to LIBOR plus 3.25%. | |
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| The Company and Intabex Netherlands, B.V., or Intabex (one of the Company’s primary foreign holding companies), are co-borrowers under the new senior secured revolving credit line, and the Company’s borrowings under that line are limited to $150,000 principal amount outstanding at any one time. Intabex is the sole borrower under each of the new senior secured term loans. One of the Company’s primary foreign trading companies, Alliance One International AG, or AOIAG, is a guarantor of the new senior secured credit facility. | |
| Unlike its former long term debt, the Company’s new senior credit facility is secured by a pledge of certain of its assets as collateral for borrowings thereunder. Borrowings of the Company under the new senior secured credit facility are secured by a first priority pledge of: | |
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| · intercompany notes evidencing loans or advances made by the Company on or following the closing date to subsidiaries that are not guarantors; and | |
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| The new senior secured credit facility includes certain financial covenants and requires the Company to maintain certain financial ratios, including a minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio; a maximum consolidated leverage ratio; a maximum consolidated total senior debt to borrowing base ratio; and a maximum amount of annual capital expenditures. | |
| The new senior notes indentures contain certain covenants that, among other things, limit the Company’s ability to incur additional indebtedness; issue preferred stock; merge, consolidate or dispose of substantially all of its assets; grant liens on its assets; pay dividends, redeem stock or make other distributions or restricted payments; repurchase or redeem capital stock or prepay subordinated debt; make certain investments; agree to restrictions on the payment of dividends to the Company by its subsidiaries; sell or otherwise dispose of assets, including equity interests of its subsidiaries; enter into transactions with its affiliates; and enter into certain sale and leaseback transactions. | |
| In connection with the refinancing activity, the Company incurred debt retirement expense of $64,907. This amount consisted of a loss on debt extinguishment of approximately $59,796 related primarily to premiums paid to lenders and write off of previously capitalized debt issuance costs and a $5,111 charge related to the retirement of previously existing Senior Note swap derivative instruments. | |
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| Concurrent with the issuance of $200,000 principal amount of 9 5/8% senior notes due 2011, on October 30, 2001, and $125,000 principal amount of 7 3/4% senior notes due 2013, on May 30, 2003, the Company entered into derivative financial instruments to swap the entire notional amounts of such Senior Notes to floating interest rates equal to LIBOR plus 4.25% and 3.69%, respectively, set six months in arrears. Both of these derivative financial instruments were terminated May 13, 2005 in conjunction with the redemption of the related senior notes, at a cost of $5,111 which is included in debt retirement expense. | |
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| Prior to the implementation of SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” the Company entered into multiple interest swaps to convert a portion of its worldwide debt portfolio from floating to fixed interest rates to reduce its exposure to interest rate volatility. At June 30, 2005, the Company held instruments of this type with an aggregate notional value of $245,000 bearing interest at rates between 4.985% and 6.22%, and with maturity dates ranging from August 23, 2005 to September 21, 2008. The implementation of SFAS No. 133 eliminated hedge accounting treatment for these instruments because they do not meet certain criteria. Accordingly, the Company is required to reflect the full amount of all changes in their fair value, without offset, in its current earnings. These fair value adjustments have caused su bstantial volatility in the Company’s reported earnings. For the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, the Company recognized non-cash income before income taxes of $83 and $6,131, respectively, from the change in fair value of these derivative financial instruments. With the recognition of each income or expense relating to these instruments, a corresponding amount is recognized in Other Long-Term Liabilities – Compensation and Other. At June 30, 2005, there was an aggregate credit of $5,298 relating to these instruments accumulated in this balance sheet classification, all of which will reverse through future earnings over the remaining life of the instruments. | |
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| In accordance with SFAS No. 133, the Company recognizes all derivative financial instruments, such as interest rate swap contracts and foreign exchange contracts, at fair value regardless of the purpose or intent for holding the instrument. Changes in the fair value of derivative financial instruments are either recognized periodically in income or in stockholders’ equity as a component of comprehensive income depending on whether the derivative financial instrument qualifies for hedge accounting, and if so, whether it qualifies as a fair value hedge or cash flow hedge. Changes in fair values of derivatives accounted for as fair value hedges are recorded in income along with the portions of the changes in the fair values of the hedged items that relate to the hedged risk(s). Changes in fair values of derivatives accounted for as cash flow hedges, to the e xtent they are effective as hedges, are recorded in other comprehensive income net of deferred taxes. Changes in fair values of derivatives not qualifying as hedges are reported in income. | |
| The fair value estimates presented herein are based on quoted market prices. During the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, accumulated other comprehensive income decreased by $24, net of deferred taxes of $13 and decreased by $429, net of deferred taxes of $222, respectively, due to the reclassification into earnings, primarily as cost of goods and services sold, as transactions were fulfilled. | |
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| As a result of the merger, the Company has multiple benefit plans across operations at several locations. Alternatives for standardizing benefits are being evaluated. The merger has increased both the pension cost and post retirement benefit cost due to the addition of the Standard operations. | |
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| The Company has defined benefit plans that provide retirement benefits for substantially all U.S. salaried personnel based on years of service rendered, age and compensation. The Company also maintains various other Excess Benefit and Supplemental Plans that provide additional benefits to (1) certain individuals whose compensation and the resulting benefits that would have actually been paid are limited by regulations imposed by the Internal Revenue Code and (2) certain individuals in key positions. The Company funds these plans in amounts consistent with the funding requirements of Federal Law and Regulations. | |
| Additional non-U.S. plans sponsored by certain subsidiaries cover certain full-time employees located in Germany, Greece, Turkey, United Kingdom and Brazil. | |
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| | On October 24, 2005, the Directorate General for Competition (DGCOMP) of the European Commission (EC) announced that Alliance One and Mindo (its former subsidiary) have been assessed a fine in the aggregate amount of Euros 10,000 (US$12,000) and that, in addition, Alliance One and Transcatab, a subsidiary of Standard prior to its merger into the Company earlier this year, have been assessed a fine in the aggregate amount of Euros 14,000 (US$16,800). Several tobacco processors, growers and agricultural associations that were the subject of the investigation in Italy were assessed fines in various amounts totaling Euros 56,050 (US$67,260), inclusive of the fines imposed on Alliance One and its subsidiaries. The EC stated that the fines assessed against Alliance One and its Italian subsidiaries were reduced as a result of their coo peration in the investigation. Although a statement of the fines has been released, the full decision of the EC relating to the Italian fines has not yet been issued. Once the full decision is available, Alliance One will assess any grounds it may have to appeal the fine. If not earlier bonded pending appeal, the fines should be paid within three months of the Company’s receipt of the full EC decision. Alliance One established a reserve for the fines imposed on the Company and Mindo in the quarter ended September 30, 2005 in the amount of US$12,000. The US$16,800 in fines imposed as a result of conduct of Transcatab and Standard prior to the merger has been reflected as an increase in goodwill on the Company’s balance sheet, as required by purchase accounting. | |
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The accompanying management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations gives effect to the restatement of the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 as discussed in Note 14 to the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements in Item 1 of Form 10−Q/A for the three month period ended June 30, 2005. |
The purchasing and processing activities of our business are seasonal. Our need for capital fluctuates and, at any one of several seasonal peaks, our outstanding indebtedness may be significantly greater or less than at year-end. We historically have needed capital in excess of cash flow from operations to finance inventory and accounts receivable. We also pre-finance tobacco crops in numerous foreign countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Greece, Guatemala, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Tanzania, Turkey, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
Our working capital increased from $468.3 million at March 31, 2005 to $726.8 million at June 30, 2005. Our current ratio was 1.7 to 1 at June 30, 2005 compared to 2.2 to 1 at March 31, 2005. Our current ratio decrease results from a current asset increase of $855.0 million and a current liability increase of $596.5 million. The increase in working capital as well as the change in assets and liabilities is primarily related to the inclusion of the assets and liabilities, at fair value, of Standard as a result of the merger. |
Net cash used by operating activities was $116.9 million in 2005 compared to $14.1 million in 2004. The increase in cash used was primarily due to a $80.7 million net loss in 2005 compared to net income of $13.4 million in 2004. Changes in operating assets and liabilities resulted in the use of $23.0 million more cash in 2005 compared to 2004 primarily due to increases in inventories and advances on purchases of tobacco and more cash used for accounts payable and accrued expenses partially offset by advances from customers. The uses of cash were partially offset by a $16.5 million change in restructuring, asset impairment and integration charges and $1.8 million less cash used for deferred items, primarily deferred income taxes. |
Net cash provided by investing activities was $50.3 million in 2005 compared to a use of $9.6 million in 2004. The increase in cash provided by investing activities is primarily due to $42.0 million provided by the purchase and merger of Standard Commercial Corporation into Alliance One, $8.6 million more cash provided from sales of property and equipment and $4.7 million additional cash provided by notes receivable. |
Net cash provided by financing activities was $223.9 million in 2005 compared to $161.0 million in 2004. Increases of $305.1 million were due to net increases in long term borrowings resulting from new arrangements discussed below, partially offset by the repayment of former long term debt. The increase from long term borrowings was partially offset by a net use of $238.5 million due to repayments of short term borrowings in 2005 compared to an increase in short term borrowings in 2004 and an increase in dividends to shareholders of $3.7 million. |
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At June 30, 2005, we had seasonally adjusted available lines of credit of $928.9 million of which $579.2 was outstanding with a weighted average interest rate of 4.4%. Unused short-term lines of credit amounted to $262.0 million. At June 30, 2005 we had $52.9 million letters of credit outstanding and an additional $33.6 million of letters of credit lines available. Total maximum borrowings, excluding the long-term credit agreements, during the quarter were $635.8 million. |
Cash dividends paid to stockholders during the quarter were $0.075 per common share. |
On May 13, 2005 we completed a new $650 million senior secured credit facility with a syndicate of banks consisting of (1) a three-year $300 million senior secured revolving credit line, which accrues interest at a rate of LIBOR plus a margin, which will initially be 2.75%, (2) a three-year $150 million senior secured term loan, which accrues interest at an annual rate equal to LIBOR plus 2.75%, and (3) a five-year $200 million senior secured term loan, which accrues interest at an annual rate equal to LIBOR plus 3.25%. One of our primary foreign holding companies, Intabex Netherlands, B.V. (Intabex), is co-borrower under the new senior secured revolving credit line, and our portion of the borrowings under that line are limited to $150.0 million principal amount outstanding at any one time. Intabex is the sole borrower under each of the new senior secured term loans. One of our primary foreign trading companies, Alliance One International AG (AOIAG), is a guarantor of the new senior secured credit facility. |
The new senior credit facility is secured by a pledge of certain of our assets as collateral for borrowings thereunder. Our borrowings under the new senior secured credit facility are secured by a first priority pledge of: |
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· U.S. accounts receivable and U.S. inventory owned by us or our material domestic subsidiaries (other than inventory the title of which has passed to a customer and inventory financed through customer advances). |
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In addition, Intabex’s borrowings under the new senior secured credit facility are secured by a pledge of 100% of the capital stock of Intabex, AOIAG, and certain of our and Intabex’s material foreign subsidiaries. They are also guaranteed by us, all of our present or future material direct or indirect domestic subsidiaries, and AOIAG. |
The new senior secured credit facility includes certain financial covenants and requires us to maintain certain financial ratios, including a minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio; a maximum consolidated leverage ratio; a maximum consolidated total senior debt to borrowing base ratio; and a maximum amount of annual capital expenditures. |
Also on May 13, 2005 we issued $315 million of 11% senior notes due 2012, and $100 million of 12 3/4% senior subordinated notes due 2012, with the latter sold at a 10% original issue discount (reflecting a 15% yield to maturity). The new senior notes indentures contain certain covenants that, among other things, limit our ability to incur additional indebtedness; issue preferred stock; merge, consolidate or dispose of substantially all of our assets; grant liens on our assets; pay dividends, redeem stock or make other distributions or restricted payments; repurchase or redeem capital stock or prepay subordinated debt; make certain investments; agree to restrictions on the payment of dividends to us by our subsidiaries; sell or otherwise dispose of assets, including equity interests of its subsidiaries; enter into transactions with our affiliates; and enter into certain sale and leaseback transactions. |
Payments of debt as of June 30, 2005 are scheduled as follows: $14.5 million in fiscal 2006, $295.5 million in fiscal years 2007 and 2008, $119.0 million in fiscal years 2009 and 2010, and $415.4 million in fiscal years 2011 and thereafter. |
We have historically financed our operations through a combination of short-term lines of credit, revolving credit arrangements, long-term debt securities, customer advances and cash from operations. At June 30, 2005, we had no material capital expenditure commitments. We believe that these sources of funds will be sufficient to fund our anticipated needs for fiscal year 2006. There can be no assurance, however, that these sources of capital will be available in the future or, if available, that any such sources will be available on favorable terms. |
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Sales and other operating revenuesincreased 42.6% from $284.7 million in 2004 to $406.0 million in 2005 primarily as a result of the addition of Standard revenues for seven weeks. The $121.3 million increase is the result of a 38.6% or 36.6 million kilo increase in quantities sold and a 3.0% or $0.09 per kilo increase in average sales prices. Non-U.S. revenues increased $89.2 million resulting from an increase in volumes of 30.7 million kilos. The primary increase in non-U.S. revenues attributable to the merger with Standard is in the South American origins of Argentina and Brazil. Volumes of Argentine tobaccos were further increased due to the timing of shipments between quarters and increased customer demand. The increase in sales of Brazilian tobacco from the inclusion of Standard revenues was adversely impacted by delayed shipments of current year crop into next quarter and from the negative impact of the timing of prior year sales that were recognized in the first quarter last year. U.S. revenues increased $31.2 million as a result of an increase in higher priced volumes of 5.9 million kilos that was partially offset by a decrease in prior year prices of $0.22 per kilo. U.S. volumes increased as a result of significant shipments this quarter that were delayed from the prior quarter, increased customer demand and the inclusion of Standard revenues. |
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Gross profit as a percentage of sales decreased from 18.6% in 2004 to 10.9% in 2005. Gross profit also decreased $9.1 million or 17.2% from $53.0 million in 2004 to $43.9 million in 2005. The decreases in gross profit as well as the gross profit percentage are primarily attributable to two factors. First, while the inclusion of Standard sales contributed significantly to operating results, gross profit on these sales was reduced by $9.4 million as a result of purchase accounting inventory adjustments. These adjustments related to the fair value of Standard inventory at May 13, 2005 which was shipped post-merger in the first quarter. Further gross profit adjustments will be made in future quarters as the remaining Standard inventory held at May 13, 2005 is shipped. Second, a significant decline in gross profit and gross profit percentage in the Brazil origin also negatively impacted the results for the quarter. The current year crop is of a poor quality due to adverse weather conditions. The result, under contract farming, is that certain tobaccos purchased do not meet customer quality requirements. Further impacting the decline in Brazil is the weakening of the U.S. dollar which has increased current year crop costs by approximately 20%. An additional factor negatively impacting gross profit in Brazil is an increase in costs from the absorption of local intrastate trade taxes resulting from a change in local laws. These factors will continue to affect operating results in the Brazil region in future quarters. Further adverse impacts in the Brazil region were delayed shipments of current year crop into next quarter and the negative impact of the timing of prior year sales that were recognized in the first quarter last year. These factors were partially offset by delayed shipments from the previous quarter in Spain and the United States. Early shipments and increased customer demand in Argentina also mitigated the negative impact. |
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Selling, administrative and general expensesincreased $9.7 million or 33.6% from $28.9 million in 2004 to $38.6 million in 2005. The increase is primarily due to the additional expenses of Standard as a result of the merger. Expenses were further increased by the impact of expenses denominated in foreign currencies, primarily the Brazilian real. |
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Restructuring, asset impairment and integration chargeswere $17.2 million in 2005 compared to $0.7 million in 2004. The 2005 costs relate primarily to employee severance and other integration related charges as a result of the merger. See Note 3 for further information. The 2004 charges are related primarily to employee severance charges in North America. |
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| We believe that the global supply and demand for leaf tobacco continues to be substantially balanced in the aggregate. However, due to adverse growing conditions, primarily in Brazil, which produced a large but below average quality crop, there is likely to be an excess supply of certain types and grades of tobacco with a consequent increase in uncommitted inventories and reduced margins. In addition, notable significant tobacco production volume reductions continue in the United States. These reductions, as well as anticipated future reductions in Western Europe, have created a shift in the sourcing of customer requirements primarily to Argentina, Brazil, Asia and certain African countries other than Zimbabwe. This has and will continue to impact the ongoing requirements of our organizational structure and asset base. |
| In the United States, we are operating in the aftermath of the U.S. tobacco quota buyout. The buyout repealed the federal tobacco price support and quota programs beginning with the 2005 crops, provided compensation payments to tobacco quota owners and growers, provided an assessment mechanism for consumer tobacco product manufacturers and importers of consumer tobacco products to fund the buyout, and provided for the disposal of existing flue cured and burley cooperative tobacco stocks. Tobacco can be grown anywhere in the United States, with no limits on volume or protection on price. The USDA commenced in March 2005 in conjunction with the CCC (Commodity Credit Corporation) a disposition plan for the previously held inventories of the Flue Cured and Burley Cooperatives. A three step disposit ion plan was utilized which (1) allocated pro rata portions of the held inventory to the Cooperatives equal to dollars held in the USDA no-net cost accounts; (2) The balance of the inventory was offered by CCC on a bid basis to the entities or persons subject to the payment of the Tobacco Transition Payment Program which were manufacturers or importers of tobacco products and; (3) Any remaining unsold quantities were offered to other interested parties on a bid basis. Awarded purchases had to certify no more than 1/3 of quantity purchased tobacco will be used in the manufacture of any tobacco product each year over the next three years beginning with April 01, 2005. |
| Risk of excess inventory through the non-governmental supply chain will continue to depend on the supply and demand for U.S. leaf tobacco in conjunction with the previously held CCC inventories entering the market place in an orderly manner over the next three years. Grower contracting for the 2005 U.S. flue-cured and burley crops is complete with lower projected costs and sales prices compared to the 2004 crops. |
| Effective January 1, 2005, the government of Rio Grande do Sul, the state in which our subsidiaries operate in Brazil, adopted transfer tax changes which have increased the cost of doing business in Brazil. Also, the devaluation of the U.S. dollar against the Brazilian real has and will continue to increase the cost of our inventory and operating costs. |
| The integration of our global operations is progressing. Our U.S. processing operations have been reconfigured in time to efficiently process the current year flue-cured crop when that season begins. The integration of other processing facilities around the world is underway and good progress has been made in integrating administrative functions at both the corporate and regional levels. |
| We will continue to focus on regions of the world that are growing in market importance in an effort to improve financial results. Although we are optimistic about the longer-term effects of our restructuring plans, it is too early to finalize the benefits that facility consolidation and strategic sourcing will have on our cost structure. |
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Readers are cautioned that the statements contained herein regarding expectations for our performance are “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on current expectations of future events. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could vary materially from our expectations and projections. Risks and uncertainties include changes in the timing of anticipated shipments, changes in anticipated geographic product sourcing, political instability in sourcing locations, currency and interest rate fluctuations, shifts in the global supply and demand position for our tobacco products, and the impact of regulation and litigation on our customers. A further list and description of these risks, uncertainties and other factors can be found in our Annual Report on F orm 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or future events or developments, except as required by law. |
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Derivatives Policies: Hedging interest rate exposure using swaps and hedging foreign exchange exposure using forward contracts are specifically contemplated to manage risk in keeping with management’s policies. We may use derivative instruments, such as swaps or forwards, which are based directly or indirectly upon interest rates and currencies to manage and reduce the risks inherent in interest rate and currency fluctuations. |
We do not utilize derivatives for speculative purposes, and we do not enter into market risk sensitive instruments for trading purposes. Derivatives are transaction specific so that a specific debt instrument, contract, or invoice determines the amount, maturity, and other specifics of the hedge. |
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Foreign exchange rates:Our business is generally conducted in U.S. dollars, as is the business of the tobacco industry as a whole. However, local country operating costs, including the purchasing and processing costs for tobaccos, are subject to the effects of exchange fluctuations of the local currency against the U.S. dollar. We attempt to minimize such currency risks by matching the timing of our working capital borrowing needs against the tobacco purchasing and processing funds requirements in the currency of the country where the tobacco is grown. Also, in some cases, our sales pricing arrangements with our customers allow adjustments for the effect of currency exchange fluctuations on local purchasing and processing costs. Fluctuations in the value of foreign currencies can significantly affect our operating results. We have recognized exchange gains in our statements of income of $3.8 million and $1.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. |
Our consolidated selling, administrative and general expenses denominated in foreign currencies are subject to translation risks from currency exchange fluctuations. These foreign denominated expenses are primarily denominated in the euro, sterling and Brazilian real. The weakening U.S. dollar against the real may continue to significantly impact translated results. |
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We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports we file under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In conjunction with the filing of this amended Form 10-Q, as a result of the restatement described in Note 14 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, with assistance from other members of management, have reviewed the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and proc edures as of June 30, 2005, and, based on this re-evaluation, have determined that disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting existed at the end of the first quarter with respect to accounting for income taxes. |
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In preparing its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, the Company identified an accounting error appearing in the financial statements included in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 and filed on August 15, 2005. Management determined that the tax impact of the repatriation of foreign earnings of Standard reflected as an income tax benefit for the three months ended June 30, 2005 was overstated by $11.1 million, which resulted in the understatement of the Company’s net loss for such period by the same amount. As a result of this error, the income tax benefit, long term income tax liability, net loss and certain other items included in the financial statements as of and for the period ended June 30, 2005 have been restated. The details of the restatement are more fully described in Note 14 to the Company’s Amended Quart erly Report on Form 10-Q/A filed on November 9, 2005. The Company believes this error resulted from insufficient analysis of the tax provision calculations in connection with the implementation and reporting of tax accounting for the merger with Standard. Management has concluded that this error in calculating tax provisions in connection with the merger constitutes a material weakness in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting as defined by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or PCAOB. The PCAOB defines a material weakness in internal controls over financial reporting as “a significant deficiency, or a combination of significant deficiencies, that results in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected.” |
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In addition, as required by Rule 13a-15(d) under the Exchange Act, the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, have evaluated the Company’s internal control over financial reporting to determine whether any changes occurred during the quarter covered by this quarterly report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. |
As noted above management identified a material weakness related to accounting for income taxes which arose during the first quarter as a result of the merger with Standard. Specifically, there was insufficient review of the tax provision calculations combined with inadequate systems to determine the provision for income taxes for the combined company. Additionally, as discussed elsewhere in this report, the Company had been integrating the operations, including financial reporting systems, of Standard since the date of the merger, May 13, 2005. As part of that integration, the Company has been implementing across the combined operations the best practices of each company with respect to internal control over financial reporting. Due to the size of the operations and scope of the financial system integration, the Compan y believes these changes are reasonably likely to materially affect the Company's internal control over financial reporting. |
In addition, in connection with the material weakness in calculating tax provisions arising from the Company’s recent merger, the Company has taken and is taking the following remedial measures: |
| · The Company has hired additional experienced tax staff, including an additional senior tax manager. |
| · The Company is implementing additional controls and procedures to ensure adequate review of quarterly reports and tax accounting in particular. |
| · The Company plans to implement new software that will automate and improve controls in this area. Other than the changes outlined above, there were no changes that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the period covered by this report. |
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Item 1. Legal Proceedings |
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Since October 2001, the Directorate General for Competition (DG Comp) of the European Commission (EC) has been conducting an administrative investigation into certain tobacco buying and selling practices alleged to have occurred within the leaf tobacco industry in Spain and Italy. Our subsidiaries in Spain (Agroexpansion and World Wide Tobacco Espana) and in Italy (DIMON Italia and Transcatab, Spa) have cooperated with the DG Comp. The EC issued separate Statements of Objections (“the Statements”) relating to buying practices in Spain and Italy. The Statements alleged that the buying practices of the tobacco processors and producers in Spain and Italy constitute infringements of EC competition laws. Agroexpansion, World Wide Tobacco Espana, DIMON Italia and Transcatab, Spa each filed a response to the Statements of Objections relating to Spain and Italy respectively, and the EC conducted separate oral hearings on the Spanish and Italian matters. In respect of the Spanish investigation, on December 15, 2003, the DG Comp served on twenty entities within the Spanish leaf tobacco industry, including Alliance One and a number of our subsidiaries, including Agroexpansion and World Wide Tobacco Espana, Statements of Objections alleging certain infringements of the antitrust laws of the European Union. On October 20, 2004, the DG Comp announced that DIMON Incorporated (now Alliance One) and Agroexpansion had been assessed a fine in the amount of Euros 2.59 million which was accrued in selling, general and administrative expenses on September 30, 2004. At the same time the EC announced that it had imposed on Standard Commercial Corporation (now merged into Alliance One) and a number of its subsidiaries (now all subsidiaries of Alliance One), including World Wide Tobacco Espana, a fine of Euros 1.82 million. We accrued a charge for the full amount of the fine in t he quarter ended September 30, 2005. A number of other tobacco processors, growers and agricultural associations were assessed fines in various amounts which, including the amount assessed against our companies, total Euros 20 million. We, along with our Spanish and other involved subsidiaries, have appealed the decision of the Commission to the Court of First Instance of the European Commission for the annulment or modification of the decision; but the outcome of the appeals process as to both timing and results is uncertain. |
On March 1, 2004, the DG Comp served Statements of Objections on eleven entities within the Italian leaf tobacco industry, including Alliance One and a number of our subsidiaries, including our Italian subsidiaries, DIMON Italia and Transcatab Spa. We and our subsidiaries responded to the Statements and have cooperated in the investigations. Through the Statements, DG Comp intends to impose, where appropriate and probably in 2005, administrative penalties on the entities it determines have infringed the EC competition law. We expect to be assessed penalties in the Italian case and expect that the penalties could be material to our earnings, but believe that there may be mitigating circumstances in the investigation, including our cooperation with the DG Comp. We are unable to assess the amount of any penalties which mig ht be imposed. |
On October 27, 2004, a wrongful discharge action was filed in North Carolina state court against one of our subsidiaries, Standard Commercial Tobacco Co., Inc., by one of its former employees. We believe the claim to be without merit, have filed a response contesting its substantive allegations and intend to vigorously defend it. Although a finally adjudicated adverse result could be material, we do not anticipate an adverse determination and it is too early in the litigation process to quantify such a result. |
We recently received correspondence from a former employee alleging that his termination in connection with our merger with Standard Commercial Corporation was in retaliation for actions taken while an employee and therefore violated the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. We have investigated this allegation and believes it to be baseless. The former employee was terminated as part of the post-merger integration of Standard following a thorough integration planning and cost savings process designed and implemented with the assistance of an independent consultant. That process has resulted in the termination of numerous employees at all levels of the Company. The former employee also alleged that we have engaged in employment practices with respect to some employees located in certain foreign jurisdictions in violation of such jurisdictions’ laws and which could subject us to fines and penalties. We have reported these allegations to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors and are investigating their validity and materiality. We intend to continue our investigation and take any appropriate remedial measures. |
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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Securities and Use of Proceeds |
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Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities |
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Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
( a ) | A Special Meeting of Shareholders was held on April 1, 2005. |
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( b ) | The following directors were elected at the meeting: Robert E. Harrison, Nigel G. Howard, Mark W. Kehaya, Gilbert L. Klemann, II, B. Clyde Preslar, William S. Sheridan and Martin R. Wade, III. In addition the following directors remained in office after the meeting: C. Richard Green, Jr., Brian J. Harker, John M. Hines, Joseph L. Lanier, Jr., Albert C. Monk, III and Norman A. Scher. |
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Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders (Continued) |
( c ) | The following matters were voted upon at the meeting: |
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(1) | Proposal to approve the Plan of Merger, dated as of November 7, 2004, by and among DIMON Incorporated and Standard Commercial Corporation: |
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
| 35,829,938 | 185,122 | 519,405 | 6,386,562 |
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(2) | Proposal to change the name of DIMON Incorporated to Alliance One International, Inc. effective as of the closing of the merger: |
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
| 33,456,457 | 2,539,912 | 538,096 | 6,386,562 |
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(3) | Proposal to increase the number of authorized shares of DIMON common stock from 125 million to 250 million effective as of the closing of the merger: |
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
| 31,724,356 | 4,263,903 | 546,206 | 6,386,562 |
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(4) | Proposal to amend certain shareholder voting requirements, described in detail in the joint proxy statement/prospectus dated March 3, 2005, which changes will be reflected in the amended and restated articles of incorporation effective as of the closing of the merger: |
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
| 35,599,402 | 267,973 | 667,090 | 6,386,562 |
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(5) | Proposal to approve certain other amendments to DIMON’s articles of incorporation described in detail in the joint proxy statement/prospectus dated March 3, 2005, which changes will be reflected in the amended and restated articles of incorporation effective as of the closing of the merger: |
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
| 35,479,901 | 280,268 | 774,296 | 6,386,562 |
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(6) | The election of seven nominees for director to serve as directors from the closing of the merger until the expiration of their terms or until their successors are elected and qualified. Each nominee received the following votes: |
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Item 6. Exhibits (Continued) |
(a) | | Exhibits (Continued) | |
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3.2 | | Amended and Restated Bylaws of Alliance One International, Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 19, 2005, and incorporated by reference herein). | |
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4.1 | | Second Supplemental Indenture related to the 9 5/8% Notes, dated as of March 22, 2005, between DIMON Incorporated and SunTrust Bank, as trustee, supplementing and amending the Indenture, dated October 30, 2001, between DIMON Incorporated and SunTrust Bank, as trustee, as previously amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2004 (previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 16, 2005, and incorporated by reference herein). | |
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4.2 | | Second Supplemental Indenture related to the 7 3/4% Notes, dated as of March 22, 2005, between DIMON Incorporated and SunTrust Bank, as trustee, supplementing and amending the Indenture, dated May 30, 2003, between DIMON Incorporated and SunTrust Bank, as trustee, as previously amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2004 (previously filed as 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 16, 2005, and incorporated by reference herein). | |
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4.3 | | Supplemental Indenture related to the Standard Notes, dated as of March 22, 2005, among Standard Commercial Corporation, Standard Commercial Tobacco Co., Inc., as guarantor, and SunTrust Bank, as trustee, supplementing and amending the Indenture, dated April 2, 2004, among Standard Commercial Corporation, Standard Commercial Tobacco Co., Inc., as guarantor, and SunTrust Bank, as trustee (previously filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 16, 2005, and incorporated by reference herein). | |
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4.4 | | Indenture, dated May 13, 2005, governing the 11% Senior Notes due 2012 (previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 19, 2005, and incorporated by reference herein). | |
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4.5 | | Indenture, dated May 13, 2005, governing the 12 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 (previously filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 19, 2005, and incorporated by reference herein). | |
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4.6 | | Specimen of Alliance One International, Inc. Common Stock Certificate (previously filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed June 3, 2005, and incorporated by reference herein). | |
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10.1 | | Purchase Agreement between Alliance One International, Inc., formerly known as DIMON Incorporated, and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and ING Bank N.V., London Branch, dated May 10, 2005 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 16, 2005, and incorporated by reference herein). | |
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10.2 | | Credit Agreement, dated May 13, 2005, among Alliance One International, Inc. and Intabex Netherlands B.V. as Borrowers, DIMON International AG, as a Guarantor, the Lenders from time to time parties thereto, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, ING Bank N.V., London Branch, as Syndication Agent and ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, and Societe Generale, as Documentation Agents (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 19, 2005, and incorporated by reference herein). | |
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10.3 | | Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 13, 2005 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 19, 2005, and incorporated by reference herein). | |
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31.01 | | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith). | |
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31.02 | | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith). | |
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32 | | Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith). | |
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3.1 | | Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Alliance One International, Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 19, 2005, and incorporated by reference herein). | |
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3.2 | | Amended and Restated Bylaws of Alliance One International, Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 19, 2005, and incorporated by reference herein). | |
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4.1 | | Second Supplemental Indenture related to the 9 5/8% Notes, dated as of March 22, 2005, between DIMON Incorporated and SunTrust Bank, as trustee, supplementing and amending the Indenture, dated October 30, 2001, between DIMON Incorporated and SunTrust Bank, as trustee, as previously amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2004 (previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 16, 2005, and incorporated by reference herein). | |
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4.2 | | Second Supplemental Indenture related to the 7 3/4% Notes, dated as of March 22, 2005, between DIMON Incorporated and SunTrust Bank, as trustee, supplementing and amending the Indenture, dated May 30, 2003, between DIMON Incorporated and SunTrust Bank, as trustee, as previously amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 1, 2004 (previously filed as 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 16, 2005, and incorporated by reference herein). | |
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4.3 | | Supplemental Indenture related to the Standard Notes, dated as of March 22, 2005, among Standard Commercial Corporation, Standard Commercial Tobacco Co., Inc., as guarantor, and SunTrust Bank, as trustee, supplementing and amending the Indenture, dated April 2, 2004, among Standard Commercial Corporation, Standard Commercial Tobacco Co., Inc., as guarantor, and SunTrust Bank, as trustee (previously filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 16, 2005, and incorporated by reference herein). | |
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4.4 | | Indenture, dated May 13, 2005, governing the 11% Senior Notes due 2012 (previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 19, 2005, and incorporated by reference herein). | |
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4.5 | | Indenture, dated May 13, 2005, governing the 12 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 (previously filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 19, 2005, and incorporated by reference herein). | |
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4.6 | | Specimen of Alliance One International, Inc. Common Stock Certificate (previously filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed June 3, 2005, and incorporated by reference herein). | |
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10.1 | | Purchase Agreement between Alliance One International, Inc., formerly known as DIMON Incorporated, and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and ING Bank N.V., London Branch, dated May 10, 2005 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 16, 2005, and incorporated by reference herein). | |
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10.2 | | Credit Agreement, dated May 13, 2005, among Alliance One International, Inc. and Intabex Netherlands B.V. as Borrowers, DIMON International AG, as a Guarantor, the Lenders from time to time parties thereto, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, ING Bank N.V., London Branch, as Syndication Agent and ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, and Societe Generale, as Documentation Agents (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 19, 2005, and incorporated by reference herein). | |
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10.3 | | Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 13, 2005 (previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 19, 2005, and incorporated by reference herein). | |
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31.01 | | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith). | 33 |
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31.02 | | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith). | 34 |
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32 | | Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith). | 35 |
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