Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Alliance One International, Inc. (the "Company") announced today that Thomas G. Reynolds has resigned as Vice President-Controller (and principal accounting officer) of the Company, effective as of June 30, 2008. The Company is grateful to Mr. Reynolds for his many years of dedicated service to the Company and its predecessors and wishes him well in his future endeavors.

The Company also announced the appointment of Hampton R. Poole as Vice President-Controller (and principal accounting officer), effective July 1, 2008. Mr. Poole, age 56, previously served as the Assistant Vice President - Assistant Controller & SOX 404 Manager of the Company since May 2005 when Standard Commercial Corporation ("Standard") merged with DIMON Incorporated to form the Company. Prior to that, Mr. Poole served as Vice President-Finance and Controller and in various other positions at Standard from 1984 to May 2005. Mr. Poole is a graduate of Appalachian State University with a B.S.B.A in Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant.

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