UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 3, 2017
Alliance One International, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant, as specified in its charter)
| Virginia | 001-13684 | 54-1746567 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission file number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
8001 Aerial Center Parkway
Morrisville, North Carolina 27560-8417
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(919) 379-4300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
J. Pieter Sikkel, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alliance One International, Inc. (the “Company”), and Joel L. Thomas, the Company’s Executive Vice President — Chief Financial Officer, will present at the Deutsche Bank Leveraged Finance Conference (the “Conference”) on October 3, 2017 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mr. Sikkel and Mr. Thomas are scheduled to speak beginning at 12:20 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. During the course of the Conference, the Company will reaffirm its prior guidance of its anticipated revenues and adjusted EBITDA for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018 as most recently stated in the Company’s press release dated August 3, 2017 furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K dated August 3, 2017. The written materials used to accompany the Company’s presentation at the Conference will be posted to the Company’s website, www.aointl.com, under the “Investor Relations” tab, prior to the commencement of the presentation.
The information in this report shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation by reference language contained therein, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: October 3, 2017
| ALLIANCE ONE INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ William L. O’Quinn, Jr. | |
| William L. O’Quinn, Jr. | ||
| Senior Vice President – Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | ||
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