13G Filing: Axar Capital and Alliance One International Inc. (AOI)

(a)

Name of Issuer

Alliance One International, Inc.

(b)

Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices

8001 Aerial Center Parkway, Post Office Box 2009 Morrisville , NC 27560-2009

(a)

Name of Person Filing

Pursuant to Regulation 13D-G of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”), the following persons (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”) hereby file this Schedule 13G Statement to report the shares of Common Stock held on behalf of each of Axar Master Fund, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company, and a separately managed account: Axar Capital Management, LP a Delaware limited partnership; Axar GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; and Andrew Axelrod.  Axar Capital Management, LP serves as investment advisor to each of Axar Master Fund, Ltd. and the separately managed account.  Axar GP, LLC is the sole general partner of Axar Capital Management, LP.  Andrew Axelrod is the sole member of Axar GP, LLC and is the managing partner, portfolio manager and majority control person of Axar Capital Management, LP.  In such capacities, the Reporting Persons may, pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Act, be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares of Common Stock reported herein.  The Reporting Persons are filing this statement jointly, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Act. Neither the fact of this filing nor anything contained herein shall be deemed to be an admission by any of the Reporting Persons that they constitute a “group.”

(b)

Address of the Principal Office or, if none, residence

1330 Avenue of the Americas, 30th Floor, New York, NY  10019

(c)

Citizenship

Axar Capital Management, LP is a Delaware limited partnership.

Axar GP, LLC is a Delaware limited liability company.

Andrew Axelrod is a citizen of the United States of America.

(d)

Title of Class of Securities

Common Stock, no par value.

(e)

CUSIP Number

018772301

An investment adviser in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E).

A parent holding company or control person in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G).