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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

August 19, 2003

Date of report:

DIMON INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Virginia

000-25734, 001-13684

54-1746567

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(State of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

512 Bridge Street
Danville, Virginia 24541
(Address of principal executive offices)

(434) 792-7511
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(former name of former address, if changed since last report)

DIMON Incorporated and Subsidiaries

ITEM 7.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1

Press release of DIMON Incorporated dated August 19, 2003 announcing its operating and

financial results for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003.

ITEM 12.

Results of Operations and Financial Condition

          On August 19, 2003, the registrant issued a press release announcing its operating and financial results for the year ended June 30, 2003.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.

          The information furnished in this Item 12 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific release 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: August 19, 2003

DIMON Incorporated

Registrant

By:  /s/  Thomas G. Reynolds

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Thomas G. Reynolds
Vice President – Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.

Description

Page No.

99.1

Press Release, dated August 19, 2003..……..

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