EXHIBIT A
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) promulgated under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the persons named below agree to the joint
filing on behalf of each of them a Schedule 13G (including amendments thereto)
with regard to the common stock of Xxxxx Ticonderoga Company, a Delaware
corporation, and further agree that this Joint Filing Agreement be included as
an Exhibit to such joint filing. In evidence thereof, the undersigned, being
duly authorized, hereby execute this Joint Filing Agreement as of November 7,
2003.
AVOCET CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.
By: Blackpool Enterprises, LLC, its general
partner
By: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, its manager
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Attorney-in-Fact for Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
AVOCET INVESTMENT PARTNERS, L.P.
By: Avocet Capital Management, L.P., its general
partner
By: Blackpool Enterprises, LLC, its general
partner
By: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, its manager
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Attorney-in-Fact for Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
BLACKPOOL ENTERPRISES, LLC
By: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, its manager
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Attorney-in-Fact for Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Attorney-in-Fact for Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
