INSTRUCTIONS

                          TO REGISTERED HOLDER AND/OR
        BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY PARTICIPANT FROM BENEFICIAL OWNER
                                      OF
                              DIMON INCORPORATED
                           9 5/8% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2011

     To Registered Holder and/or Participant of the Book-Entry Transfer
Facility:

     The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Prospectus, dated
_______ __, 2001 (the "Prospectus") of DIMON Incorporated, a Virginia
corporation (the "Company"), and the accompanying Letter of Transmittal (the
"Letter of Transmittal"), that together constitute the Company's offer (the
"Exchange Offer"). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Prospectus.

     This will instruct you, the registered holder and/or book-entry transfer
facility participant, as to action to be taken by you relating to the Exchange
Offer with respect to the 9 5/8% Senior Notes due 2011 (the "Old Notes") held by
you for the account of the undersigned.

     The aggregate face amount of the Old Notes held by you for the account of
the undersigned is (fill in amount):

     $_______________ of the 9 5/8% Senior Notes due 2011

     With respect to the Exchange Offer, the undersigned hereby instructs you
(CHECK APPROPRIATE BOX):

          [_]  TO TENDER the following Old Notes held by you for the account of
               the undersigned (INSERT PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF OLD NOTES TO BE
               TENDERED, IF ANY): $________________________

          [_]  NOT TO TENDER any Old Notes held by you for the account of the
               undersigned.

     If the undersigned instructs you to tender the Old Notes held by you for
the account of the undersigned, it is understood that you are authorized (a) to
make, on behalf of the undersigned (and the undersigned, by its signature below,
hereby makes to you), the representations and warranties contained in the Letter
of Transmittal that are to be made with respect to the undersigned as a
beneficial owner, including but not limited to the representations that (i) the
undersigned's principal residence is in the state of _______________ (FILL IN
STATE), (ii) the undersigned is acquiring the Exchange Notes in the ordinary
course of business of the undersigned, (iii) the undersigned is not
participating, does not participate, and has no arrangement or understanding
with any person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes, (iv)
the undersigned acknowledges that any person participating in the Exchange Offer
for the purpose of distributing the Exchange Notes must comply with the
registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act"), in connection with a secondary resale
transaction of the Exchange Notes acquired by such person and cannot rely on the
position of the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission set forth in no-
action letters that are discussed in the section of the Prospectus entitled "The
Exchange Offer -- Resale of the Exchange Notes," and (v) the undersigned is not
an "affiliate," as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, of the Company;
(b) to agree, on behalf of the undersigned, as set forth in the Letter of
Transmittal; and (c) to take such other action as necessary under the Prospectus
or the Letter of Transmittal to effect the valid tender of such Old Notes.

          [_]  Check this box if the Beneficial Owner of the Old Notes is a
               Participating Broker-Dealer and such Participating Broker-Dealer
               acquired the Old Notes for its own account as a result of market-
               making activities or other trading activities.


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                                   SIGN HERE


Name of beneficial owner(s): __________________________________________________

Signature(s): _________________________________________________________________

Name (please print): __________________________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________________________________

         ______________________________________________________________________

         ______________________________________________________________________

Telephone number: _____________________________________________________________

Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number: ____________________________

Date: _________________________________________________________________________

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