EX-99.(A) 3 d10360aexv99wxay.txt JOINT FILING AGREEMENT 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 Dixon 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: Raymond S. Ingelby, its manager By: /s/ James L. Boucherat -------------------------------------------- James L. Boucherat Attorney-in-Fact for Raymond S. Ingelby AVOCET INVESTMENT PARTNERS, L.P. By: Avocet Capital Management, L.P., its general partner By: Blackpool Enterprises, LLC, its general partner By: Raymond S. Ingelby, its manager By: /s/ James L. Boucherat -------------------------------------------- James L. Boucherat Attorney-in-Fact for Raymond S. Ingelby BLACKPOOL ENTERPRISES, LLC By: Raymond S. Ingelby, its manager By: /s/ James L. Boucherat -------------------------------------------- James L. Boucherat Attorney-in-Fact for Raymond S. Ingelby RAYMOND S. INGELBY By: /s/ James L. Boucherat -------------------------------------------- James L. Boucherat Attorney-in-Fact for Raymond S. Ingelby