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Exhibit 1
CUSIP NO. 436598 10 6
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
In accordance with Rule 13(d)-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, each of the persons named below agrees to the joint filing of
a Statement on Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto) with respect to the
common stock, par value $0.001, of Holt's Cigar Holdings, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and further agrees that this Joint Filing Agreement be included as
an exhibit to such filings provided that, as contemplated by Section
13(d)-(k)(1)(ii), no person shall be responsible for the completeness or
accuracy of the information concerning the other persons making the filing,
unless such person knows or has reason to believe that such information is
inaccurate. This Joint Filing Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
Date: November 17, 2000
/s/ Robert G. Levin
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Robert G. Levin
/s/ Carlos A. Fuente, Sr.
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Carlos A. Fuente, Sr., individually and on
behalf of Fuente Investment Partnership
/s/ Carlos P. Fuente, Jr.
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Carlos P. Fuente, Jr., individually and on
behalf of Fuente Investment Partnership
/s/ Cynthia Fuente Suarez
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Cynthia Fuente Suarez, individually and on
behalf of Fuente Investment Partnership
HCH ACQUISITION CORP.
BY: /s/ Robert G. Levin
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Robert G. Levin
President
