EXHIBIT 99.1
OMB Number 3235-0569
Expires: January 31, 2003
Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to
Exchange Act Filings
I, Peter Boneparth, President and Chief Executive Officer, state and attest that:
(1) | To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Jones Apparel Group, Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report: |
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(2) | I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee. |
(3) | In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report": |
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/s/ Peter Boneparth Peter Boneparth | Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of August 2002. /s/ Katherine Blaukopf Notary Public KATHERINE BLAUKOPF NOTARY PUBLIC, State of New York No. 01BL6024412 Qualified in New York County Commission Expires May 10, 2003 |