Exhibit 99.2
Mr. Jonathan G. Katz
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND
CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS
I, Fred G. Aanonsen, principal financial officer of Hercules Incorporated, state
and attest that:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports
of Hercules Incorporated, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a
subsequent covered report:
- No covered report contained an untrue statement of a material
fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in
the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy
materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and
- No covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of
the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case
of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of
the date on which it was filed).
(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":
- Annual Report on Form 10-K of Hercules Incorporated for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 filed on March 29, 2002;
- All reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
definitive proxy materials of Hercules Incorporated filed with
the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K
identified above; and
- Any amendments to any of the foregoing.
/s/ Fred G. Aanonsen
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Fred G. Aanonsen before me this 20th day of
August 20, 2002 August 2002.
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Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
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