EXHIBIT 99.1



                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection  with the Quarterly  Report of Acorn Holding Corp. (the "Company")
on Form 10-Q for the period  ending June 30,  2002 as filed with the  Securities
and  Exchange  Commission  on the date  hereof  (the  "Report"),  I,  Stephen A.
Ollendorff,  Chairman and Chief  Executive  Officer,  of the  Company,  certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  Section 1350,  as adopted  pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

      (1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
            15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

      (2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
            material respects, the financial condition and result of operations
            of the Company.


/s/ Stephen A. Ollendorff
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Stephen A. Ollendorff
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
August 14, 2002