Exhibit 99.5


                      ATALANTA/SOSNOFF CAPITAL CORPORATION

                            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 Annual Report of Atalanta/Sosnoff Capital Corporation
(the "Company") on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Martin T. Sosnoff, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. (section)1350, as adopted pursuant to
ss.906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

    (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/ Martin T. Sosnoff
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Martin T. Sosnoff, Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer
March 20, 2003

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