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 AKI, Inc. and AKI Holding Corp.
(collectively,  the  "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending  December 31,
2002 as filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  on the date hereof
(the  "Report"),  I,  William J. Fox,  Chief  Executive  Officer of the Company,
certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  ss. 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 results of  operation of the
Company.


/s/ William J. Fox
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William J. Fox
Chief Executive Officer
February 12, 2003