EXHIBIT 12.1
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Mats Johansson, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of the Company;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
of the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The Company's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company
and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us
by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
which this report is being prepared;
(b) Not Applicable;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end
of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the Company's internal control
over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by
the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, the company's internal control over
financial reporting; and
5. The Company's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based
on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the company's auditors and the audit committee of the
company's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions);
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company's ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the Company's internal
control over financial reporting.
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Date: November 17, 2003
/S/ MATS A I JOHANSSON
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Mats A I Johansson, Chief Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT 12.2
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Peter Machin, Chief Accounting Office of Futuremedia PLC, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of the Company;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
of the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The Company's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company
and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
us by others within those entities, particularly during the period
in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Not Applicable;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report
based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the Company's internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during the period
covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the company's internal
control over financial reporting; and
5. The Company's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based
on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the company's auditors and the audit committee of the
company's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions);
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company's
ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
or other employees who have a significant role in the Company's
internal control over financial reporting.
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Date: November 17, 2003
/S/ PETER MACHIN
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Peter Machin, Chief Accounting Officer
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