**Exhibit 31.2**

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# **Certification Pursuant to Rule13a-14 of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

# **as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002**

 

I, Vincent A.Chippari, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of InformationHoldings Inc. (the “Registrant”), certify that:

 

1.                                       Ihave reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30,2004 of the Registrant;

 

2.                                       Based on my knowledge, this report does not containany untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material factnecessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this report;

 

3.                                       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, andother financial information included in this report, fairly present in allmaterial respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flowsof the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.                                       TheRegistrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishingand maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Registrant and we have:

 

a)                                      designed such disclosure controls and procedures, orcaused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under oursupervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant,including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others withinthose entities, particularly during the period in which this report is beingprepared;

b)                                     evaluatedthe effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based on such evaluation; and

c)                                      disclosedin this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter thathas materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theRegistrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.                                       The Registrant’s other certifying officers and Ihave disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee ofthe Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions):

 

a)                                      allsignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation ofinternal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely toadversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize andreport financial information; and

b)                                     anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees whohave a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financialreporting.

 

 
| Date: August  9, 2004 | /s/ Vincent  A. Chippari                              |   |
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|                  | Vincent A.  Chippari                                  |
|                  | Executive  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |

 

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