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EXHIBIT 31.2

THE HOLMES GROUP, INC.

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, John M. Kelliher, certify that:



|1. |  | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period
ended June 30, 2003 of The Holmes Group, Inc.                                                                                                                                                                                             
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|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;
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|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 Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
this report;                     
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|4. |  | The Registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures, as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(c) and 15d-15(e), for the Registrant and
we 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 Registrant, 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;
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| | b. |  | Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant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                                                                                          
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| | c. |  | Disclosed in this report any
change in this Registrants internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the Registrants most recent
fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrants
internal control over financial reporting.                                                                   



|5. |  | The Registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed,
based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the Registrants auditors and the Audit
Committee of Registrants Board of Directors (or persons
performing the equivalent functions):
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| | a. |  | All significant deficiencies and
material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls
over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
affect the Registrants ability to record, process, summarize
and report financial information; and
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| | b. |  | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in the
Registrants internal controls over financial reporting.                                                                                               

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| | /s/ JOHN M. KELLIHER     
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| | John M. Kelliher         
| | Senior Vice President and
| | Chief Financial Officer  

Date: August 11, 2003

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