Exhibit 31.2

 

 

I, Dan E. Malone, Executive Vice President & Chief FinancialOfficer (Principal Financial Officer), certify that:

 

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I havereviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Alamo Group Inc.;

  
  

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 onmy knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects thefinancial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant asof, and for, the periods presented in this annual report; 

  
 

4.
The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and Iare responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls andprocedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) andinternal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the registrant and have:

  
 

 a)     
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures or causedsuch disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision,to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including itsconsolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting,or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed underour supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability offinancial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for externalpurposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 c)
Evaluatedthe effectiveness of the registrant'sdisclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusionsabout the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of theend of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant'sinternal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant'smost recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the caseof an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting;and

  
 

5.
The registrant's other certifying officer(s) 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)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknessesin the design or operation of internalcontrol over financial reporting which arereasonably likely to adversely affect theregistrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financialinformation; and

 b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involvesmanagement or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant'sinternal control over financial reporting.

 

 

March  15, 2010

/s/Dan  E. Malone

 

Dan E. Malone

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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