EX-31.2 4 sim_10qex31-2.txt EXHIBIT 31.2 RULE 13A-14(A) CERTIFICATION SIMULATIONS PLUS, INC. a California corporation CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER I, Momoko A. Beran, Chief Financial Officer of Simulations Plus, Inc., a California corporation (the "Company"), do hereby certify, in accordance with Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14, as created pursuant to Section 302(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, with respect to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB of the Company for the fiscal quarter ended February 29, 2004, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission herewith under Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), that: (1) I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB of the Company for the fiscal quarter ended February 29, 2004 (the "Quarterly Report"); (2) Based on my knowledge, this Quarterly 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 Quarterly Report; (3) Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this Quarterly 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 Quarterly Report; (4) The Company's other certifying officers 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)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f)) 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 Quarterly Report is being prepared; (b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; (c) evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this Quarterly Report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this Quarter Report based on such evaluation; and (d) disclosed in this Quarterly Report any change in the Company's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company's most recent fiscal quarter (the Company's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonable likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting; and (5) The Company's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, 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. Dated: April 12, 2004 By: /s/ Momoko A. Beran ---------------------------- Momoko A. Beran Chief Financial Officer