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EXHIBIT 99.2

CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
(SUBSECTIONS (a) AND (b) OF SECTION 1350,
CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE)

Pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code), each of the undersigned officers of UNOVA, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (the "Company"), does hereby certify with respect to the Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 as filed with the Securities and Exhange Commission (the "10-K Report") that:

(1)

the 10-K Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)

the information contained the 10-K Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ MICHAEL E. KEANE Michael E. Keane
Chief Financial Officer

March 24, 2003

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EXHIBIT 99.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 (SUBSECTIONS (a) AND (b) OF SECTION 1350, CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE)