EX-99 4 jcpcompany8kcertifcations.txt CERTIFICATIONS Exhibit 99.1 Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings I, Allen Questrom, state and attest that: (1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of J. C. Penney Company, Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report: o no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and o no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed). (2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee. (3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report": o Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 26, 2002 of J. C. Penney Company, Inc.; o all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of J. C. Penney Company, Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and o any amendments to any of the foregoing. /s/ Allen Questrom ---------------------------- Subscribed and sworn to Allen Questrom before me this 6 day of September, 2002. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer September 6, 2002 /s/ Joyce L. Rogers ---------------------------------- Notary Public My Commission Expires: 6/17/03 Exhibit 99.2 Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings I, Robert B. Cavanaugh, state and attest that: (1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of J. C. Penney Company, Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report: o no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and o no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed). (2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee. (3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report": o Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 26, 2002 of J. C. Penney Company, Inc.; o all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of J. C. Penney Company, Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and o any amendments to any of the foregoing. /s/ Robert B. Cavanaugh ---------------------------- Subscribed and sworn to Robert B. Cavanaugh before me this 6 day of September, 2002. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer September 6, 2002 /s/ Joyce L. Rogers ---------------------------------- Notary Public My Commission Expires:6/17/03 Exhibit 99.3 CERTIFICATION BY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 In connection with the Quarterly Report of J. C. Penney Company, Inc. ("Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending July 27, 2002, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof ("Report"), I, Allen I. Questrom, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, as required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that: (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of the operations of the Company. /s/ Allen I. Questrom ---------------------------- Allen I. Questrom Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer J. C. Penney Company, Inc. Exhibit 99.4 CERTIFICATION BY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 In connection with the Quarterly Report of J. C. Penney Company, Inc. ("Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending July 27, 2002, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof ("Report"), I, Robert B. Cavanaugh, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, certify, as required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that: (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of the operations of the Company. /s/ Robert B. Cavanaugh ---------------------------- Robert B. Cavanaugh Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer J. C. Penney Company, Inc.