Exhibit 99.2




Mr. Jonathan G. Katz
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20549

STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND
CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

I, Fred G. Aanonsen, principal financial officer of Hercules Incorporated, state
and attest that:

(1)      To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports
         of Hercules Incorporated, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a
         subsequent covered report:

         -        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

         -        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":

         -        Annual Report on Form 10-K of Hercules Incorporated for the
                  fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 filed on March 29, 2002;

         -        All reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
                  definitive proxy materials of Hercules Incorporated filed with
                  the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K
                  identified above; and

         -        Any amendments to any of the foregoing.



/s/ Fred G. Aanonsen
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Fred G. Aanonsen                                     before me this 19th day of
August 19, 2002                                      August 2002.


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                                                     Notary Public


                                                     My Commission Expires:



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