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INTL FCSTONE INC.Form10K E-5
EXHIBIT 31.1 Section 302 Certifi cation
I, Sean M. O’Connor, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form10-K of
INTLFCStoneInc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this 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
report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the nancial statements, and other
nancial information included in this report, fairly present
in all material respects the nancial condition, results of
operations and cash fl ows of the registrant as of, and for,
the periods presented in this report;
4. e registrant’s other certifying offi cer and I are responsible
for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defi ned in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) and internal control over fi nancial reporting (as
defi ned in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d - 15(f))
for the registrant 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 registrant, including its
consolidated 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 controls over fi nancial reporting,
or caused such internal controls over fi nancial reporting
to be designed under our supervision, to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of fi nancial
reporting and the preparation of fi nancial statements
for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles;
(c)
Evaluated the eff ectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report
our conclusions about the eff ectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s
internal control over fi nancial reporting that occurred
during the most recent fi scal quarter that has materially
aff ected, or is reasonably likely to materially aff ect, the
registrant’s internal control over fi nancial reporting;
and
5. e registrant’s other certifying offi cer and I have disclosed,
based on our most recent evaluation of internal control
over fi nancial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and
the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors
(or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a)
All signifi cant defi ciencies and material weaknesses in
the design or operation of internal control over fi nancial
reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely aff ect
the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize
and report fi nancial information; and
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a signifi cant
role in the registrant’s internal control over fi nancial
reporting.
/S/ SEAN M. O’CONNOR
Sean M. O’Connor
Chief Executive Offi cer
Date: December14,2011