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86 2011 BROWN SHOE COMPANY, INC. FORM 10-K
Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Mark E. Hood, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Brown Shoe Company, Inc. (the “registrant”);
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 fi nancial statements, and other fi nancial information included in this report, fairly present
in all material respects the fi nancial condition, results of operations and cash fl ows of the registrant as of, and for, the
periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying o 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 control over fi nancial reporting, or caused such internal control 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 e ectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our
conclusions about the e 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 registrant’s most recent fi scal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fi scal quarter in the case of an annual report) that
has materially a ected, or is reasonably likely to materially a ect, the registrant’s internal control over fi nancial
reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying o 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 a 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/ Mark E. Hood
Mark E. Hood
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial O cer
Brown Shoe Company, Inc.
March 27, 2012