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5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
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 significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which
are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information;
and
b
)
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s
internal control over financial reporting.
Dated: March 1, 2006
By
:
/s/R
OBERT
J. S
IMMONS
Robert J. Simmons
Chief Financial Officer
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
The certification set forth below is being submitted in connection with this annual report on Form 10-K of E*TRADE Financial
Corporation (the “Annual Report”) for the purpose of complying with Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
Mitchell H. Caplan, the Chief Executive Officer and Robert J. Simmons, the Chief Financial Officer of E*TRADE Financial Corporation,
each certifies that, to the best of their knowledge:
1
.
the Annual Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; and
2
.
the information contained in the Annual Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of
operations of E*TRADE Financial Corporation.
Dated: March 1, 2006
/
S
/M
ITCHELL
H. C
APLAN
Name: Mitchell H. Caplan
Chief Executive Officer
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