Form: 10-K

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

March 29, 2004

 

         

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. 1350, AS ADOPTED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, (the “Report”) of The Hillman Companies, Inc. (the “Registrant”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof; I, James P. Waters, the Chief Financial Officer of the Registrant, certify, to the best of my knowledge, that:

(1)     The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

     
(2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial conditions and results of operations of the Registrant.
         
     
  /s/ James P. Waters    
  Name:   James P. Waters   
  Date: March 26, 2004