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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)    August 9, 2002

UNOVA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
1-13279
(Commission File Number)
95-4647021
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

21900 Burbank Boulevard
Woodland Hills, California
(Address of principal executive offices)
91367-7456
(Zip code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (818) 992-3000

        Total number of sequentially numbered pages in this filing, including exhibits hereto: 6

Item 9.    Regulation FD Disclosure

        On August 9, 2002, each of the Chief Executive Officer, Larry D. Brady, and Chief Financial Officer, Michael E. Keane, of UNOVA, Inc., submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") sworn statements certifying previously filed reports pursuant to Commission Order No. 4-460. Copies of these statements are attached hereto as Exhibits. The Commission has reviewed these statements and confirmed that they are in the form of Exhibit A of the Commission's order.

Item 7.    Financial Statements and Exhibits

        The following Exhibits are included herein:

Exhibit 99.1	Statement under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings
Exhibit 99.2	Statement under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

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SIGNATURE

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	UNOVA, INC.
Date:    August 15, 2002	By:	/s/  DANIEL S. BISHOP Daniel S. Bishop Secretary and General Counsel

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit	Description
99.1	Statement under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings
99.2	Statement under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

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Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits
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EX-99.1

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EXHIBIT 99.1

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

        I, Larry D. Brady, state and attest that:

(1)

To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of UNOVA, Inc. 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 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 of UNOVA, Inc.;



•

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



•

any amendments to any of the foregoing.

/s/  LARRY D. BRADY Larry D. Brady August 9, 2002
	Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of August, 2002.
	/s/   Notary Public
	My Commission Expires:

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

EX-99.2

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EXHIBIT 99.2

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

        I, Michael E. Keane, state and attest that:

(1)

To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of UNOVA, Inc. 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 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 of UNOVA, Inc.;



•

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



•

any amendments to any of the foregoing.

/s/  MICHAEL E. KEANE Michael E. Keane August 9, 2002
	Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of August, 2002.
	/s/   Notary Public
	My Commission Expires:

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