8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
August 8, 2002
DATE OF REPORT
(DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)
ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)                             DELAWARE                                                         2-55860                                            36-0700810
          (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION                            (COMMISSION FILE NO.)                                (IRS EMPLOYER
                    OF INCORPORATION)                                                                                                           IDENTIFICATION NO.) 2200 KENSINGTON COURT, OAKBROOK, ILLINOIS 60523
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES, INCLUDING ZIP CODE) (630)-990-6600
(REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE

ITEM 9.        Regulation FD Disclosure

On August 8, 2002, in accordance with Order No. 4-460 and pursuant to Section 21(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, sworn statements were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of Ace Hardware Corporation. Copies of each written statement are furnished as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 to this report.

SIGNATURE

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

ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION

/s/ Rita D. Kahle
Rita D. Kahle
Executive Vice President

(Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer, and duly authorized
Officer of the registrant)

DATE:    August 8, 2002

Exhibit Index

Exhibit (99.1): Statement Under Oath of Chief Executive Officer dated August 8, 2002

Exhibit (99.2): Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer dated August 8, 2002

EX-99.1 CHARTER

Exhibit 99.1

August 8, 2002


Securities and Exchange Commission
Jonathan G. Katz, Secretary
450 Fifth Street
Washington, DC 20549


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

I, David F. Hodnik, state and attest that:

(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Ace
      Hardware Corporation, 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 and
     Finance 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":

• Form 10-K of Ace Hardware Corporation for the 2001 fiscal year ended December 29, 2001 filed with the Commission;
  
  

• all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Ace Hardware Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and
  
  

• any amendments to any of the foregoing.
  
  
  
  
  
  
                                                                           Subscribed and sworn to before me
                                                                           this 8th day of August 2002.

                                                                                                          

/s/ David F. Hodnik
David F. Hodnik                                                           Sheri Cooper
President and Chief Executive Officer                            Notary Public
August 8, 2002

                                                                           My Commission Expires: April 4, 2005

EX-99.2 BYLAWS

Exhibit 99.2

August 8, 2002


Securities and Exchange Commission
Jonathan G. Katz, Secretary
450 Fifth Street
Washington, DC 20549


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

I, Rita D. Kahle, state and attest that:

(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Ace
     Hardware Corporation, 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 and Finance
     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":

• Form 10-K of Ace Hardware Corporation for the 2001 fiscal year ended December 29, 2001 filed with the Commission;
  
  
• all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Ace Hardware Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and
  
  
• any amendments to any of the foregoing

                                                                                    Subscribed and sworn to before me
                                                                                    this 8th day of August 2002.

/s/ Rita D. Kahle
Rita D. Kahle                                                                Sheri Cooper
Executive Vice President                                               Notary Public
(Principal Financial Accounting Officer)
August 8, 2002

                                                                           My Commission Expires: April 4, 2005