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EXHIBIT
12.01
EASTMAN
CHEMICAL COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
Computation
of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges
(Dollars
in millions)
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2009
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2008
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2007
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2006
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2005
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Earnings
from continuing operations before income taxes (1)
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$ | 226 | $ | 429 | $ | 470 | $ | 594 | $ | 763 | ||||||||||
Add:
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Interest
expense
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85 | 95 | 107 | 105 | 113 | |||||||||||||||
Appropriate
portion of rental expense (2)
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12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||
Amortization
of capitalized interest
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8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
Earnings
(loss) as adjusted
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$ | 331 | $ | 547 | $ | 604 | $ | 731 | $ | 908 | ||||||||||
Fixed
charges:
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Interest
expense
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$ | 85 | $ | 95 | $ | 107 | $ | 105 | $ | 113 | ||||||||||
Appropriate
portion of rental expense (2)
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12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||
Capitalized
interest
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14 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Total
fixed charges
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$ | 111 | $ | 122 | $ | 135 | $ | 133 | $ | 139 | ||||||||||
Ratio
of earnings to fixed charges
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3.0 | x | 4.5 | x | 4.5 | x | 5.5 | x | 6.5 | x | ||||||||||
(1)
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Because
the Company exited the PET business in the European region, results
related to sales of PET products manufactured at the Spain, the
Netherlands, and United Kingdom sites for years 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005
are presented as discontinued operations. For additional
information, see Note 17, "Discontinued Operations", to the Company's
consolidated financial statements in Part II, Item 8 of this 2009 Annual
Report on Form 10-K.
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(2)
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For
all periods presented, the interest component of rental expense is
estimated to equal one-third of such
expense.
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