Attached files
Exhibit 12
TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS, INC.
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
For the Year Ended December 31,
(Dollars in thousands) |
|
2009 |
|
2008 |
|
2007 |
|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
EARNINGS: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Income before income taxes(1) |
|
$ |
387,102 |
|
$ |
153,006 |
|
$ |
685,450 |
|
$ |
323,338 |
|
$ |
1,107,135 |
|
Add (deduct): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities |
|
(90,732 |
) |
(89,812 |
) |
(91,831 |
) |
(95,170 |
) |
(68,039 |
) |
|||||
Distributions from unconsolidated entities |
|
91,587 |
|
92,335 |
|
87,404 |
|
78,248 |
|
52,624 |
|
|||||
Amortization of capitalized interest |
|
497 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries that do not have fixed charges |
|
(20,333 |
) |
(23,955 |
) |
(20,408 |
) |
(13,571 |
) |
(9,631 |
) |
|||||
|
|
368,121 |
|
131,574 |
|
660,615 |
|
292,845 |
|
1,082,089 |
|
|||||
Add fixed charges: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Consolidated interest expense (2) |
|
124,557 |
|
137,899 |
|
208,736 |
|
234,543 |
|
216,021 |
|
|||||
Interest portion
(1/3) of consolidated rent |
|
47,383 |
|
46,752 |
|
45,451 |
|
42,187 |
|
40,919 |
|
|||||
|
|
$ |
540,061 |
|
$ |
316,225 |
|
$ |
914,802 |
|
$ |
569,575 |
|
$ |
1,339,029 |
|
FIXED CHARGES: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Consolidated interest expense (2) |
|
$ |
124,557 |
|
$ |
137,899 |
|
$ |
208,736 |
|
$ |
234,543 |
|
$ |
216,021 |
|
Capitalized interest |
|
3,850 |
|
4,162 |
|
811 |
|
494 |
|
|
|
|||||
Interest portion
(1/3) of consolidated rent |
|
47,383 |
|
46,752 |
|
45,451 |
|
42,187 |
|
40,919 |
|
|||||
|
|
$ |
175,790 |
|
$ |
188,813 |
|
$ |
254,998 |
|
$ |
277,224 |
|
$ |
256,940 |
|
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES |
|
3.07 |
|
1.67 |
|
3.59 |
|
2.05 |
|
5.21 |
|
|||||
Tax-effected preferred dividends |
|
$ |
78 |
|
$ |
82 |
|
$ |
88 |
|
$ |
259 |
|
$ |
312 |
|
Fixed charges |
|
175,790 |
|
188,813 |
|
254,998 |
|
277,224 |
|
256,940 |
|
|||||
Fixed charges and preferred dividends |
|
$ |
175,868 |
|
$ |
188,895 |
|
$ |
255,086 |
|
$ |
277,483 |
|
$ |
257,252 |
|
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED DIVIDENDS |
|
3.07 |
|
1.67 |
|
3.59 |
|
2.05 |
|
5.21 |
|
(1) Includes non-cash charges related to losses on impairment as follows: 2009: $14.0 million; 2008: $414.4 million; 2007: $24.9 million.
Includes gain (loss) on investments and financial instruments as follows: 2008: $31.6 million; 2007: $81.4 million; 2006: $(137.7) million; 2005: $727.5 million.
(2) Interest expense on income tax contingencies is not included in fixed charges.