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Exhibit 12

LifeCare Holdings, Inc.

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

($ in Thousands)

 

     Predecessor
Period (C)
    Successor
Period
          Successor Periods
     Period
from
January 1
through
August 10,
2005
    Period from
August 11
through
December 31,
2005
    Pro Forma
Predecessor and
Successor Combined
Period from January 1
through December 31,
2005
     
            
           Year Ended December 31 
            
            
           2006     2007     2008     2009

Earnings adjusted for fixed charges:

              

Pre-tax income (loss)

   $ (18,327   $ (71,144   $ (49,706   $ (37,119   $ (60,705   $ (19,670   $ 3,748

Add

              

Fixed charges

     8,041        16,166        37,086        40,504        44,063        46,872        39,881

Less

              

Preferred stock dividend requirements (A)

     (2,430     —          —          —          —          —          —  
                                                      

Pre-tax income (loss) before fixed charges and less preferred stock dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries

   $ (12,716   $ (54,978   $ (12,620   $ 3,385      $ (16,642   $ 27,202      $ 43,629
                                                      

Fixed charges:

              

Interest expense

   $ 1,918      $ 13,990      $ 31,217      $ 34,538      $ 36,914      $ 38,431      $ 31,456

Interest portion of rent expense

     3,693        2,176        5,869        5,966        7,149        8,441        8,425

Preferred stock dividend requirements (A)

     2,430        —          —          —          —          —          —  
                                                      

Total fixed charges

   $ 8,041      $ 16,166      $ 37,086      $ 40,504      $ 44,063      $ 46,872      $ 39,881
                                                      

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

     (B     (B     (B     (B     (B     (B     1.1
                                                      

 

(A) The preferred stock dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries is included in fixed charges (i.e. the denominator of the ratio calculation) but excluded from the numerator of the ratio calculation because such amount was not deducted in arriving at the pre-tax income (loss) from continuing operations, as defined. The preferred stock obligations associated with these dividends were repaid in connection with the Transactions.
(B) In the period from January 1 through August 10, 2005, the period from August 11 through December 31, 2005, the Pro Forma year ended December 31, 2005, and the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2007 the ratio coverage ratio was less than 1:1. The Company would have had to generate additional earnings as summarized below for each of these periods to have achieved a coverage ratio of 1:1.
(C) The Company’s operations for periods prior to the Merger are referred to as the “Predecessor” periods, while the Company’s operations for periods following the Merger are referred to as the “Successor” periods.

 

     Additional
Earnings

Predecessor Periods

  

Period from January 1 through August 10, 2005

   $ 20,757

Successor Period:

  

Period from August 11 through December 31, 2005

     71,144

Pro Forma Period Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2005

     49,706

Year Ended December 31, 2006

     37,119

Year Ended December 31, 2007

     60,705

Year Ended December 31, 2008

   $ 19,670

 

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