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Exhibit 12.1
School Specialty, Inc.
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
(Dollars in Thousands)
| Three Months Ended July 30, 2011 |
2011 | 2010 | Fiscal Year 2009 |
2008 | 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Earnings |
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| Income/(loss) before income taxes - |
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| Continuing operations |
$ | 22,498 | $ | (428,367 | ) | $ | 44,231 | $ | 45,100 | $ | 62,855 | $ | 54,967 | |||||||||||
| Discontinued operations |
— | — | — | — | (10,230 | ) | (34,438 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Subtotal |
22,498 | (428,367 | ) | 44,231 | 45,100 | 52,625 | 20,529 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Fixed charges |
9,158 | 30,415 | 33,258 | 33,251 | 34,408 | 32,357 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of capitalized interest |
36 | 146 | 146 | 104 | 72 | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Less interest capitalized during period |
— | (172 | ) | (180 | ) | (70 | ) | (272 | ) | (336 | ) | |||||||||||||
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| $ | 31,692 | $ | (397,978 | ) | $ | 77,455 | $ | 78,385 | $ | 86,833 | $ | 52,586 | ||||||||||||
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| Fixed Charges |
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| Interest (expensed or capitalized) |
$ | 6,628 | $ | 25,538 | $ | 27,773 | $ | 28,174 | $ | 29,243 | $ | 27,875 | ||||||||||||
| Estimated portion of rent expense representative of interest |
1,282 | 2,513 | 2,872 | 3,117 | 3,206 | 3,117 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of deferred financing fees |
1,248 | 2,364 | 2,613 | 1,960 | 1,959 | 1,365 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| $ | 9,158 | $ | 30,415 | $ | 33,258 | $ | 33,251 | $ | 34,408 | $ | 32,357 | |||||||||||||
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| Ratio of earnings to fixed charges |
3.5 | (13.1 | ) (1) | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.6 | |||||||||||||||||
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| (1) | Earnings for fiscal 2011 were inadequate to cover fixed charges. The coverage deficiency was $428,000. |
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