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EX-12.1 - EX-12.1 - LAMAR MEDIA CORP/DEd84586exv12w1.htm
EX-32.1 - EX-32.1 - LAMAR MEDIA CORP/DEd84586exv32w1.htm
EX-31.1 - EX-31.1 - LAMAR MEDIA CORP/DEd84586exv31w1.htm
EX-31.2 - EX-31.2 - LAMAR MEDIA CORP/DEd84586exv31w2.htm
10-Q - FORM 10-Q - LAMAR MEDIA CORP/DEd84586e10vq.htm
Exhibit 12.2
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES(1)
The following table sets forth Lamar Media’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the periods indicted.
                                                         
    YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,     SEPTEMBER 30,  
(dollars in thousands)   2006     2007     2008     2009(2)     2010(2)     2011     2010(2)  
Net income (loss)
  $ 43,279     $ 45,551     $ 10,360     $ (55,823 )   $ (40,198 )   $ 2,387     $ (32,905 )
Income tax expense (benefit)
    34,520       37,283       14,487       (36,146 )     (23,213 )     8,943       (18,820 )
Fixed charges
    171,686       224,932       230,078       263,011       253,569       180,621       192,100  
 
                                         
Earnings
    249,485       307,766       254,925       171,042       190,158       191,951       140,375  
 
                                         
Interest expense, net
    109,806       158,609       156,716       191,455       185,517       128,946       141,006  
Rent under leases representative of an interest factor (1/3)
    61,880       66,323       73,362       71,556       68,052       51,675       51,094  
Preferred dividends
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
 
                                         
Fixed Charges
    171,686       224,932       230,078       263,011       253,569       180,621       192,100  
 
                                         
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
    1.5 x   1.4 x     1.1 x     0.7 x     0.7 x     1.1 x     0.7 x
 
                                         
 
(1)   The ratio of earnings to fixed charges is defined as earnings divided by fixed charges. For purposes of this ratio, earnings is defined as net income (loss) before income taxes and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle and fixed charges. Fixed charges is defined as the sum of interest expenses, preferred stock dividends and the component of rental expense that we believe to be representative of the interest factor for those amounts.
 
(2)   For the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 and the nine months ended September 30, 2010, earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $63.4 million $92.0 million and $51.7 million, respectively.