LAMAR MEDIA CORP/DE - FORM 10-Q - EX-12.(A) - STATEMENT REGARDING COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES FOR THE COMPANY - August 8, 2012

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EX-12.(B) - STATEMENT REGARDING COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES FOR LAMAR MEDIA - LAMAR MEDIA CORP/DEd364572dex12b.htm

Exhibit 12(a)

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES(1)

The following table sets forth Lamar Advertising’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the periods indicated.

 

     YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,      JUNE 30,  

(dollars in thousands)

    2007      2008      2009(2)     2010(2)     2011      2012(2)     2011(2)  

Net income (loss)

    $ 40,982       $ 2,162       $ (58,038 )    $ (40,102 )    $ 8,550       $ (8,894 )    $ (1,814 ) 

Income tax expense (benefit)

      33,901         9,349         (36,101 )      (23,469 )      6,623         (9,252 )      (4 ) 

Fixed charges

      232,691         242,877         268,441        254,098        239,842         113,712        121,574   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

  

Earnings

      307,574         254,388         174,302        190,527        255,015         95,566        119,756   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

  

Interest expense, net

      166,003         169,150         196,520        185,681        170,524         78,424        86,844   

Rents under leases representative of an interest factor (1/3)

      66,323         73,362         71,556        68,052        68,953         35,106        34,548   

Preferred dividends

      365         365         365        365        365         182        182   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

  

Fixed charges

      232,691         242,877         268,441        254,098        239,842         113,712        121,574   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

  

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

      1.3x         1.0x         0.6x        0.7x        1.1x         0.8x        1.0x   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

  

 

(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 expense, 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 six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $63.6 million and $94.1 million and $18.1 million and $1.8 million, respectively.

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