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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,      MARCH 31,  

(dollars in thousands)

   2008      2009(2)     2010(2)     2011      2012      2013(2)     2012(2)  

Net income (loss)

   $ 2,162       $ (58,038   $ (40,102   $ 8,550       $ 9,821       $ (6,070   $ (22,816

Income tax expense (benefit)

     9,349         (36,101     (23,469     6,623         9,476         (4,673     (21,219

Fixed charges

     242,877         268,441        254,098        239,842         227,520         55,385        57,620   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings

     254,388         174,302        190,527        255,015         246,817         44,642        13,585   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest expense, Net

     169,150         196,520        185,681        170,524         156,762         36,672        39,856   

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

     73,362         71,556        68,052        68,953         70,393         18,622        17,673   

Preferred dividends

     365         365        365        365         365         91        91   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fixed charges

     242,877         268,441        254,098        239,842         227,520         55,385        57,620   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

     1.0x         0.6x        0.7x        1.1x         1.1x         0.8 x        0.2x   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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 three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $63.6 million and $94.1 million and $10.7 million and $44.0 million, respectively.