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Exhibit 12(b)

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 indicated.

 

     YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,  

(dollars in thousands)

   2010(2)     2011      2012      2013      2014  

Net (loss) income

   $ (39,066   $ 6,920       $ 8,115       $ 40,338       $ 287,035   

Income tax (benefit) expense

     (22,490     5,838         8,353         22,977         (143,264

Fixed charges

     253,569        239,477         227,155         221,219         182,107   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings

  192,013      252,235      243,623      284,534      325,878   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

  185,517      170,524      156,762      146,112      105,152   

Rent under leases representative of an interest factor

  68,052      68,953      70,393      75,107      76,955   

Preferred dividends

  0      0      0      0      0   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fixed charges

  253,569      239,477      227,155      221,219      182,107   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

  0.8x      1.1x      1.1x      1.3x      1.8x   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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 year ended December 31, 2010, earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $61.6 million.