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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,     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 

(dollars in thousands)

   2010(2)     2011     2012     2013     2014     2015     2014  

Net (loss) income

   $ (38,970   $ 6,858      $ 7,890      $ 40,139      $ 253,518      $ 100,076      $ 10,585   

Income tax (benefit) expense

     (22,746     5,542        8,242        22,841        (110,092     17,306        7,239   

Fixed charges

     254,098        239,842        227,520        221,584        182,472        89,069        94,421   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings

     192,382        252,242        243,652        284,564        325,898        206,451        112,245   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

     185,681        170,524        156,762        146,112        105,152        49,218        56,266   

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

     68,052        68,953        70,393        75,107        76,955        39,669        37,973   

Preferred dividends

     365        365        365        365        365        182        182   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fixed charges

     254,098        239,842        227,520        221,584        182,472        89,069        94,421   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

     0.8     1.1     1.1     1.3     1.8     2.3     1.2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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 (loss) income 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 year ended December 31, 2010, earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $61,716.