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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,     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 

(dollars in thousands)

   2010(2)     2011     2012     2013     2014     2015     2014  

Net (loss) income

   $ (39,066   $ 6,920      $ 8,115      $ 40,338      $ 287,035      $ 100,253      $ 10,702   

Income tax (benefit) expense

     (22,490     5,838        8,353        22,977        (143,264     17,306        7,317   

Fixed charges

     253,569        239,477        227,155        221,219        182,107        88,887        94,239   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings

     192,013        252,235        243,623        284,534        325,878        206,446        112,258   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

     185,517        170,524        156,762        146,112        105,152        49,218        56,266   

Rent 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

     0        0        0        0        0        0        0   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fixed charges

     253,569        239,477        227,155        221,219        182,107        88,887        94,239   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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 $61,556.