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Exhibit 12.1

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.

Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

(Dollars in millions)

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Year Ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2018

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

Earnings:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes

 

$

(43.9

)

 

$

(524.6

)

Add (deduct):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed charges

 

 

41.7

 

 

 

175.1

 

Capitalization of interest, net of amortization

 

 

(0.3

)

 

 

0.1

 

Earnings available for fixed charges (a)

 

$

(2.5

)

 

$

(349.4

)

Fixed charges:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

$

28.5

 

 

$

126.8

 

Capitalized interest and tax interest

 

 

0.8

 

 

 

2.9

 

One third of rental expense (1)

 

 

12.4

 

 

 

45.4

 

Total fixed charges (b)

 

$

41.7

 

 

$

175.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (a/b) (2)

 

 

(0.06

)

 

 

(2.00

)

 

(1)

Considered to be representative of interest factor in rental expense.

(2)

The Company incurred a loss before income taxes for the quarter ended March 31, 2018 and for the year ended December 31, 2017. As a result, our earnings were insufficient to cover our fixed charges by approximately $44.2 million and $524.5 million, respectively.