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Exhibit 12
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES (UNAUDITED)
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| | Fiscal Year Ended 2003
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| | Predecessor
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| | Nine Months Ended
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| | Successor Five Months Ended January 3, 2004
| | Seven Months Ended July 29, 2003
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| | October 2, 2004
| | September 27, 2003
| | Fiscal Year 2003
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| | 2003
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Earnings | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes | | $ | 48,632 | | $ | 38,824 | | $ | 11,752 | | $ | (71,266 | ) | $ | 11,750 | | $ | 64,483 | | $ | 45,115 |
Interest expense (excluding capitalized interest) | | | 70,617 | | | 71,228 | | | 95,002 | | | 67,121 | | | 32,528 | | | 68,435 | | | 79,035 |
Portion of rent expense under long-term operating leases representative of an interest factor | | | 2,342 | | | 2,443 | | | 3,290 | | | 1,127 | | | 799 | | | 1,312 | | | 1,164 |
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Total (loss) earnings | | $ | 121,591 | | $ | 112,495 | | $ | 110,044 | | $ | (3,018 | ) | $ | 45,077 | | $ | 134,230 | | $ | 125,314 |
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Fixed charges | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest expense (including capitalized interest) | | $ | 70,617 | | $ | 71,228 | | $ | 95,002 | | $ | 67,121 | | $ | 32,528 | | $ | 68,435 | | $ | 79,035 |
Portion of rent expense under long-term operating leases representative of an interest factor | | | 2,342 | | | 2,443 | | | 3,290 | | | 1,127 | | | 799 | | | 1,312 | | | 1,164 |
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Total fixed charges | | $ | 72,959 | | $ | 73,671 | | $ | 98,292 | | $ | 68,248 | | $ | 33,327 | | $ | 69,747 | | $ | 80,199 |
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges | | | 1.7 | | | 1.5 | | | 1.1 | | | (0.0) | (1) | | 1.4 | | | 1.9 | | | 1.6 |
- (1)
- Earnings did not cover fixed charges by $71.3 million.
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES (UNAUDITED)
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| | Combined JIHC
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Dollars in thousands
| | Successor Nine Months Ended October 2, 2004
| | Successor Two Months Ended September 27, 2004
| | Successor Five Months Ended January 2, 2004
| | Successor Nine Months Ended October 2, 2004
| | Successor Two Months Ended September 27, 2003
| | Successor Five Months Ended January 2, 2004
| | Predecessor Seven Months Ended July 29, 2003
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Earnings | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes | | $ | (31,351 | ) | $ | (44,603 | ) | $ | (69,052 | ) | $ | (24,382 | ) | $ | (45,366 | ) | $ | (54,117 | ) | $ | 11,750 | | $ | 64,483 | | $ | 45,115 | | $ | 5,532 | | $ | 75,704 |
Interest expense (excluding capitalized interest) | | | 117,770 | | | 24,653 | | | 66,691 | | | 48,419 | | | 11,141 | | | 31,441 | | | 32,528 | | | 68,435 | | | 79,035 | | | 60,252 | | | 7,486 |
Portion of rent expense under long-term operating leases representative of an interest factor | | | 2,342 | | | 405 | | | 1,127 | | | 1,067 | | | 229 | | | 576 | | | 799 | | | 1,312 | | | 1,164 | | | 1,121 | | | 1,483 |
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Total (loss) earnings | | $ | 88,761 | | $ | 19,545 | | $ | (1,234 | ) | $ | 25,104 | | $ | (33,996 | ) | $ | (22,100 | ) | $ | 45,077 | | $ | 134,230 | | $ | 125,314 | | $ | 66,905 | | $ | 84,673 |
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Fixed charges | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest expense (including capitalized interest) | | $ | 117,770 | | $ | 24,653 | | $ | 66,691 | | $ | 48,419 | | $ | 11,141 | | $ | 31,441 | | $ | 32,528 | | $ | 68,435 | | $ | 79,035 | | $ | 60,252 | | $ | 7,887 |
Portion of rent expense under long-term operating leases representative of an interest factor | | | 2,342 | | | 405 | | | 1,127 | | | 1,067 | | | 229 | | | 576 | | | 799 | | | 1,312 | | | 1,164 | | | 1,121 | | | 1,483 |
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Total fixed charges | | $ | 120,112 | | $ | 25,058 | | $ | 67,818 | | $ | 49,486 | | $ | 11,370 | | $ | 32,017 | | $ | 33,327 | | $ | 69,747 | | $ | 80,199 | | $ | 61,373 | | $ | 9,370 |
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges | | | 0.7 | (1) | | (0.08 | )(2) | | (0.0) | (3) | | 0.5 | (4) | | (3.0) | (5) | | (0.7) | (6) | | 1.4 | | | 1.9 | | | 1.6 | | | 1.1 | | | 9.0 |
- (1)
- Earnings did not cover fixed charges by $31.4 million.
- (2)
- Earnings did not cover fixed charges by $44.6 million.
- (3)
- Earnings did not cover fixed charges by $69.1 million.
- (4)
- Earnings did not cover fixed charges by $24.4 million.
- (5)
- Earnings did not cover fixed charges by $45.4 million.
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- Earnings did not cover fixed charges by $54.1 million.
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