Exhibit 12
The Williams Companies, Inc.
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||
(Dollars in millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Earnings: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Income from continuing operations before income taxes and cumulative effect of change in accounting principles | $ | 2,221 | $ | 1,461 | $ | 598 | $ | 800 | $ | 320 | ||||||||||
Less: Equity earnings, excluding proportionate share from 50% owned investees and unconsolidated majority-owned investee | (61 | ) | (60 | ) | (99 | ) | (66 | ) | (50 | ) | ||||||||||
Income from continuing operations before income taxes and cumulative effect of change in accounting principles and equity earnings | 2,160 | 1,401 | 499 | 734 | 270 | |||||||||||||||
Add: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fixed charges: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interest accrued, including proportionate share from 50% owned investees and unconsolidated majority-owned investee (a) | 675 | 709 | 694 | 680 | 822 | |||||||||||||||
Rental expense representative of interest factor | 21 | 22 | 16 | 19 | 18 | |||||||||||||||
Total fixed charges | 696 | 731 | 710 | 699 | 840 | |||||||||||||||
Distributed income of equity-method investees, excluding proportionate share from 50% owned investees and unconsolidated majority-owned investee | 53 | 48 | 113 | 108 | 61 | |||||||||||||||
Less: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Capitalized interest | (59 | ) | (32 | ) | (17 | ) | (7 | ) | (7 | ) | ||||||||||
Total earnings as adjusted | $ | 2,850 | $ | 2,148 | $ | 1,305 | $ | 1,534 | $ | 1,164 | ||||||||||
Fixed charges | $ | 696 | $ | 731 | $ | 710 | $ | 699 | $ | 840 | ||||||||||
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges | 4.09 | 2.94 | 1.84 | 2.19 | 1.39 | |||||||||||||||
(a) | Does not include interest related to income taxes, including interest related to FIN 48 liabilities, which is included inprovision for income taxeson our Consolidated Statement of Income. See Note 5 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Exhibit 99.1. |