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COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
December 31 (millions of dollars) | 2013(a) | 2012(a) | 2011(a) | 2010(a) | 2009(a)(b) | |||||||
Earnings | ||||||||||||
Net income before adjustment for income from equity investees | 124 | 130 | 115 | 74 | 67 | |||||||
Fixed charges | 44 | 41 | 50 | 51 | 51 | |||||||
Distributed income of equity investees | 67 | 99 | 135 | 126 | 99 | |||||||
Non-controlling interests of subsidiaries that have not incurred fixed charges | (14 | ) | (13 | ) | – | – | – | |||||
Total Earnings | 221 | 257 | 300 | 251 | 217 | |||||||
Fixed Charges | ||||||||||||
Interest expensed and capitalized | 43 | 40 | 48 | 50 | 51 | |||||||
Amortization of other assets | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | |||||||
Total Fixed Charges | 44 | 41 | 50 | 51 | 51 | |||||||
Ratio of Earnings/Fixed Charges | 5.02x | 6.27x | 6.00x | 4.92x | 4.26x |
- (a)
- An additional 45 percent membership interests in each of GTN and Bison were acquired from subsidiaries of TransCanada in 2013 resulting in a 70 percent ownership in each. As a result, the acquisition was accounted for as a transaction between entities under common control, similar to a pooling of interests, whereby the assets and liabilities of GTN and Bison were recorded at TransCanada's carrying value and the Partnership's historical financial information was recast to consolidate GTN and Bison for all periods presented.
- (b)
- The acquisition of North Baja in 2009 was accounted for as a transaction between entities under common control using a method whereby the assets and liabilities of the acquired entities are recorded at TransCanada's carrying value and the Partnership's historical financial information was recast to include North Baja for all periods presented. The ratios presented reflect the recast historical financial information.
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES