Exhibit 12.1
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
| | Year Ended | | Nine Month Ended |
IFRS | | 2012 | | 2013 | | 2014 | | 2015 | | 2015 | | 2016 |
| | (in NT$ thousand) |
SPIL Consolidated Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charge | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Pre-tax income from continuing operations before adjustment for noncontrolling interest and income or loss from equity investees | | $ | 6,800,919 | | | $ | 7,534,087 | | | $ | 14,439,775 | | | $ | 10,561,230 | | | $ | 10,431,133 | | | $ | 8,244,008 | |
Add: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Fixed charges | | | 280,451 | | | | 428,174 | | | | 609,290 | | | | 728,827 | | | | 558,471 | | | | 574,230 | |
Amortization of capitalized interest | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | | | | | | |
Distributed income of equity investees | | | 5,250 | | | | 12,259 | | | | 243 | | | | - | | | | | | | | | |
Subtract: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest capitalized | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | | | | | | |
Pretax income as adjusted | | $ | 7,086,620 | | | $ | 7,974,520 | | | $ | 15,049,308 | | | $ | 11,290,057 | | | $ | 10,989,605 | | | $ | 8,818,238 | |
Fixed charges: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest expense and capitalized | | $ | 196,640 | | | $ | 270,108 | | | $ | 354,508 | | | $ | 263,868 | | | | 203,267 | | | | 183,762 | |
Amortization of debt issuance costs and discounts | | | 674 | | | | 628 | | | | 48,960 | | | | 301,582 | | | | 223,995 | | | | 232,023 | |
Estimate of the interest within rental expense (a) | | | 83,137 | | | | 157,438 | | | | 205,822 | | | | 163,377 | | | | 131,209 | | | | 158,445 | |
Total fixed charges | | $ | 280,451 | | | $ | 428,174 | | | $ | 609,290 | | | $ | 728,827 | | | $ | 558,471 | | | $ | 574,230 | |
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges | | | 25.27 | | | | 18.62 | | | | 24.70 | | | | 15.49 | | | | 19.68 | | | | 15.36 | |
(a) The estimate of the interest within rental expense was calculated by using one-third of the rental expense, which Company believes is a reasonable approximation of the interest component of rental expense.