EXHIBIT 12.1
Penn Virginia Corporation and Subsidiaries
Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges Calculation
Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Earnings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pre-tax income | $ | 11,953 | $ | 18,834 | $ | 59,230 | $ | 54,271 | $ | 29,705 | $ | 42,019 | |||||||||||||
Fixed charges | 2,435 | 3,718 | 8,363 | 4,058 | 4,068 | 6,070 | |||||||||||||||||||
Total Earnings | $ | 14,388 | $ | 22,552 | $ | 67,593 | $ | 58,329 | $ | 33,773 | $ | 48,089 | |||||||||||||
Fixed Charges | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | $ | 2,017 | $ | 3,298 | $ | 7,926 | $ | 3,596 | $ | 3,125 | $ | 5,308 | |||||||||||||
Rental Interest Factor | 418 | 420 | 437 | 462 | 943 | 762 | |||||||||||||||||||
Total Fixed Charges | $ | 2,435 | $ | 3,718 | $ | 8,363 | $ | 4,058 | $ | 4,068 | $ | 6,070 | |||||||||||||
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges | 5.9 | x | 6.1 | x | 8.1 | x | 14.4 | x | 8.3 | x | 7.9 | x |