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Filing exhibits
- 10-Q Quarterly report
- 3.1 Articles of Amendment to the Third Restated Articles of Incorporation of Ashland Inc.
- 10.1 Amendment No. 1 to Ashland Inc. Supplemental Early Retirement Plan for Certain Employees
- 10.2 Hercules Incorporated Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan
- 12 Exhibit 12 - Computation of Ratio
- 31.1 Exhibit 31.1 - Certification of JJ O'brien
- 31.2 Exhibit 31.2 - Certification of LM Chambers
- 32 Exhibit 32 - Certification of Jjo and LMC
- PDF Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ended Decemer 31, 2008 PDF Version
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EXHIBIT 12
| ASHLAND INC. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Three months ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years ended September 30 | December 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2008 | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| EARNINGS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income (loss) from continuing operations | $ | 175 | $ | 201 | $ | 183 | $ | 1,958 | $ | 311 | $ | (119 | ) | $ | 38 | |||||||||||||
| Income tax expense (benefit) | 86 | 58 | 29 | (230 | ) | 100 | (1 | ) | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | 9 | 9 | 8 | 87 | 112 | 29 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest portion of rental expense | 21 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of deferred debt expense | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 6 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Distributions less than earnings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| of unconsolidated affiliates | (10 | ) | (5 | ) | (6 | ) | (246 | ) | (260 | ) | (3 | ) | (2 | ) | ||||||||||||||
| $ | 281 | $ | 284 | $ | 232 | $ | 1,592 | $ | 285 | $ | (82 | ) | $ | 63 | ||||||||||||||
| FIXED CHARGES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | $ | 9 | $ | 9 | $ | 8 | $ | 87 | $ | 112 | $ | 29 | $ | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Interest portion of rental expense | 21 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of deferred debt expense | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 6 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Capitalized interest | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 30 | $ | 32 | $ | 29 | $ | 111 | $ | 134 | $ | 41 | $ | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES | 9.37 | 8.88 | 8.00 | 14.34 | 2.13 | (A | ) | 9.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||
(A) Deficiency Ratio - Due to the loss from continuing operations, the Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges was less than 1x. To achieve a ratio of 1x, additional total earnings of $123 million would have been required for the three months ended December 31, 2008.