NCH Marketing Services S-4 Registration of securities issued in business combination transactions

EXHIBIT 12.1

	Three-Months Ended					Year Ended
(in thousands of U.S. dollars)	March 31, 2007			March 31, 2006		Dec. 31, 2006			Dec. 31, 2005		Dec. 31, 2004		Dec. 31, 2003		Dec. 31, 2002
Fixed charges:
Interest expense	$	9,978	(1)	$	2,855	$	10,998	(1)	$	10,927	$	11,362	$	13,134	$	13,347
Portion of rent expense representative of interest		1,349			753		2,900			2,900		2,600		2,467		1,867
Total fixed charges	$	11,327		$	3,608	$	13,898		$	13,827	$	13,962	$	15,601	$	15,214
Earnings:
Income from continuing operations before tax	$	18,412		$	27,996	$	83,538		$	146,225	$	156,805	$	162,833	$	149,197
Fixed charges per above		11,327			3,608		13,898			13,827		13,962		15,601		15,214
Total earnings	$	29,739		$	31,604	$	97,436		$	160,052	$	170,767	$	178,434	$	164,411
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges		2.63			8.76		7.01			11.58		12.23		11.44		10.81

(1) Excludes interest expense for premiums and losses on swap and swaption contracts of $641 for the three-months ended March 31, 2007 and $13,751 for the year ended December 31, 2006. These contracts are unrelated to our indebtedness.