Exhibit 12.1
GRAHAM PACKAGING HOLDINGS COMPANY
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
| Year Ended December 31, | Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In thousands, except ratio data) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes(1) | $ | (37,687 | ) | $ | (92,309 | ) | $ | (183,323 | ) | $ | (34,379 | ) | $ | 51,609 | $ | 64,422 | $ | 30,823 | ||||||||||
Plus fixed charges: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | 184,995 | 205,405 | 206,017 | 180,278 | 176,897 | 76,911 | 87,275 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Capitalized interest | 6,070 | 9,482 | 5,715 | 3,933 | 3,399 | 1,727 | 2,093 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Portion of rent expense representative of interest expense | 16,197 | 17,912 | 18,343 | 17,343 | 16,767 | 8,243 | 8,293 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Plus income from equity investee | — | — | — | — | (4 | ) | — | (40 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Plus amortization of capitalized interest | 1,464 | 2,254 | 2,777 | 2,663 | 2,830 | 1,333 | 1,414 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Less capitalized interest | (6,070 | ) | (9,482 | ) | (5,715 | ) | (3,933 | ) | (3,399 | ) | (1,727 | ) | (2,093 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Adjusted earnings | $ | 164,969 | $ | 133,262 | $ | 43,814 | $ | 165,905 | $ | 248,099 | $ | 150,910 | $ | 127,765 | ||||||||||||||
Fixed charges | $ | 207,262 | $ | 232,799 | $ | 230,075 | $ | 201,554 | $ | 197,063 | $ | 86,881 | $ | 97,661 | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges | — | — | — | — | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Deficiency of earnings to cover fixed charges | $ | 42,293 | $ | 99,537 | $ | 186,261 | $ | 35,649 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Amounts disclosed for 2005 are impacted by $0.7 million of noncontrolling interests. |