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- 10-K Annual report
- 10.1 1996 Stock Option and Ltip
- 10.2 2006 Ltip
- 10.7 Directors' Charitable Award Program
- 11 Comp of Earnings Per Share
- 12 Comp of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges
- 13 2008 General &Amp; Financial Information
- 21 Subsidiaries &Amp; Affiliates
- 23 Consent of PWC
- 31.1 302 Cert - CEO
- 31.2 302 Cert - CFO
- 32 906 Cert
- 99.1 2008 CEO Cert to Nyse
- PDF Form 10-K for 2008 with Exhibits
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EXHIBIT 12 | ||||||||||||||||
CATERPILLAR INC. AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES COMPUTATION OF RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES (Millions of dollars) YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, | ||||||||||||||||
2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||||||||
Earnings (1) | $ | 4,501 | $ | 4,990 | $ | 4,890 | $ | 3,910 | $ | 2,714 | ||||||
Plus: Interest expense | 1,427 | 1,420 | 1,297 | 1,028 | 754 | |||||||||||
One-third of rental expense (2) | 133 | 119 | 105 | 85 | 74 | |||||||||||
Adjusted Earnings | 6,061 | 6,529 | 6,292 | 5,023 | 3,542 | |||||||||||
Fixed charges: | ||||||||||||||||
Interest expense (3) | 1,427 | 1,420 | 1,297 | 1,028 | 754 | |||||||||||
Capitalized interest | 27 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 8 | |||||||||||
One-third of rental expense (2) | 133 | 119 | 105 | 85 | 74 | |||||||||||
Total fixed charges | $ | 1,587 | $ | 1,554 | $ | 1,412 | $ | 1,124 | $ | 836 | ||||||
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 | |||||||||||
(1)Pretax income from continuing operations before adjustment for minority interests and equity investments' profit | ||||||||||||||||
(2)Considered to be representative of interest factor in rental expense | ||||||||||||||||
(3)Does not include interest on FIN 48 liabilities and other non-third-party indebtedness |