Exhibit 12
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
(Dollars in millions)
(Dollars in millions)
| Three Months | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 31, | Years Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Income attributable to DuPont before cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles | $ | 488 | $ | 2,007 | $ | 2,988 | $ | 3,148 | $ | 2,056 | $ | 1,780 | ||||||||||||
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | 260 | 381 | 748 | 196 | 1,470 | (329 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
| Noncontrolling interests in earnings (losses) of consolidated subsidiaries | 1 | 3 | 7 | (15 | ) | 37 | (9 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
| Adjustment for companies accounted for by the equity method | (28 | ) | 6 | 218 | 11 | (1 | ) | 99 | ||||||||||||||||
| Capitalized interest | (14 | ) | (49 | ) | (45 | ) | (37 | ) | (23 | ) | (17 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Amortization of capitalized interest | 9 | 37 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 365 | a | |||||||||||||||||
| 716 | 2,385 | 3,950 | 3,336 | 3,572 | 1,889 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fixed charges: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest and debt expense | 106 | 376 | 430 | 460 | 518 | 362 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Capitalized interest | 14 | 49 | 45 | 37 | 23 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rental expense representative of interest factor | 27 | 107 | 107 | 94 | 88 | 91 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 147 | 532 | 582 | 591 | 629 | 470 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total adjusted earnings available for payment of fixed charges | $ | 863 | $ | 2,917 | $ | 4,532 | $ | 3,927 | $ | 4,201 | $ | 2,359 | ||||||||||||
| Number of times fixed charges earned | 5.9 | 5.5 | 7.8 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 5.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| a | Includes write-off of capitalized interest associated with exiting certain businesses. |