| Exhibit 12. Computation of Ratios | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dollars in millions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nine Months | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ended September 30, | Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | 2014 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Earnings available for fixed charges | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - Income before provision for income taxes | $ | 4,844.9 | $ | 5,775.9 | $ | 7,372.0 | $ | 8,204.5 | $ | 8,079.0 | $ | 8,012.2 | $ | 7,000.3 | |||||||||||||
- Noncontrolling interest expense in operating results of majority-owned subsidiaries less equity in undistributed operating results of less than 50%-owned affiliates | 5.8 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 9.0 | 11.1 | 13.3 | 10.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
- Income tax provision (benefit) of 50%-owned affiliates included in income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes | 3.8 | 9.7 | (0.1 | ) | 23.8 | 64.0 | 65.5 | 28.7 | |||||||||||||||||||
- Portion of rent charges (after reduction for rental income from subleased properties) considered to be representative of interest factors* | 274.7 | 284.0 | 374.6 | 374.6 | 358.1 | 339.4 | 315.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
- Interest expense, amortization of debt discount and issuance costs, and depreciation of capitalized interest* | 479.1 | 441.6 | 596.1 | 548.9 | 550.1 | 520.5 | 479.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 5,608.3 | $ | 6,516.1 | $ | 8,348.9 | $ | 9,160.8 | $ | 9,062.3 | $ | 8,950.9 | $ | 7,833.9 | ||||||||||||||
| Fixed charges | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Portion of rent charges (after reduction for rental income from subleased properties) considered to be representative of interest factors* | $ | 274.7 | $ | 284.0 | $ | 374.6 | $ | 374.6 | $ | 358.1 | $ | 339.4 | $ | 315.4 | |||||||||||||
- Interest expense, amortization of debt discount and issuance costs* | 466.6 | 429.4 | 579.8 | 532.1 | 532.8 | 503.0 | 461.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| - Capitalized interest* | 7.2 | 11.1 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 16.1 | 14.0 | 12.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 748.5 | $ | 724.5 | $ | 969.2 | $ | 922.3 | $ | 907.0 | $ | 856.4 | $ | 788.9 | ||||||||||||||
| Ratio of earnings to fixed charges | 7.49 | 8.99 | 8.61 | 9.93 | 9.99 | 10.45 | 9.93 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| * | Includes amounts of the Company and its majority-owned subsidiaries, and one-half of the amounts of 50%-owned affiliates. The Company records interest expense on unrecognized tax benefits in the provision for income taxes. This interest is not included in the computation of fixed charges. |