Exhibit 12.1
Associated Materials, LLC
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
Successor | Predecessor | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years Ended | October 13, 2010 to January 1, 2011 | January 3, 2010 to October 12, 2010 | Years Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||
(dollars in thousands) | December 29, 2012 | December 31, 2011 | January 2, 2010 | January 3, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Earnings: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | $ | (32,762 | ) | $ | (223,223 | ) | $ | (56,462 | ) | $ | (66,054 | ) | $ | 23,048 | $ | (23,335 | ) | |||||||
Plus: Fixed charges | 87,544 | 87,982 | 18,621 | 67,895 | 88,812 | 93,727 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total earnings (loss) | 54,782 | (135,241 | ) | (37,841 | ) | 1,841 | 111,860 | 70,392 | ||||||||||||||||
Fixed charges: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | 75,520 | 75,729 | 16,120 | 58,759 | 77,352 | 82,567 | ||||||||||||||||||
Plus: Imputed interest on operating leases | 12,024 | 12,253 | 2,501 | 9,136 | 11,460 | 11,160 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total fixed charges | $ | 87,544 | $ | 87,982 | $ | 18,621 | $ | 67,895 | $ | 88,812 | $ | 93,727 | ||||||||||||
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (1) | 0.63 | — | — | 0.03 | 1.26 | 0.75 |
(1) | For the successor years ended December 29, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the successor period October 13, 2010 to January 1, 2011, the predecessor period January 3, 2010 to October 12,2010 and the predecessor year ended January 3, 2009 earnings were not adequate to cover fixed charges by $32.8 million, $223.2 million, $56.5 million, $66.1 million and $23.3 million, respectively. |