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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(Dollars in thousands) | January 3, 2015 | December 28, 2013 | December 29, 2012 | December 31, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Earnings: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss before income taxes | $ | (320,890 | ) | $ | (30,986 | ) | $ | (32,762 | ) | $ | (223,223 | ) | $ | (56,462 | ) | $ | (66,054 | ) | ||||||
Plus: Fixed charges | 94,287 | 91,706 | 87,544 | 87,982 | 18,621 | 67,895 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total (loss) earnings | (226,603 | ) | 60,720 | 54,782 | (135,241 | ) | (37,841 | ) | 1,841 | |||||||||||||||
Fixed charges: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | 82,527 | 79,751 | 75,520 | 75,729 | 16,120 | 58,759 | ||||||||||||||||||
Plus: Imputed interest on operating leases | 11,760 | 11,955 | 12,024 | 12,253 | 2,501 | 9,136 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total fixed charges | $ | 94,287 | $ | 91,706 | $ | 87,544 | $ | 87,982 | $ | 18,621 | $ | 67,895 | ||||||||||||
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (1) | — | 0.66 | 0.63 | — | — | 0.03 |
(1) | For the successor years ended January 3, 2015, December 28, 2013, December 29, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the successor period October 13, 2010 to January 1, 2011 and the predecessor period January 3, 2010 to October 12, 2010 earnings were not adequate to cover fixed charges by $320.9 million, $31.0 million, $32.8 million, $223.2 million, $56.5 million, and $66.1 million, respectively. |