| ($ IN MILLIONS) | For the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
Earnings: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Add: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Income before income taxes | $ | 210.7 | $ | 15.8 | $ | 188.1 | $ | 212.9 | $ | 158.1 | ||||||||||
Other (1) | 0.8 | 0.7 | (0.5 | ) | 0.3 | 0.1 | ||||||||||||||
| Fixed charges | 78.7 | 105.3 | 96.2 | 61.1 | 61.2 | |||||||||||||||
| Deduct: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Capitalized interest | (0.4 | ) | (0.4 | ) | (0.4 | ) | (0.4 | ) | (0.4 | ) | ||||||||||
| Earnings | $ | 289.8 | $ | 121.4 | $ | 283.4 | $ | 273.9 | $ | 219.0 | ||||||||||
Fixed Charges: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | $ | 56.4 | $ | 82.2 | $ | 70.7 | $ | 39.6 | $ | 41.5 | ||||||||||
| Portion of rent expense representative of interest factor (33%) | 21.9 | 22.7 | 25.1 | 21.1 | 19.3 | |||||||||||||||
| Capitalized interest | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |||||||||||||||
| Fixed Charges | $ | 78.7 | $ | 105.3 | $ | 96.2 | $ | 61.1 | $ | 61.2 | ||||||||||
| Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges | 3.7 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 3.6 | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Includes amortization of capitalized interest, adjustments for minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries and distributed earnings of equity method investees. |
