General Cable 10-Q 2008 Q2 Quarterly report

Exhibit 12.1

GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

(in millions)

	Six Fiscal
	Months
	Ended
	June 27,			Year Ended December 31,
	2008			2007			2006			2005			2004			2003
EARNINGS, AS DEFINED
Earnings (loss) from operations before income taxes and before adjustments for minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries and after eliminating undistributed earnings of equity method investees	$	220.6		$	307.8		$	204.3		$	61.5		$	18.5		$	(1.2	)
Preferred stock dividend (pre-tax equivalent)		(0.2	)		(0.5	)		(0.5	)		(33.8	)		(9.2	)		(0.9	)
Fixed charges		33.2			52.5			43.3			76.7			49.4			53.6
TOTAL EARNINGS, AS DEFINED	$	253.6		$	359.8		$	247.1		$	104.4		$	58.7		$	51.5
FIXED CHARGES, AS DEFINED
Interest expense	$	27.7		$	43.9		$	36.9		$	36.5		$	35.0		$	45.3
Amortization of capitalized expenses related to debt		3.5			4.5			3.1			3.4			2.7			4.5
Preferred stock dividend (pre-tax equivalent)		0.2			0.5			0.5			33.8			9.2			0.9
Interest component of rent expense		1.8			3.6			2.8			3.0			2.5			2.9
TOTAL FIXED CHARGES, AS DEFINED	$	33.2		$	52.5		$	43.3		$	76.7		$	49.4		$	53.6
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES		7.6			6.9			5.7			1.4			—			—

For the year ended December 31, 2003, earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $2.1 million.