Exhibit 12.1
DDR Corp.
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
(Amounts in Thousands)
Year Ended December 31, | Quarter Ended March 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2016 | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pretax income (loss) from continuing operations | $ | 35,166 | $ | 24,571 | $ | 26,022 | $ | (64,024 | ) | $ | 62,980 | $ | 46,331 | $ | (53,805 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Fixed charges: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense including amortization of deferred costs and capitalized interest | $ | 236,716 | $ | 242,614 | $ | 255,744 | $ | 248,399 | $ | 220,648 | $ | 59,141 | $ | 52,225 | ||||||||||||||
Appropriate portion of rentals representative of the interest factor | 1,405 | 1,338 | 1,278 | 1,151 | 943 | 274 | 125 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Total fixed charges | $ | 238,121 | $ | 243,952 | $ | 257,022 | $ | 249,550 | $ | 221,591 | $ | 59,415 | $ | 52,350 | ||||||||||||||
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Capitalized interest during the period | (13,327 | ) | (8,789 | ) | (8,678 | ) | (6,672 | ) | (3,059 | ) | (1,244 | ) | (398 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Amortization of capitalized interest during the period | 8,722 | 9,015 | 9,304 | 9,526 | 9,628 | 2,392 | 2,410 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Equity Company Adjustments | (35,250 | ) | (6,819 | ) | (10,989 | ) | 3,135 | (15,699 | ) | (14,421 | ) | 1,665 | ||||||||||||||||
Equity Company Adjustments Distributed Income | 13,165 | 15,116 | 10,749 | 8,382 | 8,210 | 1,724 | 1,806 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Earnings before income taxes and fixed charges | $ | 246,597 | $ | 277,046 | $ | 283,430 | $ | 199,897 | $ | 283,651 | $ | 94,197 | $ | 4,028 | ||||||||||||||
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | (a | ) | 1.3 | 1.6 | (b | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
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(a) | Due to the pretax loss from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2015, the ratio coverage was less than 1:1. We would have needed to generate additional earnings of $49.7 million to achieve a coverage of 1:1. The pretax loss from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2015 included consolidated impairment charges of $279.0 million and impairment charges of joint venture investments of $1.9 million, which together aggregated $280.9 million that are discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016. |
(b) | Due to the pretax loss from continuing operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2017, the ratio coverage was less than 1:1. We would have needed to generate additional earnings of $48.3 million to achieve a coverage of 1:1. The pretax loss from continuing operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2017, included consolidated impairment charges of $22.0 million and a reserve of preferred equity interests of $76.0 million, which together aggregated $98.0 million that are discussed in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2017. |