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Exhibit 12
Ball Corporation and Subsidiaries
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
($ in millions) | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | |||||||||||||||
Earnings before taxes | $ | 364.5 | $ | 446.9 | $ | 363.6 | $ | 445.9 | $ | 323.5 | ||||||||||
Plus: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expensed and capitalized | 155.8 | 142.5 | 121.7 | 105.8 | 144.2 | |||||||||||||||
Interest expense within rent | 28.3 | 27.7 | 25.6 | 24.8 | 22.6 | |||||||||||||||
Amortization of capitalized interest | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | |||||||||||||||
Distributed income of equity investees | 12.9 | 6.0 | 11.6 | 8.4 | 4.5 | |||||||||||||||
Less: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interest capitalized | (6.4 | ) | (8.1 | ) | (5.3 | ) | (2.1 | ) | (3.1 | ) | ||||||||||
Adjusted earnings | $ | 558.2 | $ | 634.1 | $ | 520.1 | $ | 584.6 | $ | 493.6 | ||||||||||
Fixed charges (a) | 184.1 | 170.2 | 147.3 | 130.6 | 166.8 | |||||||||||||||
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges | 3.0 | x | 3.6 | x | 3.5 | x | 4.5 | x | 3.0 | x |
(a) | Fixed charges include interest expensed and capitalized as well as interest expense within rent. |
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