Exhibit 12 UNISYS CORPORATION COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES (UNAUDITED) ($ in millions) Nine Months Ended September 30, Years Ended December 31 -------- ------------------------------------------------ 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 -------- ------ ------- ------- ---------- ---------- Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes $ 60.2 $ 14.6 $370.9 $301.3 $(1,425.6) $(456.8) Add (deduct) share of loss (income) of associated companies (13.4) 16.6 14.5 3.2 (6.5) (51.8) ------ ------ ------ ------ -------- ----- Subtotal 46.8 31.2 385.4 304.5 (1,432.1) (508.6) ------ ------ ------ ------ -------- ----- Interest expense (net of interest capitalized) 151.1 203.7 241.7 340.6 407.6 446.7 Amortization of debt issuance expenses 4.0 6.2 6.6 4.8 1.8 1.5 Portion of rental expense representative of interest 48.8 65.0 70.5 78.8 80.9 77.0 ------ ------ ------ ------ -------- ----- Total Fixed Charges 203.9 274.9 318.8 424.2 490.3 525.2 ------ ------ ------ ------ -------- ----- Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and fixed charges $250.7 $306.1 $704.2 $728.7 $(941.8) $16.6 ====== ====== ====== ====== ======== ===== Ratio of earnings to fixed charges 1.23 1.11 2.21 1.72 (a) (a) ====== ====== ====== ====== ======== ===== <FN> (a) Earnings for the years ended December 31, 1991 and 1990 were inadequate to cover fixed charges by approximately $1,432.1 million and $508.6 million respectively.