EX-12.1 2 a2139830zex-12_1.htm EXHIBIT 12.1

 

EXHIBIT 12.1

 

 

B&G Foods Holdings Corp.
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

(Dollar Amounts in Thousands, Except Ratios)

 

 

Year

Ended

January 1,

2000



Year

Ended

December 30,

2000



Year
Ended December 29, 2001

 

Year

Ended

December 28,

2002

 

Year
Ended

January 3,

2004

 

Thirteen Weeks

Ended

April 13, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before income tax expense and extraordinary item


4,682

 


274

 


10,027

 


24,505

 


24,687

 

8,656

Add:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

28,397

 

34,230

 

27,875

 

23,940

 

26,535

 

7,170

Amortization of deferred financing costs

1,477

 

1,843

 

1,972

 

2,686

 

4,670

 

642

Portion of rents representative of the interest factor


758

 


1,133

 


1,039

 

 

986

 


1,054

 

276

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income as adjusted

35,314

 

37,480

 

40,913

 

52,117

 

56,946

 

16,744

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed charges:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

28,397

 

34,230

 

27,875

 

23,940

 

26,535

 

7,170

Amortization of deferred financing costs

1,477

 

1,843

 

1,972

 

2,686

 

4,670

 

642

Portion of rents representative of the interest factor


758

 


1,133

 


1,039

 


986

 


1,054

 

276

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed charges

30,632

 

37,206

 

30,886

 

27,612

 

32,259

 

8,088

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

1.15

 

1.01

 

1.32

 

1.89

 

1.77

 

2.07