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

 

Twenty-Six Weeks

Ended

July 3, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before income tax expense and extraordinary item


4,682

 


274

 


10,027

 


24,505

 


24,687

 

18,021

Add:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

28,397

 

34,230

 

27,875

 

23,940

 

26,535

 

14,322

Amortization of deferred financing costs

1,477

 

1,843

 

1,972

 

2,686

 

4,670

 

1,284

Portion of rents representative of the interest factor


758

 


1,133

 


1,039

 

 

986

 


1,054

 

561

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income as adjusted

35,314

 

37,480

 

40,913

 

52,117

 

56,946

 

34,188

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed charges:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

28,397

 

34,230

 

27,875

 

23,940

 

26,535

 

14,322

Amortization of deferred financing costs

1,477

 

1,843

 

1,972

 

2,686

 

4,670

 

1,284

Portion of rents representative of the interest factor


758

 


1,133

 


1,039

 


986

 


1,054

 

561

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed charges

30,632

 

37,206

 

30,886

 

27,612

 

32,259

 

16,167

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

1.15

 

1.01

 

1.32

 

1.89

 

1.77

 

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