Exhibit 12.1

Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

(Dollars in millions, except ratios)

	Year Ended November 30,
	2010		2009		2008			2007			2006
Pre-tax income (loss) from continuing operations	$	18.5	$	27.9	$	(2.0	)	$	(6.9	)	$	3.3
Adjustment for (income) loss from equity investees		—		—		(.2	)		(1.2	)		(2.3	)
Pre-tax income (loss) from continuing operations before adjustment for minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries or income or loss from equity investees	$	18.5	$	27.9	$	(2.2	)	$	(8.1	)	$	1.0
Distributed income equity investees		—		—		—			—			.5
Less: Capitalized interest		—		—		—			—			—
Amortization of interest previously capitalized		—		—		—			—			—
Adjusted pre-tax income (loss) from continuing operations before adjustment for minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries or income or loss from equity investees	$	18.5	$	27.9	$	(2.2	)	$	(8.1	)	$	1.5
Fixed Charges:
Interest expense	$	8.0	$	7.5	$	12.3		$	15.7		$	20.3
Interest capitalized during the period		—		—		—			—			—
Amortization of debt issuance costs		.7		.6		.7			.8			1.0
Imputed interest portion of rent expense		1.3		1.3		1.6			1.5			1.8
Total Fixed Charges	$	10.0	$	9.4	$	14.6		$	24.4		$	23.1
Pre-tax income (loss) from continuing operations before adjustment for minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries or income or loss from equity investees plus fixed charges	$	28.5	$	37.3	$	12.4		$	9.9		$	24.6
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges (a)		2.8		4.0		—			—			1.1

^(a) For 2007 and 2008, the ratio was less than 1.0x and was deficient by $8.1 million and $2.2 million, respectively.