EX-12.1 4 dex121.htm COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

Exhibit 12.1

EXELON CORPORATION

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

Historical

 

     Years Ended December 31,     Nine Months
Ended
September 30,
 
     2003     2004     2005     2006     2007     2008     2007  

Pre-tax income from continuing operations before adjustment for income or loss from equity investees and minority interest

   $ 1,286     $ 2,577     $ 1,895     $ 2,796     $ 4,172     $ 3,053     $ 3,270  

Plus: (Income) or loss from equity investees

     (33 )     154       134       111       106       19       89  

Less: Capitalized interest

     (22 )     (12 )     (15 )     (34 )     (46 )     (24 )     (34 )

Preference security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries

     (7 )     (4 )     (8 )     (7 )     (6 )     (5 )     (5 )
                                                        

Pre-tax income from continuing operations after adjustment for income or loss from equity investees, minority interest, capitalized interest and preference security dividend requirements

     1,224       2,715       2,006       2,866       4,226       3,043       3,320  

Fixed charges:

              

Interest expensed and capitalized, amortization of debt discount and premium on all indebtedness

     895       841       844       914       896       662       672 (a)

Interest component of rental expense (b)

     204       232       277       251       290       237       212  

Distributions on mandatorily redeemable preferred securities

     34       —         —         —         —         —         —    

Preference security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries

     7       4       8       7       6       5       5  
                                                        

Total fixed charges

     1,140       1,077       1,129       1,172       1,192       904       889  

Pre-tax income from continuing operations after adjustment for income or loss from equity investees, capitalized interest and preference security dividend requirements plus fixed charges

     2,364       3,792       3,135       4,038       5,418       3,947       4,209  

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

     2.1       3.5       2.8       3.4       4.5       4.4       4.7  

 

(a) Includes interest expense of $0 and $14 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively, and $13 million for the year ended December 31, 2007 related to uncertain income tax positions accounted for under Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, which was adopted on January 1, 2007.

 

(b) Represents one-third of rental expense relating to operating leases.

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Consolidated Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges for Exelon and NRG for the year ended December 31, 2007

 

     Exelon     NRG (c)     Pro Forma (d)     Pro Forma
Combined
 

Pre-tax income from continuing operations before adjustment for income or loss from equity investees and minority interest

   4,172     946     (125 )   4,993  

Plus: Undistributed equity in (earnings) losses of unconsolidated affiliates

   106     (33 )   —       73  

Less: Capitalized interest

   (46 )   (11 )   —       (57 )

Preference security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries

   (6 )   —       (26 )   (32 )
                        

Pre-tax income from continuing operations after adjustment for income or loss from equity investees, minority interest, capitalized interest and preference security dividend requirements

   4,226     902     (151 )   4,977  

Fixed charges:

        

Interest expensed and capitalized, amortization of debt discount and premium on all indebtedness, and amortization of debt issuance costs

   896 (a)   700     108     1,704  

Interest component of rental expense

   290 (b)   2     —       292  

Preference security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries

   6     —       26     32  
                        

Total fixed charges

   1,192     702     134     2,028  

Pre-tax income from continuing operations after adjustment for income or loss from equity investees, capitalized interest and preference security dividend requirements plus fixed charges

   5,418     1,604     (17 )   7,005  

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

   4.5     2.3       3.5  

 

(a) Includes interest expense of $13 million for the year ended December 31, 2007 related to uncertain income tax positions accounted for under Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, which was adopted on January 1, 2007.

 

(b) Represents one-third of rental expense relating to operating leases.

 

(c) Amounts obtained from NRG’s 2007 Form 10-K exhibit 12.1.

 

(d) Represents pro forma adjustments related to interest expense and preference security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries. The preference security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries was calculated by multiplying the ratio of Pro Forma Combined pre-tax income from continuing operations to Pro Forma Combined net income, by NRG’s 4% preferred stock dividend of $17 million. See Note 3 of the Notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Consolidated Financial Statements for further detail.

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Consolidated Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges for Exelon and NRG for the nine months ended September 30, 2008

 

     Exelon     NRG     Pro Forma (f)     Pro Forma
Combined
 

Pre-tax income from continuing operations before adjustment for income or loss from equity investees and minority interest

   3,053     1,324 (b)   (171 )   4,206  

Plus: Undistributed equity in (earnings) losses of unconsolidated affiliates

   19     (24 )(c)   —       (5 )

Less: Capitalized interest

   (24 )   (8 )(d)   —       (32 )

Preference security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries

   (5 )   —       (20 )   (25 )
                        

Pre-tax income from continuing operations after adjustment for income or loss from equity investees, minority interest, capitalized interest and preference security dividend requirements

   3,043     1,292     (191 )   4,144  

Fixed charges:

        

Interest expensed and capitalized, amortization of debt discount and premium on all indebtedness, and amortization of debt issuance costs

   662     513 (e)   158     1,333  

Interest component of rental expense

   237 (a)   2 (d)   —       239  

Preference security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries

   5     —       20     25  
                        

Total fixed charges

   904     515     178     1,597  

Pre-tax income from continuing operations after adjustment for income or loss from equity investees, capitalized interest and preference security dividend requirements plus fixed charges

   3,947     1,807     (13 )   5,741  

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

   4.4     3.5       3.6  

 

(a) Represents one-third of rental expense relating to operating leases.

 

(b) Amount was obtained from NRG’s statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 included in NRG’s third quarter 2008 Form 10-Q.

 

(c) For the December 31, 2007 NRG earnings to fixed charges ratio, the amount utilized for undistributed equity in (earnings) losses of unconsolidated affiliates agreed to the amount included on NRG’s December 31, 2007 cash flow statement. The amount included in this schedule was obtained from NRG’s statement of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 included in NRG’s third quarter 2008 Form 10-Q.

 

(d) For the December 31, 2007 NRG earnings to fixed charges ratio, the amounts included for capitalized interest and the interest component of rental expense are not available from publicly available information. For the purposes of determining the amounts of capitalized interest and the interest component of rental expense to include in the September 30, 2008 calculation of earnings to fixed charges ratio, Exelon has assumed that the amounts of capitalized interest and the interest component of rental expense were consistent with 2007. Based on this assumption Exelon has included $8 million and $2 million for capitalized interest and the interest component of rental expense, respectively, representing 9/12 of the amounts used for the twelve months ended December 31, 2007.

 

(e) Based on the calculation of NRG’s earnings to fixed charges for the year ended December 31, 2007, interest expense included in the calculation includes amounts in addition to the total amount of interest expense shown on the face of the income statement that are not obtainable from publicly available information. The total interest expense includes $481 million that was obtained from NRG’s statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 included in NRG’s third quarter 2008 Form 10-Q. In addition, Exelon has assumed the additional components of capitalized interest, amortization of debt discount and premium on all indebtedness, and amortization of debt issuance costs were consistent with 2007. Based on this assumption Exelon has included $32 million for these components, representing 9/12 of the amount used for the twelve months ended December 31, 2007.

 

(f) Represents pro forma adjustments related to interest expense and preference security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries. The preference security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries is calculated by multiplying the ratio of Pro Forma Combined pre-tax income from continuing operations to Pro Forma Combined net income, by NRG’s 4% preferred stock dividend of $13 million. See Note 3 of the Notes to the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Consolidated Financial Statements for further detail.