EX-12 11 dex12.htm STATEMENT OF COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

Exhibit 12

 

LOEWS CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENT

FIXED CHARGES RATIOS

 

     Year Ended
02/28/2001


    Year Ended
02/28/2002


    One Month
Ended
03/31/2002


    Period from
04/01/2002
12/31/2002


    Year
Ended
12/31/2003


    Seven Months
Ended
07/31/2004


    Five Months
Ended
12/31/2004


 

Fixed Charges:

                                                        

Interest expense, net

   $ 98,601     $ 60,866     $ 3,914     $ 30,613     $ 35,262     $ 16,663     $ 36,005  

Add back:

                                                        

Interest income

     2,905       1,894       317       2,878       4,479       2,888       1,857  

Interest capitalized

     1,329       1,807       0       493       42       107       138  

Amortization of premiums, discounts and capitalized expenses related to indebtedness

       —       —           —         —         —       6,856 (2)     882 (2)

Estimated interest portion of rental expense(1)

     37,983       32,736       2,739       24,090       33,528       19,767       14,157  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


Total fixed charges

   $ 140,818     $ 97,303     $ 6,970     $ 58,074     $ 73,311     $ 46,281     $ 53,039  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


Pre-tax income/(loss) from continuing operations before adjustments for minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries or income or loss from equity investees

     ($416,422 )     ($183,602 )     ($103 )   $ 21,890     $ 39,492     $ 26,499       ($27,540 )

Add:

                                                        

Fixed charges

     140,818       97,303       6,970       58,074       73,311       46,281       53,039  

Amortization of capitalized interest

     374       547       0       4       18       12       11  

Less:

                                                        

Interest capitalized

     1,329       1,807       0       493       42       107       138  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


Total Earnings

     ($276,559 )     ($87,559 )   $ 6,867     $ 79,475     $ 112,779     $ 72,685     $ 25,372  
    


 


 


 


 


 


 


Ratio

     *       *       *       1.37       1.54       1.57       *  

 

The ratio of earnings to fixed charges represents the number of times fixed charges are covered by earnings. For purposes of computing this ratio, earnings consist of earnings/(loss) from continuing operations before income taxes, plus fixed charges (excluding capitalized interest), amortization of capitalized interest, and undistributed equity in losses of joint ventures. Fixed charges consist of interest expense, interest capitalized and one-third of base rent expense on operating leases, estimated by the Company to be representative of the interest factor attributable to such rent expense.

 

(1) - Used one-third of base rent expense

 

* - Due to the registrants losses for the years ended February 28, 2001 and 2002, the one month ended March 31, 2002 and the five months ended December 31, 2004, the ratio coverage was less than 1:1. The registrant must generate additional earnings of $417,377, $184,852, $103 and $27,687 for the year ended February 28, 2001, the year ended February 28, 2002, the one month ended March 31, 2002 and the five months ended December 31, 2004, respectively, to achieve a ratio of 1:1 for those periods.

 

(2) - Write-off of the remaining deferred financing fee on our then existing term and priority secured notes that were paid off in conjunction with our sale and the write-off of deferred financing fees on the then existing Mexican debt which was refinanced in August 2004.