EXHIBIT (12)
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
| Amounts in millions | Years Ended June 30 | Nine Months Ended March 31 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2008 | 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| EARNINGS, AS DEFINED |
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| Earnings from operations before income taxes and before adjustments for minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries and after eliminating undistributed earnings of equity method investees |
$ | 8,646 | $ | 9,512 | $ | 12,087 | $ | 14,299 | $ | 15,674 | $ | 12,246 | $ | 12,105 | |||||||
| Fixed charges (excluding capitalized interest) |
719 | 924 | 1,242 | 1,428 | 1,604 | 1,238 | 1,156 | ||||||||||||||
| TOTAL EARNINGS, AS DEFINED |
$ | 9,365 | $ | 10,436 | $ | 13,329 | $ | 15,727 | $ | 17,278 | $ | 13,484 | $ | 13,261 | |||||||
| FIXED CHARGES, AS DEFINED |
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| Interest expense (including capitalized interest) |
$ | 629 | $ | 869 | $ | 1,153 | $ | 1,374 | $ | 1,546 | $ | 1,171 | $ | 1,083 | |||||||
| 1/3 of rental expense |
90 | 90 | 122 | 124 | 137 | 93 | 103 | ||||||||||||||
| TOTAL FIXED CHARGES, AS DEFINED |
$ | 719 | $ | 959 | $ | 1,275 | $ | 1,498 | $ | 1,683 | $ | 1,264 | $ | 1,186 | |||||||
| RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES |
13.0x | 10.9x | 10.5x | 10.5x | 10.3x | 10.7x | 11.2x | ||||||||||||||