EX-12 5 ex-12.txt COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES RATIO Exhibit 12 THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES RATIO
For the three months For the year ended March 31, December 31, ---------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- (in millions) 2005 2004 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- 1. Income from operations before income taxes, dividends on redeemable preferred securities, and cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, after-tax $ 1,538 $ 1,584 $ 4,586 $ 3,571 $ 1,540 $ 1,285 $ 3,047 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Fixed Charges: 2. Interest on indebtedness $ 84 $ 74 $ 308 $ 275 $ 278 $ 248 $ 229 3. Interest factor of annual rental expense 9 11 41 43 43 57 50 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 4. Total fixed charges (2+3) $ 93 $ 85 $ 349 $ 318 $ 321 305 279 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 5. Dividends on redeemable preferred securities of subsidiary trusts - - - 8 15 69 63 6. Total fixed charges and dividends on redeemable preferred securities (4+5) $ 93 $ 85 $ 349 $ 326 $ 336 $ 374 $ 342 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 7. Income from continuing operations before income taxes and fixed charges (1+4) $ 1,631 $ 1,669 $ 4,935 $ 3,889 $ 1,861 $ 1,590 $ 3,326 ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== 8. Ratio of earnings to fixed charges, excluding interest credited to contractholder funds (A) (B) (7/6) 17.5 X 19.6 X 14.1 X 11.9 X 5.5 X 4.3 X 9.7 ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== 9. Interest credited to contractholder funds $ 591 $ 470 $ 2,001 $ 1,846 $ 1,764 $ 1,733 $ 1,503 10. Total fixed charges including dividends on redeemable preferred securities and interest credited to contractholder funds (6+9) $ 684 $ 555 $ 2,350 $ 2,172 $ 2,100 $ 2,107 $ 1,845 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 11. Income from continuing operations before income taxes and fixed charges including interest credited to contractholder funds (1+4+9) $ 2,222 $ 2,139 $ 6,936 $ 5,735 $ 3,625 $ 3,323 $ 4,829 ========= ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== 12. Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (11/10) 3.2 X 3.9 X 3.0 X 2.6 X 1.7 X 1.6 X 2.6 ========= ======== ======== ======= ======== ======== ========= (A) The Company has authority to issue up to 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share; however, there are currently no shares outstanding and the Company does not have a preferred stock dividend obligation. Therefore, the Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends is equal to the Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges and is not disclosed separately. (B) In this presentation, interest credited to contractholder funds is excluded to promote transparency and allows users of this exhibit to quantify the impact of interest credited to contractholder funds on the ratio of earnings to fixed charges.