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Exhibit 12.1

Comcast Corporation

Statement Regarding Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividends

 

Year Ended December 31 (in millions)   2013     2012     2011     2010     2009  

Computation of Earnings:(a)

         

Pretax income from continuing operations before adjustment for noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries or income or loss from equity investees

  $  11,201     $  10,650     $ 8,242     $  6,245     $  5,170  

Fixed charges

    2,882       2,798       2,755       2,366       2,529  

Distributed income of equity investees

    120       195       311       20       48  

Less: Preference security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries

    (211     (155     (166     (173     (145

Total Earnings

  $ 13,992     $ 13,488     $  11,142     $ 8,458     $ 7,602  

Computation of Fixed charges:(a)

         

Interest expensed and capitalized

  $ 2,559      $ 2,508      $ 2,477      $ 2,134      $ 2,267   

Amortized premiums, discounts and capitalized expenses related to indebtedness

    15       13       28       22       81  

Less: preferred dividends in interest expense

    (106     (105     (104     (103     (102

Portion of rents representative of an interest factor

    203        227       188       140       138  

Preference security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries

    211        155       166       173       145  

Total Fixed Charges

  $ 2,882     $ 2,798     $ 2,755     $ 2,366     $ 2,529  

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(a)

    4.85     4.82     4.04     3.57     3.01

 

(a)  

For purposes of calculating the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings is the amount resulting from (1) adding (a) pretax income from continuing operations before adjustment for noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries or income or loss from equity investees, (b) fixed charges, (c) amortization of capitalized interest, (d) distributed income of equity investees and (e) our share of pretax losses of equity investees for which charges arising from guarantees are included in fixed charges and (2) subtracting (i) interest capitalized, (ii) preference security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries and (iii) the noncontrolling interest in pretax income of subsidiaries that have not incurred fixed charges. Fixed charges is the sum of (w) interest expensed and capitalized, (x) amortized premiums, discounts and capitalized expenses related to indebtedness, (y) an estimate of the interest within rental expense and (z) preference security dividend requirements of our consolidated subsidiaries. Preferred security dividend is the amount of pretax earnings that is required to pay the dividends on outstanding preference securities. Interest associated with our uncertain tax positions is a component of income tax expense.