EX-12.1 43 dex121.htm STATEMENT OF COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

Exhibit 12.1

SSI Investments II and Subsidiaries

Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fix Charges

(Unaudited, In thousands)

 

     Successor    Predecessor     Successor     Predecessor    Successor  
      Year Ended January 31,    February 1,
to May 25,

2010
    May 26,
(inception)
to July 31,

2010
    Six months ended
July 31,
 
      2006    2007    2008    2009    2010        2009    2010  

Net income (loss) from continuing operations

   $ 35,215    $ 24,153    $ 59,728    $ 48,877    $ 71,368    $ (10,508   $ (58,421   $ 47,455    $ (68,929

Add: Fixed Charges

     431      278      12,630      14,218      7,553      3,723        18,607        4,477      22,330   
                                                                  

Total earnings

     35,646      24,431      72,358      63,095      78,921      (6,785     (39,814     51,932      (46,599

Fixed Charges:

                        

Interest expense

     431      278      11,895      13,021      6,449      504        17,815        3,901      18,319   

Amortization of debt issuance costs

     —        —        735      1,197      1,104      3,219        765        576      3,984   

Discount amortization

     —        —        —        —        —        —          27        —        27   
                                                                  

Total fixed charges

     431      278      12,630      14,218      7,553      3,723        18,607        4,477      22,330   

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(1)

     82.7      87.9      5.7      4.4      10.4      —          —          11.6      —     

 

(1) For the period from February 1 to May 25, 2010, the period from May 26 to July 31, 2010 and for the six months ended July 31, 2010, earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by approximately $10.5 million, $58.4 million, and $68.9 million, respectively.