EX-12.1 2 d507587dex121.htm EX-12.1 EX-12.1

Exhibit 12.1

United Continental Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiary Companies

Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

and Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividend Requirements

 

(In millions, except ratios)    Three Months
Ended
March  31, 2013		     2012     2011     2010     2009     2008  

Earnings (losses):

             

Earnings (loss) before income taxes & adjustments for minority interest

    $ (425 )    $ (723 )    $ 846      $ 255      $ (667 )    $ (5,419 ) 

Add (deduct):

             

Fixed charges, from below

      416        1,526        2,017        1,292        949        910   

Amortization of capitalized interest

      2        9        7        5        3        2   

Distributed earnings of affiliates

      —          —          1        2        2        2   

Interest capitalized

      (11 )      (37 )      (32 )      (15 )      (10 )      (20 ) 

Equity earnings in affiliates

      —          (4 )      (6 )      (4 )      (4 )      (6 ) 

Minority interest

      (1 )      (1 )      (1 )      (2 )      (1 )      (2 ) 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

Earnings (loss) as adjusted

    $ (19 )    $ 770      $ 2,832      $ 1,533      $ 272      $ (4,533 ) 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

Fixed charges:

             

Interest expensed and capitalized and amortization of premiums, debt discounts, issuance costs, and capital expenditures (a)

    $ 201      $ 835      $ 949      $ 798      $ 577      $ 571   

Portion of rental expense representative of the interest factor

      215        691        1,068        494        372        339   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

Fixed charges, as above

      416        1,526        2,017        1,292        949        910   

Preferred stock dividend requirements (pre-tax) (b)

      —          —          —          —          —          3   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

Fixed charges including preferred stock dividends

    $ 416      $ 1,526      $ 2,017      $ 1,292      $ 949      $ 913   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

      (c )      (d )      1.40        1.19        (e )      (f ) 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  
            

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and preferred stock dividends

      N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        (f ) 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

 

(a) Amortization of debt discounts includes amortization of fresh-start valuation discounts.
(b) Dividends were adjusted using the effective tax rate for each applicable year.
(c) Earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges by $435 million in the first three months of 2013.
(d) Earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges by $756 million in 2012.
(e) Earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges by $677 million in 2009.
(f) Earnings were inadequate to cover both fixed charges and fixed charges and preferred stock and dividend requirements by $5.4 billion in 2008.
N/A Not applicable, as there were no preferred stock dividends in this period.