Exhibit 12.1

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

(Dollars in millions, except ratios)

	Six Months Ended May 31,		Year Ended November 30,
	2012		2011		2010		2009		2008			2007
Pre-tax income (loss) from continuing operations	$	24.0	$	30.1	$	33.3	$	28.4	$	(2.8	)	$	(10.5	)
Adjustment for (income) loss from equity investees		—		—		—		—		(.2	)		(1.2	)
Pre-tax income (loss) from continuing operations before adjustment for minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries or income or loss from equity investees	$	24.0	$	30.1	$	33.3	$	28.4	$	(3.0	)	$	(11.7	)
Distributed income equity investees		—		—		—		—		—			—
Less: Capitalized interest		—		—		—		—		—			—
Amortization of interest previously capitalized		—		—		—		—		—			—
Adjusted pre-tax income (loss) from continuing operations before adjustment for minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries or income or income or loss from equity investees	$	24.0	$	30.1	$	33.3	$	28.4	$	(3.0	)	$	(11.7	)
Fixed Charges:
Interest expense	$	17.6	$	37.3	$	8.0	$	7.5	$	12.3		$	15.7
Interest capitalized during the period		—		—		—		—		—			—
Amortization of debt issuance costs		1.4		.7		.7		.6		.7			.8
Imputed interest portion of rent expense		.7		1.4		1.3		1.3		1.6			1.5
Total Fixed Charges	$	19.7	$	39.4	$	10.0	$	9.4	$	14.6		$	18.0
Pre-tax income (loss) from continuing operations before adjustment for minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries or income or loss from equity investees plus fixed charges	$	43.7	$	69.5	$	43.3	$	37.8	$	11.6		$	6.3
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges (a)		2.2		1.8		4.3		4.0		.8			.4

^(a)  For fiscal years 2007 and 2008, the ratio was less than 1.0x and was deficient by $11.7 million and $3.0 million, respectively.