EX-12.1 5 dex121.htm RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

EXHIBIT 12.1

IKON OFFICE SOLUTIONS, INC.
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
(dollars in thousands)

Fiscal Year Ended September 30  

 
2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
 




Earnings
     Income (loss) from continuing operations $14,005 $25,960 $33,836 $(83,050) $122,362
     Add:
        Provision for income taxes 53,791 55,873 45,555 8,863 90,751
        Fixed charges 287,383 272,439 230,375 228,365 192,021
 




           
     Earnings, as adjusted (A) 355,179 354,272 309,766 154,178 405,134
 




Fixed charges
     Other interest expense including interest on capital leases 246,892 237,521 197,901 199,816 146,117
     Estimated interest component of rental expense 40,491 34,918 32,474 28,549 27,203
     Prepayment penalties on early extiguishment of debt - - - - 18,701
 




           
     Total fixed charges (B) $287,383 $272,439 $230,375 $228,365 $192,021
 




Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
        (A) divided by (B) 1.2 (1) 1.3 (2) 1.3 (3) 0.7 (4) 2.1 (5)
 




   
   
(1) Excluding the effect of restructuring and asset impairment charges, reserve adjustments related primarily to the Company’s exit of telephony operations, gain from discontinued operations and a tax reserve adjustment related to the Company’s use of leveraged corporate owned life insurance program, the ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the fiscal year ended September 31, 2001 is 1.5.
   
(2) Excluding the effect of the gain on sale of investment, extraordinary gain from the early extinguishment of debt, shareholder litigation insurance proceeds, restructuring and asset impairment charge, and benefit from discontinued operations, the ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2000 is 1.6.
   
(3) Excluding the effect of the asset securitization gain and the shareholder litigation settlement charge, the ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1999 is 1.7.
   
(4) Excluding the effect of transformation costs and the loss from asset impairment, the ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1998 is 1.1.
   
(5) Excluding the effect of transformation costs, the ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1997 is 2.8.