EX-12 14 exhibit1220121231.htm COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES Exhibit 12 2012.12.31


Exhibit 12
Ally Financial Inc.

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
Year ended December 31, ($ in millions)
2012 (a)
2011 (a)
2010 (a)
2009 (a)
2008 (a)
Earnings
 
 
 
 
 
Consolidated net income (loss) from continuing operations
$
529

$
(1,002
)
$
288

$
(7,067
)
$
5,028

Income tax (benefit) expense from continuing operations
(1,284
)
51

104

29

(108
)
Equity-method investee distribution




111

Equity-method investee (earnings) losses
(1
)
(7
)
(7
)
12

552

Minority interest expense
1

1

1

1

1

Consolidated (loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes, minority interest, and income or loss from equity investees
(755
)
(957
)
386

(7,025
)
5,584

Fixed charges
4,180

5,106

5,535

5,422

7,437

Earnings available for fixed charges
$
3,425

$
4,149

$
5,921

$
(1,603
)
$
13,021

Fixed charges
 
 
 
 
 
Interest, discount, and issuance expense on debt
$
4,160

$
5,082

$
5,511

$
5,395

$
7,393

Portion of rentals representative of the interest factor
20

24

24

27

44

Total fixed charges
4,180

5,106

5,535

5,422

7,437

Preferred dividend requirements (b)
801

763

2,537

1,224


Total fixed charges and preferred dividend requirements
$
4,981

$
5,869

$
8,072

$
6,646

$
7,437

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (c)
0.82

0.81

1.07

(0.30
)
1.75

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and preferred dividend requirements (d)
0.69

0.71

0.73

(0.24
)
1.75

(a)
During 2012, 2011, 2010, and 2009, we committed to sell certain operations of our Automotive Finance operations, Insurance operations, Mortgage operations, and Commercial Finance Group. We report these businesses separately as discontinued operations in the Consolidated Financial Statements. Refer to Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion of our discontinued operations. All reported periods of the calculation of the ratio of earnings to fixed charges exclude discontinued operations.
(b)
Amount for 2010 includes a $616 million reduction to retained earnings (accumulated deficit) related to a conversion of preferred stock and related amendment that occurred on December 30, 2010.
(c)
The ratio indicates a less than one-to-one coverage for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2009. Earnings available to for fixed charges for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2009 were inadequate to cover fixed charges. The deficient amounts for the ratio were $755 million, $957 million, and $7,025 million, for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2009, respectively.
(d)
The ratio indicates a less than one-to-one coverage for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, 2010, and 2009. Earnings available for fixed charges and preferred dividend requirements for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, 2010, and 2009 were inadequate to cover total fixed charges and preferred dividend requirements. The deficient amounts for the ratio were $1,556 million, $1,720 million, $2,151 million, and $8,249 million for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, 2010, and 2009, respectively.