EX-12.2 18 a2122985zex-12_2.htm EXHIBIT 12.2

Exhibit 12.2

Vidéotron Ltée
Computation of ratio of total debt to EBITDA
(dollars in million, except for ratio of total debt to EBITDA)

 
  Year ended August 31,
  Four Months
Ended
December 31,

  Year Ended December 31,
  Nine
Months
Ended
September 30,

 
  1998
  1999
  1999
  2000
  2001
  2002
  2003
CANADIAN GAAP                                          
Total debt (excluding QMI subordinated loan)(1)   $ 764.0   $ 840.6   $ 801.5   $ 950.8   $ 1,310.2   $ 1,119.6   $ 884.1
EBITDA(2)(3)   $ 239.2   $ 223.3   $ 80.0   $ 243.4   $ 281.0   $ 265.7   $ 228.2
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ratio of total debt to EBITDA     3.2     3.8     3.3     3.9     4.7     4.2     2.9
   
 
 
 
 
 
 

US GAAP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Total debt (excluding QMI subordinated loan)(1)                           $ 1,310.2   $ 1,119.6   $ 884.1
EBITDA(2)(3)                           $ 255.8   $ 228.6   $ 199.7
                           
 
 
Ratio of total debt to EBITDA                             5.1     4.9     3.3
                           
 
 

(1)
As calcultated in note 5 to "Selected Combined Financial and Operating Data"

(2)
As defined and calculated in note 6 to "Selected Combined Financial and Operating Data"

(3)
Ratio of total debt (excluding QMI subordinated loan) to EBITDA for the four months ended December 31, 1999 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2003, is based on annualized EBITDA for the four months ended December 31, 1999 and nine months ended September 30, 2003, respectively.