EX-12.1 2 c15655exv12w1.htm STATEMENT RE: COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES exv12w1
Exhibit 12.1
EXHIBIT 12.1 — STATEMENT RE: COMPUTATION OF RATIO
OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
AND RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES
LIBERTY PROPERTY TRUST / LIBERTY PROPERTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
(Amounts in thousands except ratio amounts)
         
    Three months  
    ended March 31,  
    2011  
 
       
Earnings before fixed charges:
       
Income before allocation of noncontrolling interest and income from investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries
  $ 34,591  
Add: Interest expense
    33,272  
Depreciation expense on cap’d interest
    421  
Amortization of deferred financing costs
    1,506  
 
     
 
       
Earnings before fixed charges
  $ 69,790  
 
     
 
       
Fixed charges:
       
Interest expense
  $ 33,272  
Amortization of deferred financing charges
    1,506  
Capitalized interest
    472  
 
     
 
       
Fixed charges
    35,250  
 
     
 
       
Preferred share distributions
     
Preferred unit distributions
    5,253  
 
     
 
       
Combined fixed charges
  $ 40,503  
 
     
 
       
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
    1.98  
 
     
 
       
Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges
    1.72