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Exhibit 12(b)

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES(1)

The following table sets forth Lamar Media’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the periods indicated.

 

     Years Ended December 31,     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 

(dollars in thousands)

   2009(2)     2010(2)     2011     2012     2013     2014     2013  

Net (loss) income

   $ (56,383   $ (39,066   $ 6,920      $ 8,115      $ 40,338      $ 10,702      $ 12,966   

Income tax (benefit) expense

     (36,504     (22,490     5,838        8,353        22,977        7,317        5,079   

Fixed charges

     263,011        253,569        239,477        227,155        221,219        94,239        111,593   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings

     170,124        192,013        252,235        243,623        284,534        112,258        129,638   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

     191,455        185,517        170,524        156,762        146,112        56,266        74,508   

Rent under leases representative of an interest factor (1/3)

     71,556        68,052        68,953        70,393        75,107        37,973        37,085   

Preferred dividends

     0        0        0        0        0        0        0   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fixed charges

     263,011        253,569        239,477        227,155        221,219        94,239        111,593   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

     0.6     0.8     1.1     1.1     1.3     1.2     1.2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)  The ratio of earnings to fixed charges is defined as earnings divided by fixed charges. For purposes of this ratio, earnings is defined as net (loss) income before income taxes and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle and fixed charges. Fixed charges is defined as the sum of interest expenses, preferred stock dividends and the component of rental expense that we believe to be representative of the interest factor for those amounts.
(2)  For the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $61.6 million and $92.9 million, respectively.