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EXHIBIT 12.1

ANIXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES (a)

 

(In Millions)                                         
     Fiscal Year Ended      Six Months Ended  
     January 1,     December 31,      December 30,      December 28,      January 3,      July 4,  
     2010 (d)     2010      2011      2012 (d)      2014      2014  

Earnings

                

Income from continuing operations

     ($41.4   $ 109.5       $ 200.7       $ 124.6       $ 200.4       $ 101.2   

Income tax provision

     39.8        70.7         102.8        84.6         95.6         42.7   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subtotal

     (1.6     180.2         303.5        209.2         296.0         143.9   

Fixed charges

                

Interest expense (b)

     66.1        53.6         50.1        59.7         47.4         21.3   

Interest component of rent expense

     19.6        19.1         20.5        20.9         20.9         10.5   

Interest on FIN 48 liabilities (c)

     0.7        0.6         0.3        2.4         0.8         0.1   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total fixed charges

     86.4        73.3         70.9        83.0         69.1         31.9   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings, as adjusted

   $ 84.8      $ 253.5       $ 374.4       $ 292.2       $ 365.1       $ 175.8   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

     0.98        3.46         5.28        3.52         5.28         5.51   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) The ratio of earnings to fixed charges should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Year End Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 2014.
(b) Includes interest on all indebtedness (including capital leases), amortization of debt discount and deferred financing fees.
(c) Interest attributable to liabilities associated with Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.
(d) The ratio of earnings to fixed charge for the fiscal year end January 1, 2010 and December 28, 2012 were impacted by goodwill and long-lived asset impairment charges of $100.0 million and $48.5 million, respectively.