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Exhibit 12(a)

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES(1)

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

 

     YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,  

(dollars in thousands)

   2011      2012      2013      2014     2015  

Net income

   $ 6,858       $ 7,890       $ 40,139       $ 253,518      $ 262,570   

Income tax expense (benefit)

     5,542         8,242         22,841         (110,092     22,058   

Fixed charges

     239,842         227,520         221,584         182,472        179,881   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings

     252,242         243,652         284,564         325,898        464,509   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

     170,524         156,762         146,112         105,152        98,399   

Rents under leases representative of an interest factor

     68,953         70,393         75,107         76,955        81,117   

Preferred dividends

     365         365         365         365        365   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fixed charges

     239,842         227,520         221,584         182,472        179,881   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

     1.1x         1.1x         1.3x         1.8x        2.6x   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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 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 expense, preferred stock dividends and the component of rental expense that we believe to be representative of the interest factor for those amounts.