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Exhibit 12.1

COLONY NORTHSTAR, INC.

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED DIVIDENDS

(In thousands, except ratios)

Colony NorthStar, Inc. (the “Company”) was formed through a tri-party merger (the “Merger”) among NorthStar Asset Management Group Inc., Colony Capital, Inc. (“Colony Capital”) and NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. For more information concerning the effects of the Merger, please refer to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K12B, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on January 10, 2017.

The financial information for the Company represents a continuation of the financial information of Colony Capital as the accounting acquirer in the Merger. Consequently, the following historical computation of the ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred dividends, for periods prior to January 10, 2017, represents the pre-Merger financial information of Colony Capital.

 

     Three Months
Ended March 31,
2017
    Year Ended December 31,  
       2016     2015     2014     2013     2012  

Earnings:

            

Income (loss) before income taxes before adjustment for noncontrolling interests and income from equity method investees

   $ (70,653   $ 196,133     $ 199,135     $ 83,483     $ 25,874     $ 1,633  

Add:

            

Fixed charges

     126,278       170,083       133,094       48,365       18,838       8,248  

Distributed income of equity investees

     19,633       79,361       66,418       74,948       101,874       64,839  

Subtract:

            

Noncontrolling interests in pre-tax income of consolidated subsidiaries with no fixed charges

     (22,124     (164,899     (103,018     (27,529     (17,018     (1,976
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings

   $ 53,134     $ 280,678     $ 295,629     $ 179,267     $ 129,568     $ 72,744  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividends:

            

Fixed charges:

            

Interest expense

   $ 126,278     $ 170,083     $ 133,094     $ 48,365     $ 18,838     $ 8,248  

Preferred dividends

     30,813       48,159       42,569       24,870       21,420       13,915  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Combined fixed charges and preferred dividends

   $ 157,091     $ 218,242     $ 175,663     $ 73,235     $ 40,258     $ 22,163  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividends(1)

     0.3x       1.3x       1.7x       2.4x       3.2x       3.3x  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) For the three months ended March 31, 2017, the deficiency of earnings over combined charges and preferred stock dividends was $104.0 million.


COLONY NORTHSTAR, INC.

COMPUTATION OF PRO FORMA RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED DIVIDENDS

(In thousands, except ratios)

The following pro forma computation for the year ended December 31, 2016 gives effect to the completion of the Merger and assumes the Merger had been completed on January 1, 2016 (“Merger Pro Forma”). The merger-related adjustments are presented in Exhibit 99.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 15, 2017. The pro forma computation for the Company’s offering of Series I Preferred Stock (“Offering Pro Forma”) assumes that the shares of the Company’s Series I Preferred Stock were issued on January 1, 2016 and the proceeds were used to redeem all of the shares of our Series A Preferred Stock and a portion of our Series F Preferred Stock outstanding as described in the final prospectus supplement, dated May 24, 2017, and filed with the SEC on May 26, 2017.

 

    Three Months
Ended March 31, 2017
    Year Ended December 31, 2016  
      Merger Pro Forma     Offering Pro Forma  

Earnings:

     

Income (loss) before income taxes before adjustment for noncontrolling interests and income from equity method investees

  $ (70,653   $ (151,394   $ (151,394

Add:

     

Fixed charges

    126,278       517,338       517,338  

Distributed income of equity investees

    19,633       189,634       189,634  

Subtract:

     

Noncontrolling interests in pre-tax income of consolidated subsidiaries with no fixed charges

    (22,124     (164,899     (164,899
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings

  $ 53,134     $ 390,679     $ 390,679  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Pro Forma Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividends:

     

Fixed charges:

     

Interest expense

  $ 126,278     $ 517,338     $ 517,338  

Preferred dividends

    29,977       132,397       129,051  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Combined pro forma fixed charges and preferred dividends

  $ 156,255     $ 649,735     $ 646,389  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Pro Forma Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividends

    0.3x       0.6x       0.6x  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) For the three months ended March 31, 2017, the deficiency of pro forma earnings over combined charges and preferred stock dividends was $103.1 million. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the deficiency of earnings over combined charges and preferred stock dividends for the Merger Pro Forma and Offering Pro Forma was $259.1 million and $255.7 million, respectively.