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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,

 

 

Six Months Ended

June 30,

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2013

 

 

2014

 

 

2015

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Net income

 

$

40,139

 

 

$

253,518

 

 

$

262,570

 

 

$

298,809

 

 

$

317,676

 

 

$

115,483

 

 

$

134,181

 

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

 

22,841

 

 

 

(110,092

)

 

 

22,058

 

 

 

13,356

 

 

 

9,230

 

 

 

5,357

 

 

 

5,932

 

Fixed charges

 

 

221,584

 

 

 

182,472

 

 

 

179,881

 

 

 

213,820

 

 

 

221,434

 

 

 

112,556

 

 

 

109,361

 

Earnings

 

 

284,564

 

 

 

325,898

 

 

 

464,509

 

 

 

525,985

 

 

 

548,340

 

 

 

233,396

 

 

 

249,474

 

Interest expense, net

 

 

146,112

 

 

 

105,152

 

 

 

98,399

 

 

 

123,682

 

 

 

128,390

 

 

 

65,315

 

 

 

63,458

 

Rents under leases representative of an interest

   factor (1/3)

 

 

75,107

 

 

 

76,955

 

 

 

81,117

 

 

 

89,773

 

 

 

92,679

 

 

 

47,059

 

 

 

45,721

 

Preferred dividends

 

 

365

 

 

 

365

 

 

 

365

 

 

 

365

 

 

 

365

 

 

 

182

 

 

 

182

 

Fixed charges

 

 

221,584

 

 

 

182,472

 

 

 

179,881

 

 

 

213,820

 

 

 

221,434

 

 

 

112,556

 

 

 

109,361

 

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

 

1.3x

 

 

1.8x

 

 

2.6x

 

 

2.5x

 

 

2.5x

 

 

2.1x

 

 

2.3x

 

 

(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.