EXHIBIT 12
CB RICHARD ELLIS GROUP, INC.
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED DIVIDENDS
(Dollars in thousands)
CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. |
Predecessor Company |
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Year Ended December 31, |
Period From February 20 (inception) to December 31, 2001 |
Period From January 1 to July 20, 2001 |
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2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
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Income (loss) before provision for income taxes |
$ | 356,222 | $ | 108,254 | $ | (40,980 | ) | $ | 48,833 | $ | 35,442 | $ | (32,910 | ) | ||||||
Less: Equity income from unconsolidated subsidiaries |
38,425 | 20,977 | 14,930 | 8,968 | 1,661 | 2,854 | ||||||||||||||
Add: Distributed earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries |
24,997 | 11,502 | 11,140 | 10,417 | 2,408 | 2,844 | ||||||||||||||
Fixed charges |
102,041 | 126,190 | 112,207 | 83,019 | 38,618 | 31,063 | ||||||||||||||
Total earnings (loss) before fixed charges |
$ | 444,835 | $ | 224,969 | $ | 67,437 | $ | 133,301 | $ | 74,807 | $ | (1,857 | ) | |||||||
Fixed charges: |
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Portion of rent expense representative of the interest factor (1) |
$ | 40,328 | $ | 37,035 | $ | 26,409 | $ | 22,518 | $ | 8,901 | $ | 10,760 | ||||||||
Interest expense |
54,327 | 68,080 | 72,319 | 60,501 | 29,717 | 20,303 | ||||||||||||||
Loss on extinguishment of debt |
7,386 | 21,075 | 13,479 | | | | ||||||||||||||
Total fixed charges |
$ | 102,041 | $ | 126,190 | $ | 112,207 | $ | 83,019 | $ | 38,618 | $ | 31,063 | ||||||||
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges |
4.36 | 1.78 | n/a | (2) | 1.61 | 1.94 | n/a | (3) | ||||||||||||
(1) | Represents one-third of operating lease costs, which approximates the portion that relates to the interest portion. |
(2) | The ratio of earnings to fixed charges was negative for the year ended December 31, 2003. Additional earnings of $44.8 million would be needed to have a one-to-one ratio of earnings to fixed charges. |
(3) | The ratio of earnings to fixed charges was negative for the period from January 1, 2001 to July 20, 2001. Additional earnings of $32.9 million would be needed to have a one-to-one ratio of earnings to fixed charges. |