Exhibit 12.1
TREEHOUSE FOODS, INC.
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
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| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||
| Earnings: |
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| Income (loss) before income taxes |
$ | (524.6 | ) | $ | (195.4 | ) | $ | 171.2 | $ | 136.6 | $ | 124.9 | ||||||||
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| Fixed charges |
175.1 | 154.8 | 70.1 | 62.2 | 66.9 | |||||||||||||||
| Capitalization of interest, net of amortization |
0.1 | (1.5 | ) | (0.2 | ) | (0.1 | ) | 0.4 | ||||||||||||
| Other |
— | — | — | — | 0.2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Earnings available for fixed charges (a) |
$ | (349.4 | ) | $ | (42.1 | ) | $ | 241.1 | $ | 198.7 | $ | 192.4 | ||||||||
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| Fixed charges: |
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| Interest expense |
$ | 126.8 | $ | 119.2 | $ | 45.5 | $ | 42.0 | $ | 49.3 | ||||||||||
| Capitalized interest and tax interest |
2.9 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |||||||||||||||
| One third of rental expense (1) |
45.4 | 33.1 | 24.1 | 20.0 | 17.5 | |||||||||||||||
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| Total fixed charges (b) |
$ | 175.1 | $ | 154.8 | $ | 70.1 | $ | 62.2 | $ | 66.9 | ||||||||||
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| Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (a/b) (2) |
(2.00 | ) | (0.27 | ) | 3.44 | 3.19 | 2.88 | |||||||||||||
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| (1) | Considered to be representative of interest factor in rental expense. |
| (2) | The Company incurred a loss before income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2017 and 2016. As a result, our earnings were insufficient to cover our fixed charges by approximately $524.5 million and $196.9 million, respectively. |