Exhibit 12. Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
| Dollars in millions | Years ended December 31, 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | |||||||||||||||
| Earnings available for fixed charges | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes and cumulative effect of accounting changes |
$7,000.3 | $ | 6,487.0 | $ | 6,158.0 | $ | 3,572.1 | (1) | $ | 4,154.4 | ||||||||||
| Noncontrolling interest expense in operating results of majority-owned subsidiaries, including fixed charges related to redeemable preferred stock, less equity in undistributed operating results of less than 50%-owned affiliates |
10.4 | 7.5 | 10.7 | 7.2 | 5.5 | |||||||||||||||
| Income tax provision (benefit) of 50%-owned affiliates included in income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes |
28.7 | 47.7 | 30.0 | 22.4 | 5.9 | |||||||||||||||
| Portion of rent charges (after reduction for rental income from subleased properties) considered to be representative of interest factors* |
315.4 | 302.8 | 321.3 | 312.8 | 304.0 | |||||||||||||||
| Interest expense, amortization of debt discount and issuance costs, and depreciation of capitalized interest* |
479.1 | 504.5 | 556.8 | 442.7 | 437.4 | |||||||||||||||
| $7,833.9 | $ | 7,349.5 | $ | 7,076.8 | $ | 4,357.2 | $ | 4,907.2 | ||||||||||||
| Fixed charges |
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| Portion of rent charges (after reduction for rental income from subleased properties) considered to be representative of interest factors* |
$315.4 | $ | 302.8 | $ | 321.3 | $ | 312.8 | $ | 304.0 | |||||||||||
| Interest expense, amortization of debt discount and issuance costs, and fixed charges related to redeemable preferred stock* |
461.5 | 486.9 | 539.7 | 425.9 | 418.4 | |||||||||||||||
| Capitalized interest* |
12.0 | 11.9 | 12.5 | 7.0 | 5.5 | |||||||||||||||
| $788.9 | $ | 801.6 | $ | 873.5 | $ | 745.7 | $ | 727.9 | ||||||||||||
| Ratio of earnings to fixed charges |
9.93 | 9.17 | 8.10 | 5.84 | 6.74 | |||||||||||||||
| * | Includes amounts of the Company and its majority-owned subsidiaries, and one-half of the amounts of 50%-owned affiliates. The Company records interest expense on unrecognized tax benefits in the provision for income taxes. This interest is not included in the computation of fixed charges. |
| (1) | Includes pretax charges of $1.7 billion primarily related to impairment in connection with the Company’s Latin America developmental license transaction. |
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