EXHIBIT (12)
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
| Years Ended June 30 | |||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |||||||||||
| EARNINGS, AS DEFINED |
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| Earnings from operations before income taxes and before adjustments for minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries and after eliminating undistributed earnings of equity method investees |
$ | 15,372 | $ | 15,674 | $ | 14,299 | $ | 12,087 | $ | 9,512 | |||||
| Fixed charges (excluding capitalized interest) |
1,567 | 1,604 | 1,428 | 1,242 | 924 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL EARNINGS, AS DEFINED |
$ | 16,939 | $ | 17,278 | $ | 15,727 | $ | 13,329 | $ | 10,436 | |||||
| FIXED CHARGES, AS DEFINED |
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| Interest expense (including capitalized interest) |
$ | 1,431 | $ | 1,546 | $ | 1,374 | $ | 1,153 | $ | 869 | |||||
| 1/3 of rental expense |
177 | 137 | 124 | 122 | 90 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL FIXED CHARGES, AS DEFINED |
$ | 1,608 | $ | 1,683 | $ | 1,498 | $ | 1,275 | $ | 959 | |||||
| RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES |
10.5x | 10.3x | 10.5x | 10.5x | 10.9x | ||||||||||