COMP. OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
Published on August 7, 2003
Exhibit 12.1
Deluxe Corporation
Computation of
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
| Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
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| Earnings: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Income from continuing operations before |
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| income taxes | $ | 153,050 | $ | 340,722 | $ | 297,534 | $ | 273,429 | $ | 322,582 | $ | 256,305 | ||||||||
Interest expense (excluding capitalized interest) |
9,272 | 5,079 | 5,691 | 11,900 | 8,852 | 8,672 | ||||||||||||||
Portion of rent expense under long-term |
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| operating leases representative of an interest factor | 1,272 | 3,058 | 3,540 | 3,520 | 7,728 | 8,859 | ||||||||||||||
Total earnings |
$ | 163,594 | $ | 348,859 | $ | 306,765 | $ | 288,849 | $ | 339,162 | $ | 273,836 | ||||||||
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Fixed charges: |
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Interest expense (including capitalized interest) |
$ | 9,272 | $ | 5,139 | $ | 5,691 | $ | 11,900 | $ | 9,925 | $ | 10,063 | ||||||||
Portion of rent expense under long-term |
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| operating leases representative of an interest factor | 1,272 | 3,058 | 3,540 | 3,520 | 7,728 | 8,859 | ||||||||||||||
Total fixed charges |
$ | 10,544 | $ | 8,197 | $ | 9,231 | $ | 15,420 | $ | 17,653 | $ | 18,922 | ||||||||
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges |
15.5 | 42.6 | 33.2 | 18.7 | 19.2 | 14.5 | ||||||||||||||