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HSY » Topics » THE HERSHEY COMPANY COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES (in thousands of dollars except for ratios) (Unaudited)This excerpt taken from the HSY 10-Q filed Nov 9, 2005. THE HERSHEY
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| For the Nine Months Ended
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| October 2, 2005 |
October 3, 2004 | ||||||||||
| Earnings: | |||||||||||
| Income before income taxes | $ | 528,924 | $ | 567,057 | |||||||
| Add (deduct): | |||||||||||
| Interest on indebtedness | 64,883 | 49,729 | |||||||||
| Portion of rents representative of the | |||||||||||
| interest factor (a) | 6,186 | 7,240 | |||||||||
| Amortization of debt expense | 353 | 335 | |||||||||
| Amortization of capitalized interest | 2,340 | 2,685 | |||||||||
| Earnings as adjusted | $ | 602,686 | $ | 627,046 | |||||||
| Fixed Charges: | |||||||||||
| Interest on indebtedness | $ | 64,883 | $ | 49,729 | |||||||
| Portion of rents representative of the | |||||||||||
| interest factor (a) | 6,186 | 7,240 | |||||||||
| Amortization of debt expense | 353 | 335 | |||||||||
| Capitalized interest | -- | 2,597 | |||||||||
| Total fixed charges | $ | 71,422 | $ | 59,901 | |||||||
| Ratio of earnings to fixed charges | 8.44 | 10.47 | |||||||||
| NOTE: |
| (a) | Portion of rents representative of the interest factor consists of one-third of rental expense for operating leases. |