EXHIBIT 12



Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock

(Dollars in thousands)



|                                                      |  |                                   |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |        |  
|----------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | - | ------ |  | ---- | ------ | ---- | - | ------ |  | - | ------ | -
|                                                      |  | As of the Year Ended September 30 |       
|                                                      |  | 2006                              |        | 2005 |   | 2004   |  | 2003 |        | 2002 |  
|Income from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes |  | $                                 | 69,108 |      | $ | 63,179 |  | $    | 42,302 |      | $ | 20,633 |  | $ | 13,070 |  
|Minority Interest (Income) Expense                    |  |                                   |       |      |   |       |  |      | 43     |      |   | 12     |  |   | (316   | )
|Loss from Equity Investments                          |  |                                   |       |      |   |       |  |      |       |      |   |       |  |   | 134    |  
|Fixed Charges                                         |  |                                   | 27,069 |      |   | 23,241 |  |      | 22,115 |      |   | 16,812 |  |   | 8,824  |  
|                                                      |  |                                   |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |        |  
|Adjusted Earnings                                     |  |                                   | 96,177 |      |   | 86,420 |  |      | 64,460 |      |   | 37,457 |  |   | 21,712 |  
|                                                      |  |                                   |        |      |  
|Fixed Charges                                         |  |                                   |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |        |  
|Interest Expense                                      |  |                                   | 15,345 |      |   | 14,912 |  |      | 14,868 |      |   | 5,675  |  |   | 5,079  |  
|Rent Expense (1)                                      |  |                                   | 11,724 |      |   | 8,097  |  |      | 6,540  |      |   | 4,678  |  |   | 3,745  |  
|Preferred Stock Dividends                             |  |                                   |       |      |   | 232    |  |      | 707    |      |   | 6,459  |  |   |       |  
|                                                      |  |                                   |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |        |  
|Fixed Charges                                         |  | $                                 | 27,069 |      | $ | 23,241 |  | $    | 22,115 |      | $ | 16,812 |  | $ | 8,824  |  
|                                                      |  |                                   |        |      |  
|Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges                    |  |                                   | 2.6    |      |   | 2.7    |  |      | 1.9    |      |   | 1.2    |  |   | 1.5    |  



|1. | One-third of total rent expense is estimated by Andrew to be a conservative estimate of the interest component of rent expense.
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