EXHIBIT 12



Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock

(Dollars in thousands)



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|                                                                                |  | As of the Year Ended September 30 |         
|                                                                                |  | 2007                              |          |    | 2006 |   |        | 2005 |  |   | 2004   |   |  | 2003 |       
|Income (loss) from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes                    |  | $                                 | (129,122 | )  |      | $ | 69,108 |      |  | $ | 63,179 |   |  | $    | 42,302 |   |  | $ | 20,633 |  
|Minority Interest (Income) Expense                                              |  |                                   |         |    |      |   |       |      |  |   |       |   |  |      | 43     |   |  |   | 12     |  
|Loss from Equity Investments                                                    |  |                                   |         |    |      |   |       |      |  |   |       |   |  |      |       |   |  |   |       |  
|Fixed Charges                                                                   |  |                                   | 30,231   |    |      |   | 27,069 |      |  |   | 23,241 |   |  |      | 22,115 |   |  |   | 16,812 |  
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|Adjusted Earnings (loss)                                                        |  |                                   | (98,891  | )  |      |   | 96,177 |      |  |   | 86,420 |   |  |      | 64,460 |   |  |   | 37,457 |  
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|Fixed Charges                                                                   |  |                                   |          |    |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |   |  |      |        |   |  |   |        |  
|Interest Expense                                                                |  |                                   | 17,931   |    |      |   | 15,345 |      |  |   | 14,912 |   |  |      | 14,868 |   |  |   | 5,675  |  
|Rent Expense (1)                                                                |  |                                   | 12,300   |    |      |   | 11,724 |      |  |   | 8,097  |   |  |      | 6,540  |   |  |   | 4,678  |  
|Preferred Stock Dividends                                                       |  |                                   |         |    |      |   |       |      |  |   | 232    |   |  |      | 707    |   |  |   | 6,459  |  
|                                                                                |  |                                   |          |   
|Fixed Charges                                                                   |  | $                                 | 30,231   |    |      | $ | 27,069 |      |  | $ | 23,241 |   |  | $    | 22,115 |   |  | $ | 16,812 |  
|                                                                                |  |                                   |          |    |     
|Ratio of Fixed charges to Income (loss) from continuing operations before taxes |  |                                   | (23      | )% |      |   | 39     | %    |  |   | 37     | % |  |      | 52     | % |  |   | 81     | %



|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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