**Exhibit 12.1**

 

**Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earningsto Fixed Charges**

 
| ** **                              | ** ** | **2001**           | ** ** | **2002**           | ** ** | **2003**           | ** ** | **2004**           | ** ** | **2005**   | ** ** |
|-----------------------------------------|------------|--------------------|------------|--------------------|------------|--------------------|------------|--------------------|------------|------------|------------|
| ** **                              | ** ** | **(as  restated)** | ** ** | **(as  restated)** | ** ** | **(as  restated)** | ** ** | **(as  restated)** | ** ** | ** ** | ** ** |
| ** **                              | ** ** | ** **         | ** ** | ** **         | ** ** | **(in thousands)** | ** ** | ** **         | ** ** | ** ** | ** ** |
| **Earnings**                            |       |               |       |               |       |               |       |               |       |       |       |
| Income From Continuing Operations *     |       | 92,533             |       | 105,882            |       | 104,958            |       | 115,347            |       | 141,789    |       |
| Fixed Charges                           |       | 68,217             |       | 73,381             |       | 93,294             |       | 80,695             |       | 93,414     |       |
| Distributed Income of Equity Investment |       | 40,800             |       | 30,938             |       | 28,003             |       | 47,213             |       | 37,085     |       |
| Capitalized Interest                    |       | (4,000             | )          | (4,345             | )          | (5,290             | )          | (4,227             | )          | (6,759     | )          |
| Total Earnings                          |       | 197,550            |       | 205,856            |       | 220,965            |       | 239,028            |       | 265,529    |       |
|                                    |       |               |       |               |       |               |       |               |       |       |       |
| **Fixed Charges**                       |       |               |       |               |       |               |       |               |       |       |       |
| Interest Expense                        |       | 62,057             |       | 66,192             |       | 84,250             |       | 72,053             |       | 81,861     |       |
| Capitalized Interest                    |       | 4,000              |       | 4,345              |       | 5,290              |       | 4,227              |       | 6,759      |       |
| Rental Interest Factor                  |       | 2,160              |       | 2,844              |       | 3,754              |       | 4,415              |       | 4,794      |       |
| Total Fixed Charges                     |       | 68,217             |       | 73,381             |       | 93,294             |       | 80,695             |       | 93,414     |       |
|                                    |       |               |       |               |       |               |       |               |       |       |       |
| **Ratio: Earnings / Fixed Charges**     |       | 2.90               |       | 2.81               |       | 2.37               |       | 2.96               |       | 2.84       |       |

 

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*                 Excludes minority interest, extraordinaryloss, gain on sale of assets and undistributed equity earnings.

 

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