**Exhibit 12**

 

**Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges**

**(in thousands)**

** **

 
| ** **                                                                              | ** ** | **Successor**                           | ** **    | **Predecessor**                         | ** ** |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------|-----------------------------------------|------------|
| ** **                                                                              | ** ** | **Year Ended   December 31,** | ** **    | **Year Ended   December 31,** | ** ** | **Year Ended   December 31,** | ** ** | **Year Ended   December 31,** | ** ** | **November 4,   2006 through   December 31** | ** ** | **January 1,   2006 through   November 3,** | ** ** |
| ** **                                                                              | ** ** | **2010**                                | ** **    | **2009**                                | ** ** | **2008** | ** ** | **2007** | ** ** | **2006** | ** ** | **2006** | ** ** |
| **Earnings:**                                                                           | ** ** | ** **                              | ** **    | ** **                              | ** ** | ** ** | ** ** | ** ** | ** ** | ** ** | ** ** | ** ** | ** ** |
| Loss from continuing operations before income   taxes and noncontrolling interests |       | $                                       |  (85,930 | )                                       | $          |  (71,069 | ) | $ |  (147,364 | ) | $ |  (126,911 | ) | $ |  (50,490 | ) | $ |  (59,040 | ) |
| Plus: Fixed charges                                                                     |       | 159,169                                 |          | 161,512                                 |       | 177,324 |   | 88,558 |   | 8,853 |   | 36,106 |   |
| Less: Interest expense capitalized                                                      |       | —                                  |          | —                                  |       | (19 | ) | (160 | ) | (36 | ) | (85 | ) |
| Less: Noncontrolling interests                                                          |       | (857                                    | )             | (723                                    | )          | (1,049 | ) | (415 | ) | (39 | ) | (158 | ) |
| Earnings (loss) from continuing operations,   adjusted                                  |       | $                                       |  72,382  |                                    | $          |  89,720 |   | $ |  28,892 |   | $ |  (38,928 | ) | $ |  (41,712 | ) | $ |  (23,177 | ) |
|                                                                                    |       |                                    |          |                                    |       |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| **Fixed Charges:**                                                                      |       |                                    |          |                                    |       |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Interest expensed and capitalized                                                       |       | $                                       |  155,181 |                                    | $          |  157,032 |   | $ |  173,181 |   | $ |  87,108 |   | $ |  8,647 |   | $ |  35,247 |   |
| Estimated interest within rental expense                                                |       | 3,988                                   |          | 4,480                                   |       | 4,143 |   | 1,450 |   | 206 |   | 859 |   |
| Total fixed charges                                                                     |       | $                                       |  159,169 |                                    | $          |  161,512 |   | $ |  177,324 |   | $ |  88,558 |   | $ |  8,853 |   | $ |  36,106 |   |
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| **Ratio of earnings to fixed   charges**                                                |       | —                                  |          | —                                  |       | — |   | — |   | — |   | — |   |
|                                                                                    |       |                                    |          |                                    |       |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Shortfall                                                                               |       | (86,787                                 | )             | (71,792                                 | )          | (148,432 | ) | (127,486 | ) | (50,565 | ) | (59,283 | ) |

 

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