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EXHIBIT 12
TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC. AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES
COMBINED WITH 50% OWNED UNCONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
(DOLLARS IN MILLIONS)
(UNAUDITED)
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NINE MONTHS
ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30,
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2000 1999
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Income from continuing operations........................... $ 22 $ 80
Add:
Interest expense.......................................... 139 58
Portion of rentals representative of the interest
factor................................................. 10 8
Preferred stock dividend requirements of majority-owned
subsidiaries........................................... -- 20
Income tax expense (benefit) and other taxes on income.... (1) 60
Amortization of interest capitalized...................... -- --
Undistributed (earnings) losses of affiliated companies in
which less than a 50% voting interest is owned......... -- --
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Earnings as defined.................................. $170 $226
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Interest expense............................................ $139 $ 58
Interest capitalized........................................ 4 --
Portion of rentals representative of the interest factor.... 10 8
Preferred stock dividend requirements of majority-owned
subsidiaries on a pre-tax basis........................... -- 32
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Fixed charges as defined............................. $153 $ 98
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges.......................... 1.11 2.31
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