Dole Food Co Inc – ‘S-4’ on 6/25/03 – EX-12.1

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Registration of Securities Issued in a Business-Combination Transaction   —   Form S-4
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Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: S-4         Registration of Securities Issued in a              HTML   2.52M 
                          Business-Combination Transaction                       
 2: EX-1.1      Underwriting Agreement                                42    190K 
 3: EX-4.10     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders    37    140K 
 4: EX-5.1      Opinion re: Legality                                   5     23K 
 5: EX-12.1     Statement re: Computation of Ratios                    2±    10K 
 6: EX-23.2     Exhibit 23.1                                           1      7K 
 7: EX-25.1     Statement re: Eligibility of Trustee                HTML     52K 
 8: EX-99.1     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML     66K 
 9: EX-99.2     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML     22K 
10: EX-99.3     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML     10K 
11: EX-99.4     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML     15K 
12: EX-99.5     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML     14K 

EX-12.1   —   Statement re: Computation of Ratios

EX-12.1
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 12.1

DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC.                                                         
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES                               
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT FOR RATIO DATA)                                           

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                                                                            QUARTER                                 
                                                   PRO FORMA                 ENDED                                  
                                            --------------------------    ----------                                
                                             March 22,    December 28,     March 22,                                
                                               2003           2002           2003                                   
                                            ----------    ------------    ----------                                
                                                                                                                    

Income/(loss) from continuing                                                                                       
  operations before income taxes                47,934         44,224         73,888                                
ADD FIXED CHARGES:                                                                                                  
Interest expense                                37,324        150,556         19,241                                
Capitalized interest                                --             --             --                                
Amortization of debt expense and discounts          --             --            406                                
Interest factor of rental expense               18,957         29,953          6,395                                
                                            ----------     ----------     ----------                                
    Total fixed charges                         56,281        180,509         26,042                                

Total adjusted earnings                        104,215        224,733         99,930                                
                                            ----------     ----------     ----------                                
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES                1.85           1.24           3.84                                
                                            ==========     ==========     ==========                                



                                                                       FISCAL YEARS ENDED                           
                                            ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            December 28,   December 29,    December 30,    January 1,     January 2,
                                                2002           2001            2000           2000           1999   
                                            ------------   ------------    ------------    ----------     ----------
                                                                                                                    

Income/(loss) from continuing                                                                                       
  operations before income taxes                209,987         (7,730)         55,637         19,789          3,075
ADD FIXED CHARGES:                                                                                                  
Interest expense                                 79,460         69,722          89,242         84,508         63,599
Capitalized interest                                 --             --              --             --             --
Amortization of debt expense and discounts        1,430            986           1,203          1,357          1,038
Interest factor of rental expense                31,404         42,042          49,187         55,253         50,135
                                             ----------     ----------      ----------     ----------     ----------
    Total fixed charges                         112,294        112,750         139,632        141,118        114,772

Total adjusted earnings                         322,281        105,020         195,269        160,907        117,847
                                             ----------     ----------      ----------     ----------     ----------
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES                 2.87           0.93            1.40           1.14           1.03
                                             ==========     ==========      ==========     ==========     ==========