| October 31, | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||||||||||
Pre-tax income from continuing operations |
$ | 1,976 | $ | 85,732 | $ | 41,539 | ||||||
Fixed charges: |
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Interest expense |
24,165 | 26,996 | 12,927 | |||||||||
Portion of rental expense representative of interest factor |
3,049 | 3,505 | 4,104 | |||||||||
Total fixed charges |
27,214 | 30,501 | 17,031 | |||||||||
Pre-tax income from continuing operations plus fixed charges |
29,190 | 116,233 | 58,570 | |||||||||
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges |
1.07 | 3.81 | 3.44 | |||||||||