Annual Report 200492
INFORMATION FOR SHAREHOLDERS
NOTICE OF MEETING
The Annual General Meeting of Santos Ltd will be held in the Auditorium
at The Adelaide Town Hall Function Centre, 128 King William Street,
Adelaide, South Australia on Friday 20 May 2005 at 10.00 am.
FINAL DIVIDEND
The 2004 final ordinary dividend will be paid on 31 March 2005 to
shareholders registered in the books of the Company at the close of
business on 4 March 2005 in respect of fully paid shares held at record
date.
STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING
Santos Ltd. Incorporated in Adelaide, South Australia, on 18 March
1954. Quoted on the official list of the Australian Stock Exchange Ltd
(ordinary shares code STO; FUELS code STOPB) and the NZX Ltd.
AMERICAN DEPOSITORY RECEIPTS
Santos American Depository Receipts issued by Morgan Guaranty in the
USA are sponsored and are quoted on the NASDAQ system in the USA
(code STOSY).
DIRECTORS
S Gerlach (Chairman), J C Ellice-Flint (Managing Director), P C Barnett, 
K A Dean, R M Harding, G W McGregor, M A O’Leary, C J Recny, J Sloan.
F J Conroy (retired 14 December 2004).
SECRETARY
M G Roberts (retired 1 July 2004). 
W J Glanville (appointed 23 February 2004). 
Mr Glanville is responsible for corporate governance, secretariat and
legal services. Prior to his appointment, he was Manager – Legal of
Santos’ Legal Department and, prior to joining Santos, he practised law
as a Barrister and Solicitor. Mr Glanville holds a Degree of Bachelor of
Laws, a Degree of Bachelor of Arts and a Graduate Diploma in Legal
Practice.
CHANGE OF SHAREHOLDER DETAILS
Issuer Sponsored Shareholders wishing to update their details must
notify the Share Registrar in writing. The relevant shareholder forms can
be obtained from the Share Registrar or via the Investor Centre on the
Santos website, www.santos.com. 
Forms are available to advise the Company of changes relating to change
of address, direct crediting of dividends, Tax File Number and Australian
Business Number, Annual Report and Sustainability Review mailing
preferences and Dividend Reinvestment Plan participation.
INVESTOR INFORMATION AND SERVICES
Santos website
A wide range of information for investors is available from Santos’
website, www.santos.com, including Annual Reports, Full Year and
Interim Reports and Presentations, Press Releases, Quarterly Activities
Reports and Weekly Drilling Summaries.
Comprehensive archives of these materials dating back to 1997 are
available on the Santos website.
Other investor information available on the Santos website includes:
• open briefings with Corporate File – an ASX-endorsed online briefing
service
• live and archived webcasts of investor briefings
• an e-mail alert facility where shareholders and other interested parties
can register to be notified, free of charge, of Santos’ Press Releases
and Weekly Drilling Summaries via e-mail.
The Santos website provides shareholder forms to help shareholders
manage their holdings, as well as a full history of Santos’ dividend
payments and equity issues. Shareholders can also check their holdings
and payment history in the secure View Shareholding section.
Santos’ website also provides an online Conversion Calculator, which
instantly computes equivalent values of the most common units of
measurement in the oil and gas industry.
Publications
The Annual Report and the Sustainability Review are the major sources
of printed information about Santos. Printed copies are available from
the Share Registrar or Investor Relations.
SHAREHOLDER ENQUIRIES
Enquiries about shareholdings should be directed to:
Share Registrar, Santos Ltd, GPO Box 2455,
Adelaide, South Australia 5001. Telephone: 08 8218 5111.
E-mail: share.register@santos.com
Investor information, other than that relating to a shareholding, can be
obtained from:
Investor Relations, Santos Ltd, GPO Box 2455,
Adelaide, South Australia 5001. Telephone: 08 8218 5111.
E-mail: investor.relations@santos.com