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              [html]<thead><tr><tdrowspan="2">31. Contingent Liabilities</td><tdcolspan="2">20 $ mill</td><tdcolspan="2">2004 $ million</td></tr><tr><td>2003 $ million</td><td>Santos Ltd and Its controlled entities have the following contingent liabilities arising in respect of :</td><td>Performance guarantees</td><td>9.8</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>9.6</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6.3</td><td>6.5</td><td>Claims and litigation</td><td>8.1</td><td>11.0</td></tr><tr><td>2.3</td><td>2.3</td><td>17.9</td><td>20.6</td><td>8.6</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>8.8</td><td>Legal abilice in eludion to the claims and litigation referred to above inforates that on the baris of available information, liability in respect of these claims is unlikely to excred SLU million on a consolidated basis.</td><td>A number of the Accidisals intents of the Samic Assayer located within area the output of one or men calmize an applications for noth - this determination. Whattever the outcome of those claims or applications, it is not believed bid that th</td><td>Guarantees provided by Santos Ltd for borrowings in respect of controlled entities are disclassed in note 15.</td></tr><tr><tdcolspan="5">Santos Ltd has provided parent company guarantees in respect of :</td></tr><tr><tdcolspan="5">( i ) the family collipution of is utilizing compared, Sentor Terms “ family hip ( i. e. eligible first land artics. Banine IIIs This ( i. e., indiring to the construction of a pipeller from the Bay - Unida to Micklaer Frist in lawin and the const</td></tr><tr><tdcolspan="5">( b ) payment of Santion Diggst USS financial doligistions under a formout agreement and certain concessions in the Guill of Saut in the Ask Republic of Egypt up to a mainimum of ISS4LA million.</td></tr><tr><tdcolspan="5"</tr><tr><tdcolspan="5"</tr><tr><tdcolspan="5"</tr></tbody>
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