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AWB Limited - 2003 Annual Report

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33. DEED OF CROSS GUARANTEE<br />

Pursuant to Australian Securities and Investments Commission Class Order 98/1418 (as amended) dated August 1998, the following<br />

wholly owned subsidiaries are relieved from the Corporations Act 2001 requirements for preparation, audit and lodgement of financial<br />

reports and directors’ report: <strong>AWB</strong> Finance <strong>Limited</strong>, <strong>AWB</strong> (Australia) <strong>Limited</strong> and <strong>AWB</strong> Investments <strong>Limited</strong>.<br />

It is a condition of the Class Order that <strong>AWB</strong> <strong>Limited</strong> and each of the subsidiaries enter into a Deed of Cross Guarantee. The effect of the<br />

Deed is that <strong>AWB</strong> <strong>Limited</strong> guarantees to pay any deficiency in the event of winding up any of the wholly owned subsidiaries listed below.<br />

The subsidiaries that are parties to the Deed are:<br />

<strong>AWB</strong> Finance <strong>Limited</strong> <br />

<strong>AWB</strong> (Australia) <strong>Limited</strong> <br />

<strong>AWB</strong> GrainFlow Pty Ltd (formerly <strong>AWB</strong> Grain Centres Pty Ltd)<br />

<strong>AWB</strong> Investments <strong>Limited</strong>. <br />

<strong>AWB</strong> Investments <strong>Limited</strong> became a party to the Deed on 26 August <strong>2003</strong>, by virtue of a Deed of Assumption.<br />

A consolidated statement of financial performance and a consolidated statement of financial position, comprising <strong>AWB</strong> <strong>Limited</strong> and<br />

controlled entities which are parties to the Deed after eliminating all transactions between parties to the Deed of Cross Guarantee, at 30<br />

September <strong>2003</strong> are set out below:<br />

Consolidated<br />

<strong>2003</strong> 2002<br />

$'000 $'000<br />

Summarised statement of financial performance<br />

Profit from ordinary activities before income tax expense 51,377 148,705<br />

Income tax expense relating to ordinary activities (11,432) (42,787)<br />

Net profit from ordinary activities after income tax expense 39,945 105,918<br />

Retained profits at the beginning of the year 68,639 31,076<br />

Dividends recognised during the year (38,369) (68,355)<br />

Retained profits at the end of the year 70,215 68,639<br />

Statement of financial position<br />

Current assets<br />

Cash assets 2,337 24,003<br />

Receivables 631,273 3,242,114<br />

Inventories 62,111 134,062<br />

Other financial assets 49,616 50,111<br />

Current tax assets 19,562 –<br />

Other assets 767 1,650<br />

Total current assets 765,666 3,451,940<br />

Non–current assets<br />

Receivables 54,711 4,085<br />

Investments accounted for using the equity method 10,307 16,958<br />

Other financial assets 862,734 33,923<br />

Intangible assets 172 115<br />

Property, plant and equipment 210,514 153,327<br />

Deferred tax assets 26,501 26,468<br />

Total non–current assets 1,164,939 234,876<br />

Total assets 1,930,605 3,686,816<br />

Current liabilities<br />

Payables 111,353 104,266<br />

Interest bearing liabilities 863,437 2,710,288<br />

Current tax liabilities – 9,070<br />

Provisions 16,198 39,654<br />

Other liabilities 5,517 19,956<br />

Total current liabilities 996,505 2,883,234<br />

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