Exhibit 99.1

22 August 2008

		James Hardie Industries N.V.
		ARBN 097 829 895
		Incorporated in The Netherlands
		The liability of members is limited
		Registration number: 34106455

The Manager
Company Announcements Office		Atrium, 8th Floor
Australian Securities Exchange Limited		Strawinskylaan 3077
20 Bridge Street		1077 ZX Amsterdam,
SYDNEY NSW 2000		The Netherlands

		Telephone: 31-20-301 3826
		Fax:            31-20-404 2544

Dear Sir,

Pursuant to Listing Rule 3.13.2 we advise that all resolutions set out in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting dated 15 July 2008 were carried at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today at 10:00am in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Details of votes cast are set out below:

		RESOLUTION		FOR				AGAINST				ABSTAIN
1		Adoption of the Annual Accounts for the year ended 31March 2008			286,851,961				49,368				6,723,038
2		Adoption of the Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2008			190,770,994				10,838,504				1,945,545
3		Ratification of the appointment of the auditor			293,196,867				398,284				65,021
4a		Re-election of Mr D Andrews to the Supervisory and Joint Boards			293,414,815				163,267				65,554
4b		Re-election of Mr D Harrison to the Supervisory and Joint Boards			293,443,983				140,607				64,046
5a		Re-election of Mr R Chenu to the Managing Board			293,381,257				152,600				114,779
5b		Re-election of Mr R Cox to the Managing Board			293,411,224				144,125				89,546
6a		Approve participation in the SBSP by Mr D Andrews			292,028,937				1,264,070				179,619
6b		Approve participation in the SBSP by Mr D Harrison			292,039,399				1,258,190				185,437
7		Amendment to the LTIP			289,343,324				3,913,841				221,451
8		Approve issue of RSUs to Mr L Gries under the Deferred Bonus Plan			281,677,398				11,597,746				203,574
9a		Approve participation in the LTIP and issue of Relative TSR hurdle RSUs to Mr L Gries			289,240,848				4,038,664				201,806
9b		Approve participation in the LTIP and issue of Relative TSR hurdle RSUs to Mr R Chenu			289,250,183				4,033,023				198,112
9c		Approve participation in the LTIP and issue of Relative TSR hurdle RSUs to Mr R Cox			289,237,413				4,038,519				171,886
10a		Approve participation in the LTIP and issue of RSUs to Mr L Gries in accordance with the Executive Incentive Program.			289,273,974				4,004,424				201,320
10b		Approve participation in the LTIP and issue of RSUs to Mr R Chenu in accordance with the Executive Incentive Program.			289,281,314				4,006,869				195,035

		RESOLUTION		FOR				AGAINST				ABSTAIN
10c		Approve participation in the LTIP and issue of RSUs to Mr R Cox in accordance with the Executive Incentive Program			289,313,887				4,006,306				191,812
11		Renewal of Authority for the Company to acquire its own shares			293,415,315				63,743				69,874
12		Reduction of issued share capital through cancellation of repurchased shares			293,485,168				43,612				89,927

Yours faithfully

James Hardie Industries NV
Robert E. Cox
General Counsel and Company Secretary