Exhibit 99.1

21 August 2009
				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

Results of Shareholder Meetings

Dear Sir,

We advise that the resolution set out in the Notice of the Extraordinary General Meeting dated 20 July 2009 was carried at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held today in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. A number of conditions set out in the Explanatory Memorandum remain to be satisfied before the transformation of the Company to a Societas Europea company can take effect. The Company will advise the market when these conditions have been satisfied.

Details of votes cast are set out below:

		RESOLUTION		FOR		AGAINST		ABSTAIN
1		Re-Domicile Proposal		267,532,138		296,373		1,570,247

We also advise that all resolutions set out in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting dated 16 July 2009 were carried at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Details of votes cast are set out below:

		RESOLUTION		FOR				AGAINST				ABSTAIN
1		Annual Accounts			256,495,146				129,426				8,979,839
2		Remuneration Report			254,427,776				10,979,821				191,414
3(a)		B Anderson re-election			265,044,652				424,757				111,797
3(b)		M Hammes re-election			265,203,283				254,929				122,994
3(c)		D McGauchie re-election			264,844,660				622,981				113,565
3(d)		R van der Meer re-election			265,166,367				272,558				142,281
3(e)		J Osborne election			265,033,178				416,760				138,068
4		J Osborne participation in SBSP			264,438,427				874,077				224,151
5		Approval of LTIP			253,185,177				12,083,414				274,793
6(a)		Relative TSR RSUs grant to L Gries			243,202,780				12,038,229				10,293,512
6(b)		Relative TSR RSUs grant to R Chenu			243,202,744				12,031,499				10,304,491

		RESOLUTION		FOR				AGAINST				ABSTAIN
6(c)		Relative TSR RSUs grant to R Cox			243,187,952				12,041,774				10,300,617
7(a)		Executive Incentive Program RSUs grant to L Gries			263,232,990				2,014,852				293,524
7(b)		Executive Incentive Program RSUs to R Chenu			263,234,353				2,013,451				293,562
7(c)		Executive Incentive Program RSUs to R Cox			263,225,790				2,023,514				292,062
8(a)		Pay L Gries STI bonus in shares			264,035,133				1,201,995				304,238
8(b)		Pay R Chenu STI bonus in shares			264,044,395				1,206,995				289,976
8(c)		Pay R Cox STI bonus in shares			264,038,195				1,215,083				288,088
9		Authority to acquire shares			265,388,476				121,737				92,840
10		Cancellation of repurchased shares			265,362,776				131,004				101,513

Yours faithfully

James Hardie Industries NV
Robert Cox
General Counsel and Company Secretary