UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the Month of September, 2009
1-15240
(Commission File Number)
JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES N.V.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Atrium, 8th floor
Strawinskylaan 3077
1077 ZX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form
20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F þ Form 40-F o
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by
Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): Not Applicable
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Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): Not Applicable
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form
is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with
Rule 12g3-2(b): Not Applicable
Safe Harbor Statement
The exhibits attached to this Form 6-K contains forward-looking statements. We may from time
to time make forward-looking statements in our periodic reports filed with or furnished to
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on Forms 20-F and 6-K, in our annual
reports to shareholders, in offering circulars, invitation memoranda and prospectuses, in
media releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by our officers,
directors or employees to analysts, institutional investors, existing and potential lenders,
representatives of the media and others. Statements that are not historical facts are
forward-looking statements and such forward-looking statements are statements made pursuant
to the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Examples of forward-looking statements include:
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projections of our results of operations or financial condition; |
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statements regarding our plans, objectives or goals, including those relating to our
strategies, initiatives, competition, acquisitions, dispositions and/or our products; |
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expectations concerning the costs associated with the suspension or closure of
operations at any of our plants and future plans with respect to any such plants; |
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expectations that our credit facilities will be extended or renewed; |
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expectations concerning dividend payments; |
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statements concerning our corporate and tax domiciles and potential changes to them; |
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statements regarding tax liabilities and related audits and proceedings; |
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statements as to the possible consequences of proceedings brought against us and
certain of our former directors and officers by the ASIC; |
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expectations about the timing and amount of contributions to the AICF, a special
purpose fund for the compensation of proven Australian asbestos-related personal injury
and death claims; |
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expectations concerning indemnification obligations; and |
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Words such as “believe,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “expect,” “intend,” “target,” “estimate,”
“project,” “predict,” “forecast,” “guideline,” “aim,” “will,” “should,” “continue” and
similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the
exclusive means of identifying such statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements and all such forward-looking statements are
qualified in their entirety by reference to the following cautionary statements.
Forward-looking statements are based on our estimates and assumptions and because
forward-looking statements address future results, events and conditions, they, by their very
nature, involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Such known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors may cause our actual results, performance or other achievements to differ
materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed, projected or
implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors, some of which are discussed
under “Key Information — Risk Factors” beginning on page 6 of the Form 20-F filed with the US
Securities and Exchange Commission on 25 June 2009, include, but are not limited to: all
matters relating to or arising out of the prior manufacture of products that contained
asbestos by current and former James Hardie subsidiaries; required contributions to the AICF
and the effect of currency exchange rate movements on the amount recorded in our financial
statements as an asbestos liability; compliance with and changes in tax laws and treatments;
competition and product pricing in the markets in which we operate; the consequences of
product failures or defects; exposure to environmental, asbestos or other legal proceedings;
general economic and market conditions; the supply and cost of raw materials; the success of
research and development efforts; reliance on a small number of customers; a customer’s
inability to pay; compliance with and changes in environmental and health and safety laws;
risks of conducting business internationally; our proposal to transform to a Dutch “SE”
company and transfer our corporate domicile from The Netherlands to Ireland to become an
Irish “SE” company; compliance with and changes in laws and regulations; currency exchange
risks; the concentration of our customer base on large format retail customers, distributors
and dealers; the effect of natural disasters; changes in our key management personnel;
inherent limitations on internal controls; use of accounting estimates; and all other risks
identified in our reports filed with Australian, Dutch and US securities agencies and
exchanges (as appropriate). We caution you that the foregoing list of factors is not
exhaustive and that other risks and uncertainties may cause actual results to differ
materially from those in forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only
as of the date they are made and are statements of our current expectations concerning future
results, events and conditions.
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