Annual Reports 2004
This year's theme of Performance is relevant to the company, to the products we produce, and to the people who produce them.
The report contains:
- A Performance Review of our achievements for the financial year ended 31 March 2004;
- Performance Drivers, which we believe contribute to the company's success; and
- Financial Performance, with the company's consolidated financial statements.
The report describes the company's performance for the financial year ended 31 March 2004. In the final months of this period, the NSW Government in Australia announced a Special Commission of Inquiry into the asbestos liabilities of former group companies that manufactured using asbestos and the establishment of the Medical Research and Compensation Foundation by James Hardie in 2001. At the time of printing this report, the Commission has yet to report on its findings. It is therefore not possible, and not appropriate, for the issues raised at the Commission to be addressed in detail in this report. The company will respond to the Commission's findings as soon as it is able to, and will communicate this information directly to shareholders.
Use the links below to download PDF files of the complete 2004 Annual Report, or different sections. These files are better if you want print-outs of the pages.
- Complete 2004 Annual Report
2.94Mb - Three main sections
Performance Review 1.75Mb
Performance Drivers 730K
Financial Performance 587K - Individual sections that will download and print quickly
Lins to our Dutch and US GAAP reports appear at the bottom of the list.
- Cover 68K
- Contents 57K
- Introduction 59K
- Highlights 356K
- Chairman's Report 269K
- CEO's Report 299K
- CFO's Report 341K
- Summary of Operations 1124K
- USA Fibre Cement 378K
- Asia Pacific Fibre Cement 149K
- Other Fibre Cement 194K
Performance Drivers
- We have clear, consistent goals 33K
- The scale and spread of our operations 182K
- Our investment in R&D 165K
- Our differentiated products 101K
- A cohesive, committed Board 69K
- The quality of our management 64K
- Our performance-based culture 140K
- Growth opportunities 88K
- Care for the environment and community 127K
- Corporate governance beliefs 116K
- Contents 286K
- Management's Discussion & Analysis 66K
- Directors' Report 47K
- Corporate Governance Principles 63K
- Report of Independent Registered Accounting Firm 30K
- Consolidated Balance Sheets 32K
- Consolidated Statements of Income 31K
- Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 35K
- Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity 31K
- Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 122K
- Selected Quarterly Financial Data 32K
- Group Statistics 2000-2004 36K
- Share/CUFS Information 130K
- Dutch GAAP 207K
Filed with the ASX 19 July 2005 - US GAAP 20-F 1.84Mb
Filed in the US and with the ASX on 23 November 2004
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