Business Context and Reporting Period
This Form 6-K is a report of a foreign private issuer filed by James Hardie Industries N.V. on August 1, 2003. The filing serves to distribute the company's Netherlands Accounts for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, which are attached as Exhibit 99.1.
Key Financial Metrics
The filing text provided contains only the cover page, safe harbor statement, exhibit index, and signatures. It does not provide specific numerical values for revenue, profit, cash flow, margins, debt, or liquidity. These figures are contained within the attached Exhibit 99.1 (Netherlands Accounts), the content of which is not included in the source text.
Material Changes
The filing text does not contain a discussion of material changes versus prior periods. Such analysis would be located in the attached financial statements or accompanying management commentary, which are not present in the provided text.
Guidance, Outlook, and Risks
The document includes a Safe Harbor Statement regarding forward-looking statements. It identifies several factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations, including:
- Competition and product pricing in operating markets.
- General economic and market conditions.
- Compliance with, and changes in, environmental and health and safety laws.
- Dependence on cyclical construction markets.
- Supply and cost of raw materials.
- Reliance on a small number of product distributors.
- Consequences of product failures or defects.
- Exposure to environmental or other legal proceedings.
- Risks of conducting business internationally.
No specific financial guidance or management commentary on future performance is included in the text provided.
Investor Verification Checklist
- Verify the full content of Exhibit 99.1 (Netherlands Accounts for y/e 31 March 2003) to obtain actual financial figures.
- Review the company's Forms 20-F and other filings for detailed risk factor discussions referenced in the Safe Harbor Statement.
- Confirm the impact of the "cyclical construction markets" and "raw material costs" on the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, by analyzing the attached accounts.