Business Context and Reporting Period
Company: James Hardie Industries N.V.
Filing Type: Form 6-K (Report of Foreign Private Issuer)
Date: September 10, 2004
Context: This filing serves to distribute a corporate announcement originally filed with the Australian Stock Exchange regarding the deferral of a resolution to adopt accounts.
Key Financial Metrics
The filing text does not provide specific values for revenue, profit, cash flow, margins, debt, or liquidity. The document is a procedural filing referencing an external announcement rather than a financial report containing quantitative data.
Material Changes
Deferral of Accounts Resolution: The company has deferred the resolution to adopt its accounts. No financial performance comparisons or material changes in operational metrics are detailed in this specific filing text.
Guidance, Outlook, and Risks
Forward-Looking Statements: The filing includes a Safe Harbor Statement cautioning that forward-looking statements involve inherent risks. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include:
- Competition and product pricing.
- General economic and market conditions.
- Compliance with 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 legal proceedings.
- Risks of conducting business internationally.
Management Commentary: No specific management commentary regarding future guidance or outlook is provided in this text, other than the general risk disclosures.
Investor Verification Checklist
- Verify the specific reasons for the deferral of the resolution to adopt accounts by reviewing the full text of Exhibit 99.1 filed with the Australian Stock Exchange.
- Confirm the new timeline for the adoption of accounts, as it is not stated in this summary filing.
- Review the company's most recent Form 20-F or Form 40-F for detailed financial metrics and performance data, as this Form 6-K does not contain them.