These Corporate Governance Principles describe the corporate governance arrangements that have been followed by James Hardie from the commencement of the fiscal year 2009 and contain an overview of our corporate governance framework, developed and approved by the Nominating and Governance Committee and, on its recommendation, adopted by the Supervisory and Managing Boards (the Boards) in June 2009, as amended on 19 February 2010, following completion of Stage 1 of the corporate re-domicile proposal. These Corporate Governance Principles, as well as our Articles of Association, Board and Board Committee charters and key company policies, as updated from time to time, are available from this site, or by requesting a printed copy from the Company Secretary at the company’s head office at Atrium, 8th Floor, Strawinskylaan 3077, 1077 ZX Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Corporate governance at James Hardie James Hardie operates under the regulatory requirements of numerous jurisdictions and organisations, including the Dutch Authority Financial Markets, the ASX, ASIC, the NYSE, the US SEC and various other rulemaking bodies. James Hardie’s corporate governance framework is reviewed regularly and updated as appropriate to reflect what we believe are our and our stakeholders’ interests, changes in law and current best practices. Our corporate governance framework incorporates a number of processes and policies designed to provide the Board with appropriate assurance about the operations and governance of the company and thereby protect shareholder value. The pages in this section of our website contain an overview of our corporate governance framework. 
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