EXHIBIT 2.9

James Hardie — Form of 364-day Facility Agreement

Schedule 3 — Extension Request (clause 5.2)

To: (Financier) #1#

Date: 7 September 2007

Extension Request — James Hardie — 364-day Facility Agreement dated #2# June 2005 between James Hardies International Finance BV (“Borrower” and “Obligors’ Agent”) and #1# (“Financier”) (“Facility Agreement”)

In accordance with clause 5.2 (“Extension of Maturity Date”) of the Facility Agreement, the Obligors’ Agent requests as follows;

We request that the Maturity Date under the Facility Agreement in respect of US$#3# be extended to a date 182 days after the current Maturity Date under the Facility Agreement.

The Maturity Date, if extended in accordance with this request, will be #4# December 2008.

If this extension request is accepted, the Facility Limit applicable from the current Maturity Date will be US$ #3#.

[Names of person] being an
Authorised Officer of [Name of person] being an
Authorised Officer of

James Hardie International Finance BV
as Obligors’ Agent (with corporate seat in Amsterdam)

We agree to extend the maturity Dare for the requested Facility Limit in accordance with the above notice.

Signed for the Financier #1# on                                          by:

                                         being an Authorise Officer of the Financier #1#
(print name)