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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-15-186214
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150514
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150514
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150513

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			James Hardie Industries plc
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001159152
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CONCRETE PRODUCTS, EXCEPT BLOCK & BRICK [3272]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15240
		FILM NUMBER:		15859736

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2ND FLOOR EUROPA HOUSE
		STREET 2:		HARCOURT CENTRE HARCOURT STREET
		CITY:			DUBLIN
		STATE:			L2
		ZIP:			2
		BUSINESS PHONE:		353 1 4116924

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2ND FLOOR EUROPA HOUSE
		STREET 2:		HARCOURT CENTRE HARCOURT STREET
		CITY:			DUBLIN
		STATE:			L2
		ZIP:			2

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES SE
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20100219

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES N.V.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20090508

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HARDIE JAMES INDUSTRIES NV
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20010914
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM 6-K </B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT
TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>For the Month of May 2015 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>1-15240 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>(Commission File Number) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES
plc </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>(Translation of registrant&#146;s name into English) </B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>Europa House, Second Floor </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>Harcourt Centre
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Ireland </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">Indicate by check mark
whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Form
20-F&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT></FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Form
40-F&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT></FONT>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">Indicate by check mark if the
registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(1):&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(7):&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">This Form 6-K contains forward-looking statements. James Hardie Industries plc (the &#147;company&#148;) may from time to time make forward-looking
statements in its periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission, on Forms 20-F and 6-K, in its annual reports to shareholders, in offering circulars, invitation memoranda and prospectuses, in media releases and
other written materials and in oral statements made by the company&#146;s officers, directors or employees to analysts, institutional investors, existing and potential lenders, representatives of the media and others. Statements that are not
historical facts are forward-looking statements and such forward-looking statements are statements made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">Examples of forward-looking statements include: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">statements about the company&#146;s future performance; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">projections of the company&#146;s results of operations or financial condition; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">statements regarding the company&#146;s plans, objectives or goals, including those relating to strategies, initiatives, competition, acquisitions, dispositions and/or its products; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">expectations concerning the costs associated with the suspension or closure of operations at any of the company&#146;s plants and future plans with respect to any such plants; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">expectations concerning the costs associated with the significant capital expenditure projects at any of the company&#146;s plants and future plans with respect to any such projects; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">expectations regarding the extension or renewal of the company&#146;s credit facilities including changes to terms, covenants or ratios; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">expectations concerning dividend payments and share buy-backs; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">statements concerning the company&#146;s corporate and tax domiciles and structures and potential changes to them, including potential tax charges; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">statements regarding tax liabilities and related audits, reviews and proceedings; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">expectations about the timing and amount of contributions to Asbestos Injuries Compensation Fund (AICF), a special purpose fund for the compensation of proven Australian asbestos-related personal injury and death
claims; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">expectations concerning indemnification obligations; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">expectations concerning the adequacy of the company&#146;s warranty provisions and estimates for future warranty-related costs; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">statements regarding the company&#146;s ability to manage legal and regulatory matters (including but not limited to product liability, environmental, intellectual property and competition law matters) and to resolve
any such pending legal and regulatory matters within current estimates and in anticipation of certain third-party recoveries; and </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">statements about economic conditions, such as changes in the US economic or housing recovery or changes in the market conditions in the Asia Pacific region, the levels of new home construction and home renovations,
unemployment levels, changes in consumer income, changes or stability in housing values, the availability of mortgages and other financing, mortgage and other interest rates, housing affordability and supply, the levels of foreclosures and home
resales, currency exchange rates, and builder and consumer confidence. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">Words such as &#147;believe,&#148; &#147;anticipate,&#148;
&#147;plan,&#148; &#147;expect,&#148; &#147;intend,&#148; &#147;target,&#148; &#147;estimate,&#148; &#147;project,&#148; &#147;predict,&#148; &#147;forecast,&#148; &#147;guideline,&#148; &#147;aim,&#148; &#147;will,&#148; &#147;should,&#148;
&#147;likely,&#148; &#147;continue,&#148; &#147;may,&#148; &#147;objective,&#148; &#147;outlook&#148; and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. Readers
are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements and all such forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the following cautionary statements. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="justify">Forward-looking statements are based on the company&#146;s current expectations, estimates and assumptions and because forward-looking statements
address future results, events and conditions, they, by their very nature, involve inherent risks and uncertainties, many of which are unforeseeable and beyond the company&#146;s control. Such known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
may cause actual results, performance or other achievements to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed, projected or implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors, some of which are
discussed under &#147;Risk Factors&#148; in Section&nbsp;3 of the Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on 26&nbsp;June 2014, include, but are not limited to: all matters relating to or arising out of the prior manufacture of
products that contained asbestos by current and former company subsidiaries; required contributions to AICF, any shortfall in AICF and the effect of currency exchange rate movements on the amount recorded in the company&#146;s financial statements
as an asbestos liability; governmental loan facility to AICF; compliance with and changes in tax laws and treatments; competition and product pricing in the markets in which the company operates; the consequences of product failures or defects;
exposure to environmental, asbestos, putative consumer class action or other legal proceedings; general economic and market conditions; the supply and cost of raw materials; possible increases in competition and the potential that competitors could
copy the company&#146;s products; reliance on a small number of customers; a customer&#146;s inability to pay; compliance with and changes in environmental and health and safety laws; risks of conducting business internationally; compliance with and
changes in laws and regulations; the effect of the transfer of the company&#146;s corporate domicile from the Netherlands to Ireland, including changes in corporate governance and any potential tax benefits related thereto; currency exchange risks;
dependence on customer preference and the concentration of the company&#146;s customer base on large format retail customers, distributors and dealers; dependence on residential and commercial construction markets; the effect of adverse changes in
climate or weather patterns; possible inability to renew credit facilities on terms favorable to the company, or at all; acquisition or sale of businesses and </P>

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business segments; changes in the company&#146;s key management personnel; inherent limitations on internal controls; use of accounting estimates; and all other risks identified in the
company&#146;s reports filed with Australian, Irish and US securities agencies and exchanges (as appropriate). The company cautions you that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive and that other risks and uncertainties may cause actual
results to differ materially from those referenced in the company&#146;s forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and are statements of the company&#146;s current expectations concerning future
results, events and conditions. The company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or information except as required by law. </P>

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<TD VALIGN="top">Q4FY15 Results Notification &#150; 13 May 2015</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">The Manager</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">ASX Market Announcements</P></TD>
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</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:2.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:ARIAL"><B>James Hardie Industries plc</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:2.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:ARIAL">Level 3,</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:2.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:ARIAL">22 Pitt Street</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:2.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:ARIAL">Sydney NSW 2000</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:2.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:ARIAL">Australia</P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:2.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:ARIAL">T: +61 2 8845 3360</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:2.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:ARIAL">F: +61 2 9251 9805</P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:2.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:ARIAL">GPO Box 3935</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:2.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:ARIAL">Sydney NSW 2001</P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">ASX </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">20 Bridge Street </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">Sydney NSW 2000 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">Dear Sir/Madam, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">James Hardie will conduct a management briefing on its 4<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> Quarter FY15 results on Thursday 21st&nbsp;May 2015.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">A teleconference and webcast will be available for analysts, investors and media, as below: </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL"><B>Dial in:</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL"><B>Participant Passcode:</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL"><B></B>+61 2 8524 5042</P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL"><B></B>1816791</P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL"><U>http://www.ir.jameshardie.com.au/jh/results_briefings.jsp</U></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL"><B>V<SMALL>ICE</SMALL> P<SMALL>RESIDENT</SMALL>&#151;I<SMALL>NVESTOR</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> M<SMALL>EDIA</SMALL> R<SMALL>ELATIONS</SMALL> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center">James Hardie Industries plc is a limited liability company incorporated in Ireland with its registered office at </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center">Europa House, Harcourt Centre, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>Directors:</B> Michael Hammes (Chairman, USA), Brian Anderson (USA), Russell Chenu (Australia), </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center">Andrea Gisle Joosen (Sweden), David Harrison (USA), Alison Littley (United Kingdom), Donald McGauchie (Australia), </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center">James Osborne, Rudy van der Meer (Netherlands). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief
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