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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001159152-23-000012
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230428
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230428
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230428

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:		23862124

	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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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i7ce873ff66a549928336953cfebafedb_1"></div><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i7ce873ff66a549928336953cfebafedb_4" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Table of Contents</a></font></div><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="margin-top:14pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM 6-K</font></div><div style="margin-top:14pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Report of Foreign Private Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></div><div style="margin-top:14pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">For the Month of April 2023</font></div><div style="margin-top:24pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">1-15240</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Commission File Number)</font></div><div style="margin-top:16pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES plc</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Translation of registrant&#8217;s name into English)</font></div><div style="margin-top:18pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Europa House, Second Floor</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Harcourt Centre</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, D02, WR20, Ireland</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Address of principal executive offices)</font></div><div style="margin-top:42pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.</font></div><div style="margin-top:14pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Form 20-F..X....&#160;&#160;Form 40-F.........</font></div><div style="margin-top:14pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1)&#58; Not Applicable</font></div><div style="margin-top:14pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7)&#58; Not Applicable</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:17pt;margin-top:17pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i7ce873ff66a549928336953cfebafedb_4"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i7ce873ff66a549928336953cfebafedb_4" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Table of Contents</a></font></div><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">TABLE OF CONTENTS</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:42pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</font><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.707%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:82.331%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:15.469%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i7ce873ff66a549928336953cfebafedb_7" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Forward-Looking Statements</a></font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i7ce873ff66a549928336953cfebafedb_10" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Exhibit Index</a></font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i7ce873ff66a549928336953cfebafedb_13" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Signatures</a></font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">6&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2</font></div></div></div><div id="i7ce873ff66a549928336953cfebafedb_7"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i7ce873ff66a549928336953cfebafedb_4" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Table of Contents</a></font></div><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Forward-Looking Statements</font></div><div style="margin-top:10pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This Form 6-K contains forward-looking statements. James Hardie Industries plc (the &#8220;company&#8221;) 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&#8217;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.</font></div><div style="margin-top:10pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Examples of forward-looking statements include&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-top:10pt;padding-left:54pt;text-indent:-31.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:28.35pt">statements about the company&#8217;s future performance&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-top:10pt;padding-left:54pt;text-indent:-31.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:28.35pt">projections of the company&#8217;s results of operations or financial condition&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-top:10pt;padding-left:54pt;text-indent:-31.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:28.35pt">statements regarding the company&#8217;s plans, objectives or goals, including those relating to strategies, initiatives, competition, acquisitions, dispositions and&#47;or its products&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-top:10pt;padding-left:54pt;text-indent:-31.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:28.35pt">expectations concerning the costs associated with the suspension or closure of operations at any of the company&#8217;s plants and future plans with respect to any such plants&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-top:10pt;padding-left:54pt;text-indent:-31.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:28.35pt">expectations concerning the costs associated with the significant capital expenditure projects at any of the company&#8217;s plants and future plans with respect to any such projects&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-top:10pt;padding-left:54pt;text-indent:-31.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:28.35pt">expectations regarding the extension or renewal of the company&#8217;s credit facilities including changes to terms, covenants or ratios&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-top:10pt;padding-left:54pt;text-indent:-31.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:28.35pt">expectations concerning dividend payments and share buy-backs&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-top:10pt;padding-left:54pt;text-indent:-31.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:28.35pt">statements concerning the company&#8217;s corporate and tax domiciles and structures and potential changes to them, including potential tax charges&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-top:10pt;padding-left:54pt;text-indent:-31.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:28.35pt">statements regarding tax liabilities and related audits, reviews and proceedings&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-top:10pt;padding-left:54pt;text-indent:-31.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:28.35pt">statements regarding the possible consequences and&#47;or potential outcome of legal proceedings brought against us and the potential liabilities, if any, associated with such proceedings&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-top:10pt;padding-left:54pt;text-indent:-31.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:28.35pt">expectations about the timing and amount of contributions to AICF, a special purpose fund for the compensation of proven Australian asbestos-related personal injury and death claims&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-top:10pt;padding-left:54pt;text-indent:-31.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:28.35pt">expectations concerning the adequacy of the company&#8217;s warranty provisions and estimates for future warranty-related costs&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-top:10pt;padding-left:54pt;text-indent:-31.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:28.35pt">statements regarding the company&#8217;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&#59; and</font></div><div style="margin-top:10pt;padding-left:54pt;text-indent:-31.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:28.7pt">statements about economic or housing market conditions in the regions in which we operate, including but not limited to, 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.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:10pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Words such as &#8220;believe,&#8221; &#8220;anticipate,&#8221; &#8220;plan,&#8221; &#8220;expect,&#8221; &#8220;intend,&#8221; &#8220;target,&#8221; &#8220;estimate,&#8221; &#8220;project,&#8221; &#8220;predict,&#8221; &#8220;forecast,&#8221; &#8220;guideline,&#8221; &#8220;aim,&#8221; &#8220;will,&#8221; &#8220;should,&#8221; &#8220;likely,&#8221; &#8220;continue,&#8221; &#8220;may,&#8221; &#8220;objective,&#8221; &#8220;outlook&#8221; 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.</font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">3</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i7ce873ff66a549928336953cfebafedb_4" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Table of Contents</a></font></div><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:10pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Forward-looking statements are based on the Company&#8217;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&#8217;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 &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; in Section 3 of the Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on 17 May 2022, include, but are not limited to&#58; all matters relating to or arising out of the prior manufacture of products that contained asbestos by current and former Company subsidiaries&#59; required contributions to AICF, any shortfall in AICF funding and the effect of currency exchange rate movements on the amount recorded in the Company&#8217;s financial statements as an asbestos liability&#59; compliance with and changes in tax laws and treatments&#59; competition and product pricing in the markets in which the Company operates&#59; the consequences of product failures or defects&#59; exposure to environmental, asbestos, putative consumer class action or other legal proceedings&#59; general economic and market conditions&#59; the supply and cost of raw materials&#59; possible increases in competition and the potential that competitors could copy the Company&#8217;s products&#59; compliance with and changes in environmental and health and safety laws&#59; risks of conducting business internationally&#59; compliance with and changes in laws and regulations&#59; currency exchange risks&#59; dependence on customer preference and the concentration of the Company&#8217;s customer base&#59; dependence on residential and commercial construction markets&#59; the effect of adverse changes in climate or weather patterns&#59; use of accounting estimates and all other risks identified in the Company&#8217;s reports filed with Australian, Irish and US securities regulatory 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&#8217;s forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and are statements of the Company&#8217;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.</font></div><div style="margin-top:10pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:17pt;margin-top:17pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">4</font></div></div></div><div id="i7ce873ff66a549928336953cfebafedb_10"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div style="-sec-extract:summary"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i7ce873ff66a549928336953cfebafedb_4" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Table of Contents</a></font></div><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">EXHIBIT INDEX</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</font><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.637%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.532%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:85.431%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Exhibit&#160;No.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Description</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="ex991jhxconcludesnewzealan.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">99.1</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">JHX Concludes New Zealand Weathertightness Case</font></td></tr><tr style="height:18pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:18pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:18pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:18pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:18pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:17pt;margin-top:17pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">5</font></div></div></div><div id="i7ce873ff66a549928336953cfebafedb_13"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i7ce873ff66a549928336953cfebafedb_4" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Table of Contents</a></font></div><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">SIGNATURES</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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 duly authorized.</font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:55.561%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.930%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:29.209%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">James Hardie Industries plc</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Date&#58;&#160;&#160;&#160;28 April 2023</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">By&#58;&#160;&#160;&#47;s&#47; Aoife Rockett</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Description</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="ex991jhxconcludesnewzealan.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">99.1</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">JHX Concludes New Zealand 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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i07f688be7cff4b5ab8ddcefca1bc6794_1"></div><div style="min-height:87.84pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:9pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:98.151%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:64.819%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:32.981%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#006634;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:101%">Media Release</font></div><div><font style="color:#006634;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:101%">26 April 2023 </font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:121%">EXHIBIT 99.1</font></div><div style="text-align:right"><img alt="jhlogo.jpg" src="jhlogo.jpg" style="height:60px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:200px"></div></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#006634;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#006634;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:9pt;text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:9pt;text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:14.4pt;padding-right:14.4pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#006634;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:119%">James Hardie Industries Concludes New Zealand Weathertightness Case</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;padding-left:7.2pt;padding-right:7.2pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">James Hardie Reaches Commercial Agreement with Plaintiff Ending Waitakere Litigation</font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:9pt;padding-right:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">James Hardie Industries plc (ASX&#58; JHX&#59; NYSE&#58; JHX), </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">today announced that the weathertightness litigation (Case No. CIV-2015-404-3080, previously described by James Hardie as the &#8220;Waitakere litigation&#8221;) brought against James Hardie before the Auckland High Court has ended via a negotiated commercial agreement (the &#8220;agreement&#8221;) with the plaintiff. The Waitakere litigation trial was planned to be a 32-week trial, scheduled to commence on 8 May 2023 in the Auckland High Court&#59; the agreement discontinues the Waitakere litigation in its entirety.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The detailed terms of the agreement are confidential and both parties are satisfied with the outcome. There is no admission of liability by any party and there is a full and final settlement of all claims arising directly or indirectly out of the Waitakere litigation. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">James Hardie will record the entirety of the costs associated with this agreement in the Fourth Quarter of its Fiscal Year 2023 financial results&#59; the expense will be recorded in General Corporate Costs. This agreement was not considered when the Fiscal Year 2023 Adjusted Net Income guidance was announced on 14 February 2023.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">James Hardie CEO Mr. Aaron Erter, said, &#8220;We are satisfied with this outcome as it allows us to move forward with a focus on our operations and our future growth. This agreement makes commercial sense for us in the context of the costs of a trial and any appeal and does not change our continued belief that we behaved as a responsible manufacturer.&#8221; Speaking to the impact on FY23 Adjusted Net Income, Mr. Erter stated, &#8220;There is no change to our Adjusted Net Income guidance range announced on 14 February 2023, after recording the expenses associated with this agreement.&#8221;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Please see our condensed consolidated financial statements dated 31 December 2022, for further description of New Zealand weathertightness.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#006634;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:119%">Forward-Looking Statements</font></div><div><font style="color:#006634;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:2pt;font-weight:400;line-height:119%">&#160;</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">This Media Release contains forward-looking statements and information that are necessarily subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Many factors could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of James Hardie to be materially different from those expressed or implied in this release, including, among others, the risks and uncertainties set forth in Section&#160;3 &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; in James Hardie&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31&#160;March 2022&#59; changes in general economic, political, governmental and business conditions globally and in the countries in which James Hardie does business&#59; changes in interest rates&#59; changes in inflation rates&#59; changes in exchange rates&#59; the level of construction generally&#59; changes in cement demand and prices&#59; changes in raw material and energy prices&#59; changes in business strategy and various other factors. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein. 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