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James Hardie Industries plc 1st Floor, Block A, One Park Place, Upper Hatch Street, Dublin 2, D02 FD79, Ireland T: +353 (0) 1 411 6924 F: +353 (0) 1 479 1128 James Hardie Industries plc is a limited liability company incorporated in Ireland with its registered office at 1st Floor, Block A, One Park Place, Upper Hatch Street, Dublin 2, D02 FD79, Ireland. Directors: Anne Lloyd (Chairperson, USA), Peter-John Davis (Aus), Persio Lisboa (USA), Renee Peterson (USA), Rada Rodriguez (Sweden), Suzanne B. Rowland (USA), Nigel Stein (UK), Harold Wiens (USA). Chief Executive Officer and Director: Aaron Erter (USA) Company number: 485719 ARBN: 097 829 895 22 November 2023 The Manager Company Announcements Office Australian Securities Exchange Limited 20 Bridge Street SYDNEY NSW 2000 Dear Sir/Madam Substantial Holding Notice As required under ASX Listing Rule 3.17.3 please see attached copy of the substantial holding notice received by James Hardie on 21 November 2023. Regards Aoife Rockett Company Secretary This announcement has been authorised for release by the Company Secretary, Ms Aoife Rockett. EXHIBIT 99.4

James Hardie Industries plc Group Company Secretary Second Floor, Europa House Harcourt Centre Harcourt Street Dublin 2, D02 WR20 Ireland 21 November 2023 Dear Sir/Madam Re: Disclosure of change in notifiable interest Pursuant to Section 1048 and/or Section 1050 of the Companies Act 2014, Bennelong Funds Management Group Pty Ltd (and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates1 as listed in Annexure A) (“BFMG”) discloses a change in notifiable interest in James Hardie Industries plc. As per the previous notification provided on 15 August 2023, BFMG held a notifiable interest in James Hardie Industries plc Chess Depositary Interests (“CDIs”) of 4.68% ordinary share capital on that date. This figure was based on a holding of 20,591,212 shares and a total of 440,122,249 shares on issue. As of 21 November 2023, BFMG now holds a notifiable interest in James Hardie Industries plc CDIs of 3.97% ordinary share capital. This figure is based on a holding of 17,389,710 shares and a total of 437,772,838 shares on issue. The registered holders of these shares are as follows: Registered holder Number of CDIs held Citibank 14,927,032 Northern Trust 1,075,244 JPMorgan 669,567 UBS 482,673 NAB Asset Servicing 235,194 Yours sincerely Jeff Phillips Company Secretary 1 For the purposes of this Notice and pursuant to s 608(3) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), ‘Affiliates’ means any body corporate or managed investment scheme in which the Group’s voting power is over 20% or which is controlled by the Group.

Annexure A Subsidiaries BennBridge Ltd (Company Number 10480050) Bennelong Funds Management Ltd (ACN 111 214 085) Affiliates 4D Infrastructure Pty Ltd (ACN 604 979 259) Bennelong Australian Equity Partners Pty Ltd (ACN 131 665 122) Bennelong Long Short Equity Management Pty Ltd (ACN 118 724 173) Quay Global Investors Pty Ltd (ACN 163 911 859) Skerryvore Asset Management LLP (OC429371) Touchstone Asset Management Pty Ltd (ACN 605 911 519)