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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001628280-26-038459
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SD
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20260527
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20260527

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			James Hardie Industries plc
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001159152
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CONCRETE PRODUCTS, EXCEPT BLOCK & BRICK [3272]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		EIN:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15240
		FILM NUMBER:		261026258

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION: 	YES
		STREET 1:		1ST FLOOR, BLOCK A
		STREET 2:		ONE PARK PLACE, UPPER HATCH STREET
		CITY:			DUBLIN 2
		PROVINCE COUNTRY:   	L2
		ZIP:			D02 FD79
		BUSINESS PHONE:		353 1411 6924

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION: 	YES
		STREET 1:		1ST FLOOR, BLOCK A
		STREET 2:		ONE PARK PLACE, UPPER HATCH STREET
		CITY:			DUBLIN 2
		PROVINCE COUNTRY:   	L2
		ZIP:			D02 FD79

	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="i39402e7634ca490d8878f8b2c37c7991_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:4pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Washington, DC 20549</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">________________________________________</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM SD</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">________________________________________</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:24pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">James Hardie Industries plc</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">________________________________________</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><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:32.233%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:32.233%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:32.234%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Ireland</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">001-15240</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">98-0382260</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-right:-1.32pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:7.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(State or Other Jurisdiction</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.75pt;padding-right:-1.32pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:7.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">of Incorporation)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:7.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(Commission File Number)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-right:-1.32pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:7.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(IRS Employer</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.75pt;padding-right:-1.32pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:7.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Identification No.)</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><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:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:0.75pt;padding-right:-1.32pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">1st Floor, Block A</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.75pt;padding-right:-1.32pt;text-align:center"><font 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Roman',serif;font-size:7.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 5.57pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:4pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:7.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(Zip Code)</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Tim Beastrom</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Chief Legal Officer</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">888-542-7343</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">person to contact in connection with this report.)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">________________________________________</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:1pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.519%"><tr><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.927%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:2.925%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.927%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.927%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:90.365%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.929%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:16pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" 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Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This Form SD disclosure is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (&#8220;Rule 13p-1&#8221;). Pursuant to Rule 13p-1, the Company undertook to determine whether the products it manufactured or contracted to manufacture during the year ended December 31, 2025 contained conflict minerals necessary to the functionality or production of such products. &#8220;Conflict minerals&#8221; are defined as cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (&#8220;3TG&#8221;).</font></div><div style="margin-top:3pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company evaluated its products to determine which of its products may contain 3TG. Based on this review, the Company determined tin is necessary to the functionality or production of certain of its products. The Company&#8217;s product categories that may contain tin are&#58; (i) polyvinyl chloride (&#8220;PVC&#8221;) products, including PVC decking, railing, exterior trim, siding, cladding, pergolas, and accessories and (ii) certain lighting products. The Company conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry to determine whether any of the 3TG contained in its products originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia (together, the &#8220;Covered Countries&#8221;) or from recycled or scrap sources. The Company&#8217;s primary means of determining the country of origin of the 3TG contained in its products was conducting a supply-chain inquiry using the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (&#8220;RMI&#8221;) with the Company&#8217;s direct suppliers representing 100% of the Company&#8217;s spend on these products in 2025, eliciting, as applicable, information regarding (i) the presence of 3TG contained in materials supplied to the Company, (ii) the refiner or smelter of the 3TG, (iii) the country of origin of the 3TG, (iv) whether the 3TG came from scrap or recycled sources, and (v) other relevant information regarding the supplier&#8217;s (or its suppliers&#8217;) practices concerning 3TG. The Company received survey responses from 100% of the suppliers solicited.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company reviewed and evaluated each response received from this inquiry along with certain public disclosures made by such suppliers. In addition, the Company maintains vertically integrated recycling operations that recycle scrap materials prior to their inclusion in the Company&#8217;s products.</font></div><div style="margin-top:3pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Based on the reasonable country of origin inquiry described above, the Company has in good faith concluded that, to the extent the Company's suppliers have supplied it with Conflict Minerals that originated in Covered Countries, those Conflict Minerals were sourced from smelters that meet the standards of the Responsible Minerals Initiative's Responsible Minerals Assurance Process, and that it has no reason to believe that the remaining Conflict Minerals used in products manufactured or contracted to be manufactured by the Company and necessary to their functionality or production may have originated in the Covered Countries.</font></div><div style="margin-top:3pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Pursuant to the Updated Statement on the Effect of the Court of Appeals Decision on the Conflict Minerals Rule issued by the Division of Corporation Finance of the SEC on April 7, 2017 (the &#34;April 2017 Guidance&#34;), the Company has provided only the disclosure required under the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of Item 1.01 of Form SD. 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