 
   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    17 July 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 14 July 2023.         Regards      Aoife Rockett  Company Secretary    This announcement has been authorised for release by the Company Secretary, Ms Aoife  Rockett.                    
 
 
 
    SCHEDULE    Name and address of [Subsidiary]/[Fund] Number of  shares  Registered holder(s) of shares  Vanguard Australian Shares Index Fund  P.O. Box 2600, V26, Valley Forge, PA 19482, USA          6,034,129  JP Morgan Chase Bank  Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund          5,946,434  JP Morgan Chase Bank  Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund          3,530,415   State Street Bank and Trust  Company  Vanguard Institutional Total International Stock  Market Index Trust II          2,736,371  JP Morgan Chase Bank  Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund              895,042   Bank of New York Mellon  Corporation  Vanguard Pacific ex-Japan Stock Index Fund              833,928  Brown Brothers Harriman  Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund              537,489   Bank of New York Mellon  Corporation  Vanguard Institutional Total International Stock  Market Index Trust              360,360  JP Morgan Chase Bank  Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund              240,875   State Street Bank and Trust  Company  Vanguard FTSE Developed Asia Pacific ex Japan  UCITS ETF              204,975  Brown Brothers Harriman  Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF              128,470  Brown Brothers Harriman  Vanguard FTSE Developed World ex-U.K. Equity  Index Fund              125,587   State Street Bank and Trust  Company  Vanguard Global Stock Index Fund              116,462  Brown Brothers Harriman  Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF                75,518  JP Morgan Chase Bank  Vanguard FTSE Developed All Cap ex North  America Index Fund                58,358   State Street Bank and Trust  Company  Vanguard Developed Markets Index Trust                54,177   State Street Bank and Trust  Company  Vanguard ESG Developed World All Cap Equity  Index Fund                36,834  Brown Brothers Harriman  Vanguard FTSE Developed World UCITS ETF                22,606  Brown Brothers Harriman  Vanguard FTSE Global All Cap Index Fund                18,312   State Street Bank and Trust  Company  Vanguard SRI FTSE Developed World II (B)  Common Contractual Fund                13,104  Brown Brothers Harriman  Vanguard FTSE Developed World Common  Contractual Fund                  9,389  Brown Brothers Harriman  Vanguard FTSE Developed World ex UK Common  Contractual Fund                  9,240  Brown Brothers Harriman  Vanguard ESG Developed World All Cap Equity  Index Fund (UK)                  8,829   State Street Bank and Trust  Company  Vanguard SRI FTSE Developed World II Common                  6,818  Brown Brothers Harriman  
 
 
 
    Contractual Fund  Vanguard ESG Global All Cap UCITS ETF                  4,027  Brown Brothers Harriman  Vanguard FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap  Index ETF                  3,642   State Street Bank and Trust  Company  Vanguard ESG Developed Asia Pacific All Cap UCITS  ETF                  1,687  Brown Brothers Harriman  TOTAL 22,013,078