 
   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    16 August 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 15 August 2023.         Regards      Aoife Rockett  Company Secretary    This announcement has been authorised for release by the Company Secretary, Ms Aoife  Rockett.                    
 
 
 
          James Hardie Industries plc  Group Company Secretary  Second Floor, Europa House  Harcourt Centre  Harcourt Street  Dublin 2, D02 WR20 Ireland    15 August 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 6 April 2023, BFMG held a notifiable interest in James  Hardie Industries plc Chess Depositary Interests (“CDIs”) of 5.23% ordinary share capital on that date.  This figure was based on a holding of 23,122,344 shares and a total of 442,056,296 shares on issue.     As of 15 August 2023, BFMG now holds a notifiable interest in James Hardie Industries plc CDIs of  4.68% ordinary share capital. This figure is based on a holding of 20,591,212 shares and a total of  440,122,249 shares on issue. The registered holders of these shares are as follows:    Registered holder Number of CDIs held  Citibank 16,469,714  BNP Paribas 1,506,884  Northern Trust 784,252  JPMorgan 679,428  UBS 614,673  NAB Asset Servicing 536,261    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)  BambuBlack Asset Management LLP (OC427173)  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)