CENTRAL OPERATIONS
September 2015
Exhibit 99.6


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DISCLAIMER
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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regarding
the
company’s
plans,
objectives
or
goals,
including
those
relating
to
strategies,
initiatives,
competition,
acquisitions,
dispositions
and/or
its
products;
expectations concerning the costs associated with the suspension or closure of operations at any of the company’s plants and future plans with respect to any such plants;
expectations
concerning
the
costs
associated
with
the
significant
capital
expenditure
projects
at
any
of
the
company’s
plants
and
future
plans
with
respect
to
any
such
projects;
expectations regarding the extension or renewal of the company’s credit facilities including changes to terms, covenants or ratios;
expectations concerning dividend payments and share buy-backs;
statements concerning the company’s corporate and tax domiciles and structures and potential changes to them, including potential tax charges;
statements regarding tax liabilities and related audits, reviews and proceedings;
expectations about the timing and amount of contributions to Asbestos Injuries Compensation Fund (AICF), a special purpose fund for the compensation of proven Australian
asbestos-related personal injury and death claims;
expectations concerning indemnification obligations;
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statements regarding the company’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; and
statements
about
economic
conditions,
such
as
changes
in
the
US
economic
or
housing
recovery
or
changes
in
the
market
conditions
in
the
Asia
Pacific
region,
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.


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Forward-looking statements are based on the company’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’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 “Risk Factors” in Section 3 of the Form 20-F filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on 21 May 2015, include, but are not limited to: all matters relating to or arising out of the prior manufacture of products that contained asbestos by current and
former company subsidiaries; required contributions to AICF, any shortfall in AICF and the effect of currency exchange rate movements on the amount recorded in the company’s financial
statements
as
an
asbestos
liability;
governmental
loan
facility
to
AICF;
compliance
with
and
changes
in
tax
laws
and
treatments;
competition
and
product
pricing
in
the
markets
in
which
the
company operates; the consequences of product failures or defects; exposure to environmental, asbestos, putative consumer class action or other legal proceedings; general economic
and market conditions; the supply and cost of raw materials; possible increases in competition and the potential that competitors could copy the company’s products; reliance on a small
number of customers; a customer’s inability to pay; compliance with and changes in environmental and health and safety laws; risks of conducting business internationally; compliance with
and changes in laws and regulations; the effect of the transfer of the company’s corporate domicile from the Netherlands to Ireland, including changes in corporate governance and any
potential tax benefits related thereto; currency exchange risks; dependence on customer preference and the concentration of the company’s customer base on large format retail
customers, distributors and dealers; dependence on residential and commercial construction markets; the effect of adverse changes in climate or weather patterns; possible inability to
renew credit facilities on terms favorable to the company, or at all; acquisition or sale of businesses and business segments; changes in the company’s key management personnel;
inherent limitations on internal controls; use of accounting estimates; and all other risks identified in the company’s reports filed with Australian, Irish and US securities regulatory agencies
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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.


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AGENDA
Introduction & Org Overview
JH Manufacturing Advantage
Capacity Update
JH Supply Chain Advantage
Freight & Procurement Update
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CENTRAL OPERATIONS ORGANIZATION
Raw Materials to Customer Integration:
Procurement
Production/Capacity Planning
Outbound Freight
Distribution Management (VMI)
Customer Operations
Supply Chain Strategy
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Supply Chain
Central Operations
Key Shared Manufacturing Capabilities:
Long-Term Capacity Planning
Greenfield Plant Design
Reliability Engineering
Process Control
Post-Autoclave Engineering
Core Engineering Development
Centralized Manufacturing


JH MANUFACTURING


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JH MANUFACTURING OVERVIEW
JH manufacturing: Major lever in our competitive advantage
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Proprietary technology delivers
unit cost & ROCE advantage 
Innovation in process capability
enables product leadership
Unique throughput advantage in
our Hatscheck
manufacturing
Engineered scale creates labor
and capital advantage
Flexible manufacturing achieves
low unit cost through market
cycles
Process capability to deliver
innovative product differentiation
Innovation approach delivers
speed to market advantage
Network flexibility creates
delivered cost advantage


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MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
PROCESS TECHNOLOGY SEGMENTS MANUFACTURING APPROACH
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Pre-Autoclave
Post-Autoclave
Manufacturing
Process
Continuous Process
Raw Material Conversion
Key Process
Objectives
Material handling
Coatings application
Long Continuous runs
Raw material yield
Optimize coating yield
Inventory Model
Make-to-Inventory
Mix of Make-to-Inventory &
Make-to-Order


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JH MANUFACTURING SCALE EVOLUTION
A culture of engineering step-change has yielded a tremendous
increase in manufacturing scale
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Equipment Automation
4’x4-tub
Manual
Manual
Fontana
4’x5-tub
Auto
Manual
Plant City
5’x6-tub
Auto
Auto
Tacoma
5’x9-tub
Auto+
Auto
Pulaski
Tub Config
Finishing
Interleaver
Labels


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SCALE AS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
Manufacturing scale creates a significant competitive advantage
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Fontana
Plant City
Tacoma
Pulaski
Fontana
Plant City
Tacoma
Pulaski
Capital Efficiency Unmatched
by Competitors
Machine Size & Automation
Yields High Labor Efficiency


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JH MANUFACTURING ADVANTAGE
Internally developed process capability enables product differentiation
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Product thickness
and density control
HardieTrim
®
and
Artisan product lines
Fit-to-purpose
manufacturing processing
HardieZone
®
Engineered for Climate
Post-processing
engineering
HardieShingle
®
Coatings application
expertise
ColorPlus
®
Technology


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MANUFACTURING ADVANTAGE SUMMARY
Step change engineering focus has delivered a
substantial manufacturing scale advantage
Constant investment in manufacturing process
capabilities enable our product differentiation
Flexibility in manufacturing & capacity model allow
for cost advantage through market cycles
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JH MANUFACTURING
CAPACITY


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JH CAPACITY PHILOSOPHY
CORE CONCEPTS OF OUR MANUFACTURING CAPACITY PHILOSOPHY:
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Enable 35/90 by ensuring market supply ahead of demand
Invest in capacity that maximizes value creation
Commission new capacity to optimize network costs


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ENSURING MARKET SUPPLY
LONG-TERM CAPACITY PLANNING
Our trigger to invest in new capacity is designed to buffer demand
uncertainty over our design/construction/commission period
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85% utilization
threshold hit
Decision Point
Construction
Commission
Demand


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JH CAPACITY TYPES
As a result, we manage several different types of capacity:
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Active
30-day “flex” lead-time
Not
Commissioned
Idled & New
90-day start-up lead-
time
18-24 month
construction lead-time
Capacity Category
Time to Mobilize
Network Examples
Summerville
Next Greenfield
Cleburne SM3
Plant City SM4
Peru SM1 & SM2
Pulaski SM1 & SM2
Tacoma SM1
Used in our Short-
Term Capacity
Management Process


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SHORT-TERM CAPACITY MANAGEMENT APPROACH
IN OUR SHORT-TERM CAPACITY PLANNING, ACTIVE & NOT COMMISSIONED
CAPACITY ENABLES A HIGH UTILIZATION TARGET
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Active
Not
Commissioned
Idled & New
Capacity Category
Utilization Triggers
Targeting high network utilization optimizes total
network cost while guaranteeing supply
Quick ramp-ups enable a high (95%)
network utilization threshold
Decision Point
Decision Point


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HOW WE MEASURE UTILIZATION
OUR UTILIZATION METRIC CONSIDERS THE ACTIVE CAPACITY BUCKET ONLY
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Active
Not
Commissioned
Idled & New
Capacity Category
Available manufacturing included in our current
network utilization calculation 
Manufacturing capacity that is not yet capable of
producing product is NOT included in our network
utilization calculation


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HOW WE CALCULATE UTILIZATION
OUR UTILIZATION METRIC IS CALCULATED BASED ON GROSS HOURS OF OUR
“ACTIVE” CAPACITY
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Active
Capacity Category
Current %
utilization
100% of
available
machine
hours
Consumed
gross hours
JH Utilization
Consumed gross hours
100%
of
available
machine
hours


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EXAMPLE CAPACITY ADD SEQUENCE
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No
Active Utilization
New Capacity Build
Triggered
Line Commissioned
88%
No
Yes
95%/78%
Yes –
year 3
No
84%
No
No
93%
Yes
95%/84%
Yes –
year 6
Yes –
year 5
Year 0
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4


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OUTLOOK ON NEW CAPACITY TIMING
Based on the this logic, our current outlook for capacity start-ups is:
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Actual start-up dates are highly sensitive to: market growth, JH
PDG performance, & product-specific capability requirements
MANUFACTURING CAPACITY
EXPECTED COMMISSIONING
PLANT CITY SM4
FY17 –
FY18
CLEBURNE SM3
FY18
FY19
SUMMERVILLE SM1
FY19
FY21
TACOMA SM2
FY19
FY22


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HEADWINDS TO CAPITAL EFFICIENCY
SEVERAL FACTORS ARE DRIVING UP THE COST TO
CONSTRUCT NEW CAPACITY
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Increasing regulatory requirements in air & water
Manufacturing processes to continue differentiation
Inflationary pressure in install & engineering labor
We have recently begun several initiatives to off-set these costs


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CAPITAL EFFICIENCY
EXAMPLE: GREENFIELD CAPACITY INITIATIVE
We have recently resourced a team to off-set these cost headwinds
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Greenfield
Capacity
Initiative
Value Engineering
Product Selection
Process Selection


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MANUFACTURING ADVANTAGE SUMMARY
We are committed to ensuring product supply and
will continue to invest ahead of demand
Our short-term capacity management program
targets high active utilization
We are resourcing programs to maintain our capital
efficiency advantage
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JH SUPPLY CHAIN ADVANTAGE


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JH SUPPLY CHAIN OVERVIEW
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Procurement
Network
Planning
Outbound
Freight
Channel
Management
Production
Scheduling
Customer
Experience
A fully integrated value chain that begins with customer value creation…
...and has capabilities that create a substantial competitive advantage:
Highly integrated customer/channel relationships
To-the-piece order flow, manufacturing and delivery capability
Automated production scheduling that leverages manufacturing scale
Flexible network model providing redundancy and optimal landed cost


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JH SUPPLY CHAIN SCALE ADVANTAGE
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JH Network –
Today
JH Network –
35/90
*Specific locations subject to change


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Enable access to differentiated products
across all customer segments
JH SUPPLY CHAIN OBJECTIVES
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James Hardie
Custom
Builder
Production
Builder
R&R
Contractor
Leverage
JH
manufacturing
and
freight
scale
and
capability
advantage
Minimize “total supply chain cost” through
the entire channel
JH SUPPLY CHAIN CREATES CUSTOMER VALUE WHILE OPTIMIZING TOTAL
VALUE CHAIN COSTS
Aligned Channel


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Enable access –
The entire ColorPlus
®
product
range at an unmatched lead time
SUPPLY CHAIN ADVANTAGE: JOBPACK EXAMPLE
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Aligned Channel
James Hardie
Custom
Builder
Production
Builder
R&R
Contractor
Optimize
JH
manufacturing
and
freight
-
automated
order
flow
and
truck
routing
that
significantly
minimize
the
“less-than-full”
pallet/truck
penalty
Minimize “total supply chain cost” removes the
need for channel inventory on “the tail”
JOBPACKS:
TO-THE-PIECE
COLORPLUS
®
HOUSE
PACKS
DELIVERED VIA LTL FREIGHT IN 8 DAYS


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JH
SUPPLY
CHAIN
CAPABILITY
ADVANTAGE
(HardieLink
®
)
Automated
Order Taking
Software
(JDA)
Sequential low
cost tendering
for delivery
(APO)
Optimization
Planning
Software builds &
aggregates large
production runs
(APO) System
Generates VMI
Replenishments
Trucks
(JDA) TMS Software
combines job packs
and VMI
replenishments to
optimize truck weight
and multi-stop routing
HIGHLY AUTOMATED, INTEGRATED SYSTEMS
Enable Customer
Integration
Leverage & Exploit
Manufacturing Scale
Optimize Delivered Cost with
Freight/Sourcing
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OPTIMIZING SUPPLY CHAIN
COSTS


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JH TRANSPORTATION: OUR APPROACH TO FREIGHT
CORE CONCEPTS OF OUR APPROACH TO FREIGHT:
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We optimize much of our network around freight
We manage to detailed performance metrics on
controllable cost drivers
Freight is a commodity –
the spot market is an
advantage for us


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JH
FREIGHT
COST
VS
THE
MARKET
(FY12
CURRENT)
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Source: DAT Rateview
(Spot market $/Mile W/Fuel)


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FY12 –
FY16 PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT LEVERS
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Truckload
Utilization
Result Achieved
5.5% increase
How
Optimized replenishment to VMI sites
Order parameters that maximize value
for the entire value chain
Targeted “above market” lane program
Carrier Sourcing:
Truckload
Purchasing
Network Design:
Mode &
Routing
Optimiziation
>25% savings
vs. published 
contract rates2
1
Source: DAT Rateview
2
Source: DAT Rateview: Jul
’14
Jul
’15 
Leverage JH internal brokerage
Backhaul programs with aligned channel
partners
14% reduction
in average
truckload haul1
Automated job pack order
consolidation and routing
150% increase in rail mode utilization
Controllable Area


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FREIGHT SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK
JH will continue YOY improvement in controllable areas
In FY16 we are benefitting from a favorable operating
environment in both supply/demand and fuel costs
While the current operating environment is soft, our future
state thinking on freight is impacted by the following realities:
Regulatory changes that reduce driver capacity
Demographic shifts, resulting in fewer drivers in workforce
Uncertain economic climate which limits capacity investments
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PROCUREMENT APPROACH
WE HAVE TWO PRIMARY OBJECTIVES FOR OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESSES
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Ensure long-term supply
Optimize pricing power on
scale & JH value proposition
Strategic partnerships in
select commodity categories
Management capability to
offset supply risk
R&D capability to create
alternative sourcing options
Industry analysis to quantify
JH value as a customer
Leverage spot markets to
increase pricing pressure
Strategic vertical integration
to key commodity categories


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CEMENT: UNDERSTANDING OUR VALUE AS A CUSTOMER
Supply/demand dynamics are driving increased pricing in all regions
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Ready
Mix
Producer
James
Hardie
Low Sales SG&A Requirement
Consistent, Predictable Demand
365-Day Buying
Finishing Efficiency
Formulation
Quantifying the value of our of
our business and leveraging
in supply agreements
Leveraging our R&D capability to
minimize a “formulation penalty”


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PULP: COMPETITIVE PRESSURE & SUPPLY CHAIN EFFICIENCIES
Our long-term pulp supply is secured through contracts with strategic
partners.  Within those agreements, we are focused on cost optimization
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JH Total
Pulp
Required
Minimum
Contract
Volumes
Spot Market
Development
Increasing Competition
Total Supply Chain  Costs
Rail-direct shipments remove
the need for transloading
Improved planning removing JH
and supplier warehouse operations
Formulation optimizing to
minimize supplier production cost


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SUPPLY CHAIN SUMMARY
Supply Chain is a strategic area focused on value
creation for our customers
We have substantial operating capabilities that
enable optimized delivered cost through the entire
value chain
We continue to be focus on elevating our controllable
performance to market through all market conditions
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QUESTIONS
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