Exhibit 99.2
Appendix 3C
Announcement of buy-back
Rule 3.8A
Appendix 3C
Announcement of buy-back
(except minimum holding buy-back)
Information and documents given to ASX become ASX’s property and may be made public.
Introduced 1/9/99. Origin: Appendix 7B. Amended 13/3/2000, 30/9/2001, 11/01/10
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ABN/ARSN
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| James Hardie Industries plc
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097 829 895
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We (the entity) give ASX the following information.
Information about buy-back
| 1 | Type of buy-back |
Selective
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| 2 | +Class of shares/units which is the subject of the buy-back (eg, ordinary/preference)
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Ordinary shares / CUFS |
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| 3 | Voting rights (eg, one for one) |
One for one
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| 4 | Fully paid/partly paid (and if partly paid, details of how much has been paid and how much is outstanding) |
Fully paid |
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| 5 | Number of shares/units in the +class on issue |
445,608,685 |
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| 6 | Whether shareholder/unitholder approval is required for buy-back |
Not required |
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| 7 | Reason for buy-back |
Ongoing capital management programme as announced to the ASX on 19 May 2016. Shares/CUFS acquired pursuant to this transaction form part of the USD 100 million purchase authorisation referred to in the Appendix 3C dated 1 August 2016. |
| + See chapter 19 for defined terms. | ||
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| 8 | Any other information material to a shareholder’s/unitholder’s decision whether to accept the offer (eg, details of any proposed takeover bid)
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Not applicable |
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On-market buy-back
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| 9 | Name of broker who will act on the company’s behalf
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Not applicable |
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| 10 | Deleted 30/9/2001.
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| 11 | If the company/trust intends to buy back a maximum number of shares - that number
Note: This requires a figure to be included, not a percentage.
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Not applicable |
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| 12 | If the company/trust intends to buy back shares/units within a period of time - that period of time; if the company/trust intends that the buy-back be of unlimited duration - that intention
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Not applicable |
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| 13 | If the company/trust intends to buy back shares/units if conditions are met - those conditions
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Not applicable |
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Employee share scheme buy-back
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| 14 | Number of shares proposed to be bought back
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Not applicable |
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| 15 | Price to be offered for shares
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Not applicable |
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| + See chapter 19 for defined terms.
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| Selective buy-back | ||||||||
| 16 | Name of person or description of class of person whose shares are proposed to be bought back
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See announcement dated 5 September 2016. |
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| 17 | Number of shares proposed to be bought back |
2,162,696, subject to adjustment as described in the announcement dated 5 September 2016.
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| 18 | Price to be offered for shares |
Refer to announcement dated 5 September 2016
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| Equal access scheme | ||||||||
| 19 | Percentage of shares proposed to be bought back |
Not applicable |
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| 20 | Total number of shares proposed to be bought back if all offers are accepted
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Not applicable |
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| 21 | Price to be offered for shares |
Not applicable
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| 22 | +Record date for participation in offer
Cross reference: Appendix 7A, clause 9. |
Not applicable |
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| Compliance statement
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| 1. | The company is in compliance with all Corporations Act requirements relevant to this buy-back. | |||||||
| or, for trusts only: |
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| 1. | The trust is in compliance with all requirements of the Corporations Act as modified by Class Order 07/422, and of the trust’s constitution, relevant to this buy-back. | |||||||
| 2. | There is no information that the listing rules require to be disclosed that has not already been disclosed, or is not contained in, or attached to, this form. | |||||||
| Sign here: | /s/ Natasha Mercer | Date: 5 September 2016 | ||
| (Company secretary) | ||||
| Print name: | Natasha Mercer | |||
| + See chapter 19 for defined terms.
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