Exhibit 99.1

 

  

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                                          James Hardie Industries plc

                                          Europa House 2nd Floor,

                                          Harcourt Centre

                                          Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Ireland

 

                                          T: +353 (0) 1 411 6924

                                          F: +353 (0) 1 479 1128

27 April 2017

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 a copy of the substantial holding notice received by James Hardie on 26 April 2017.

Yours faithfully

 

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Natasha Mercer

Company Secretary

 

 

 

James Hardie Industries plc is a limited liability company incorporated in Ireland with its registered office at

Europa House, Harcourt Centre, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Directors: Michael Hammes (Chairman, USA), Brian Anderson (USA), Russell Chenu (Australia),

Andrea Gisle Joosen (Sweden), David Harrison (USA), Alison Littley (United Kingdom),

James Osborne, Rudy van der Meer (Netherlands).

Chief Executive Officer and Director: Louis Gries (USA)

Company number: 485719

ARBN: 097 829 895

STANDARD FORM TR-1

VOTING RIGHTS ATTACHED TO SHARES– ARTICLE 12(1) OF DIRECTIVE 2004/109/EC

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS – ARTICLE 11(3) OF THE COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2007/14/ECi

 

1.     Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached ii:

James Hardie Industries PLC

2.     Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

[X]     an acquisition or disposal of voting rights

[    ]    an acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

[    ]    an event changing the breakdown of voting rights

3.     Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligationiii:

BlackRock, Inc.

4.     Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)iv: see section 9

5.     Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reachedv:

24th April 2017

6.     Date on which issuer notified:

26th April 2017

7.     Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Holding has gone above 4%

8.     Notified details:

 

A) Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN CODE)

         

 

Situation previous to the
Triggering transaction vi

 

   

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

vii

      

Number of
Sharesviii


  
 
  

Number of

Voting rightsix

   

Number

of

sharesx

   

Number of voting rightsxi

   

% of voting rights

          Direct   

Direct

xii

   

Indirectxiii

   

Direct

   

Indirect

AU000000JHX1

          17,717,385     17,717,385   

N/A

   

N/A

    17,643,767   

N/A

    4.00%

SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)

                          17,643,767    4.00%

B) Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transactionxiv

Type of financial instrument

   

Expiration Datexv

  

Exercise/Conversion Period/ Datexvi

      

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted

      

% of voting rights

                  
                          
 

SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates)

                

 

Total (A+B)

  

number of voting rights

      

% of voting rights

17,643,767

  

17,643,767

      

4.00%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicablexvii:

Each of the following entities, which are wholly owned subsidiaries of BlackRock, Inc., hold the following interests in voting rights in their capacity as Investment Manager on behalf of clients:

 

Investment Manager

      Voting Rights      %

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association

    5,743,580        1.30%    

BlackRock Fund Advisors

    5,199,483    1.18%

BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited

    2,389,114    0.54%

BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited

    1,848,868    0.42%

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

    767,587    0.17%

BlackRock Investment Management, LLC

    678,801    0.15%

BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.

    510,557    0.12%

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

    206,532    0.05%

BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited

    191,305    0.04%

BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.

    71,668    0.02%

BlackRock International Limited

    21,234    0.00%

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

    10,054    0.00%

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

    3,250    0.00%

BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited

    1,734    0.00%

10. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [number] voting rights as of [date].

11. Additional information:

Done at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K. on 26th April 2017.