James Hardie (NYSE: JHX) outlines AZEK integration and key risk factors

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James Hardie Industries plc furnished a Form 6-K mainly to set out its approach to forward-looking statements and to list related exhibits. The company explains that statements about its future performance, the integration and anticipated benefits of the AZEK acquisition, capital projects, plant closures or suspensions, financing facilities, dividends and buy-backs, tax matters, legal proceedings and asbestos-related liabilities are all forward-looking in nature.

It highlights numerous risks that could cause actual results to differ, including contributions to the Australian Asbestos Injuries Compensation Fund (AICF), competition and product pricing, environmental and product liability exposures, tax and regulatory changes, international business risks, currency movements and housing market conditions in the regions where it operates. The filing also notes multiple exhibits covering notifications regarding unquoted securities and Appendix 3Y notices for several directors and officers, and states the company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements except as required by law.

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What did James Hardie Industries plc (JHX) file in this Form 6-K?

James Hardie Industries plc furnished a Form 6-K that primarily sets out its detailed forward-looking statements framework, summarizes the types of forward-looking information it may provide about its business, and includes an exhibit index covering notifications regarding unquoted securities and multiple Appendix 3Y notices for directors and officers.

What forward-looking topics does JHX highlight in this filing?

The company identifies forward-looking statements relating to the integration and anticipated benefits of AZEK, its future financial performance, planned strategies and acquisitions or dispositions, plant closures or suspensions and capital expenditure projects, credit facilities, dividends and share buy-backs, tax structures and potential charges, legal proceedings, and broader economic and housing market conditions.

Which key risks does James Hardie emphasize around asbestos and AICF?

The filing notes risks relating to matters arising from the prior manufacture of asbestos-containing products by current and former subsidiaries, as well as the need for required contributions to AICF, any shortfall in AICF funding, and the impact of currency exchange rate movements on the asbestos liability recorded in the company’s financial statements.

What market and operating conditions does JHX cite as risk factors?

James Hardie points to general economic and market conditions, including housing market conditions such as levels of new home construction and renovations, unemployment, consumer income, housing values, mortgage availability and interest rates, housing affordability, foreclosures and resales, currency exchange rates, and builder and consumer confidence, as factors that can affect its business.

How does the filing describe legal and regulatory risks for JHX?

The company refers to exposures from product failures or defects, environmental, asbestos and putative consumer class action proceedings, as well as broader legal and regulatory matters including product liability, environmental, intellectual property and competition law issues. It also notes risks tied to compliance with and changes in tax, environmental, health and safety, and other laws and regulations.

What exhibits are listed in the James Hardie (JHX) Form 6-K exhibit index?

The exhibit index lists multiple items, including notifications regarding unquoted securities - JHX and several Appendix 3Y notices for individuals such as P Lisboa, N Stein, S Rowland, R Peterson, J Pfeifer, H Heckes, J Singh and G Hendrickson, as well as an additional notification regarding unquoted securities.

Does James Hardie commit to updating its forward-looking statements?

The company states that forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and clarifies that it assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or information except as required by law.

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the Month of December 2025

1-15240

(Commission File Number)

JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES plc

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

1st Floor, Block A

One Park Place

Upper Hatch Street, Dublin 2, D02, FD79, Ireland

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F..X....  Form 40-F.........

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): Not Applicable

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): Not Applicable

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Forward-Looking Statements			3
Exhibit Index			5
Signatures			6

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Forward-Looking Statements

This Form 6-K contains forward-looking statements. James Hardie Industries plc (the “Company”) may from time to time make forward-looking statements in its periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission, on Forms 20-F and 6-K, in its annual reports to shareholders, in offering circulars, invitation memoranda and prospectuses, in media and earnings releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by the Company’s officers, directors or employees to analysts, institutional investors, existing and potential lenders, representatives of the media and others. Statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements and such forward-looking statements are statements made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

Examples of forward-looking statements include:

•statements about the future integration of AZEK, including its anticipated benefits;

•statements about the Company’s future performance;

•projections of the Company’s results of operations or financial condition;

•statements 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;

•statements regarding the possible consequences and/or potential outcome of legal proceedings brought against us and the potential liabilities, if any, associated with such proceedings;

•expectations about the timing and amount of contributions to AICF, a special purpose fund for the compensation of proven Australian asbestos-related personal injury and death claims;

•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 or housing market conditions in the regions in which we operate, including but not limited to, 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.

Words such as “believe,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “expect,” “intend,” “target,” “estimate,” “project,” “predict,” “forecast,” “guideline,” “aim,” “will,” “should,” “likely,” “continue,” “may,” “objective,” “outlook” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements and all such forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the following cautionary statements.

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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 our Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on 20 May 2025, 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 funding and the effect of currency exchange rate movements on the amount recorded in the Company’s financial statements as an asbestos liability; 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; compliance with and changes in environmental and health and safety laws; risks of conducting business internationally; compliance with and changes in laws and regulations; currency exchange risks; dependence on customer preference and the concentration of the Company’s customer base; dependence on residential and commercial construction markets; the effect of adverse changes in climate or weather patterns; use of accounting estimates; the AZEK acquisition; and all other risks identified in the Company’s reports filed with Australian, Irish and US securities regulatory agencies and exchanges (as appropriate). The Company cautions you that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive and that other risks and uncertainties may cause actual results to differ materially from those referenced in the Company’s forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and are statements of the Company’s 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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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.						Description
99.1						Notification regarding unquoted securities - JHX
99.2						Notification regarding unquoted securities - JHX
99.3						Appendix 3Y - P LISBOA
99.4						Appendix 3Y - N STEIN
99.5						Appendix 3Y - S ROWLAND
99.6						Appendix 3Y - R PETERSON
99.7						Appendix 3Y - J PFEIFER
99.8						Appendix 3Y - H HECKES
99.9						Appendix 3Y - J SINGH
99.10						Appendix 3Y - G HENDRICKSON
99.11						Notification regarding unquoted securities - JHX

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

						James Hardie Industries plc
Date:   23 December 2025						By:  /s/ Aoife Rockett
						Aoife Rockett
						Company Secretary

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.						Description
99.1						Notification regarding unquoted securities - JHX
99.2						Notification regarding unquoted securities - JHX
99.3						Appendix 3Y - P LISBOA
99.4						Appendix 3Y - N STEIN
99.5						Appendix 3Y - S ROWLAND
99.6						Appendix 3Y - R PETERSON
99.7						Appendix 3Y - J PFEIFER
99.8						Appendix 3Y - H HECKES
99.9						Appendix 3Y - J SINGH
99.10						Appendix 3Y - G HENDRICKSON
99.11						Notification regarding unquoted securities - JHX

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