James Hardie 6-K on risks and new exhibits

James Hardie Industries plc furnishes a Form 6-K that primarily sets out its approach to forward-looking statements and attaches several exhibits relating to its capital markets activity and operations.

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James Hardie Industries plc furnishes a Form 6-K that primarily sets out its approach to forward-looking statements and attaches several exhibits relating to its capital markets activity and operations. The company explains that it regularly makes forward-looking statements about topics such as integration of the AZEK acquisition, future performance, plant capital projects, credit facilities, dividends and share buy-backs, tax structures, legal proceedings, and contributions to the Australian asbestos compensation fund AICF. It highlights extensive risk factors that could cause actual results to differ, including asbestos-related liabilities, tax and regulatory changes, competition, product and environmental claims, raw material costs, international business risks, currency movements, customer concentration, and housing market conditions. The exhibit index lists notifications regarding unquoted securities, an application for quotation of securities, and a document on optimizing the company’s manufacturing footprint.

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What is the main purpose of James Hardie (JHX) January 2026 Form 6-K?

The Form 6-K from James Hardie Industries plc outlines how the company uses forward-looking statements and the risks that could affect future results, and it furnishes several exhibits, including notifications regarding unquoted securities, an application for quotation of securities, and a document on optimizing its manufacturing footprint.

Which topics do James Hardie’s forward-looking statements cover in this 6-K?

The company’s forward-looking statements cover the future integration of AZEK, expected future performance, plant suspensions or closures, major capital expenditure projects, extensions or renewals of credit facilities, dividend payments and share buy-backs, corporate and tax domiciles, tax liabilities and audits, legal proceedings, contributions to the AICF asbestos compensation fund, management of legal and regulatory matters, and economic and housing market conditions in its operating regions.

What key risks and uncertainties does James Hardie highlight in this filing?

The filing cites risks including matters arising from prior manufacture of asbestos-containing products by current and former subsidiaries, required and potential shortfalls in contributions to AICF, compliance with and changes in tax laws, competition and pricing, product failures or defects, environmental and other legal proceedings, general economic and market conditions, raw material supply and costs, possible increases in competition, compliance with environmental and health and safety laws, international business risks, currency exchange risks, dependence on customer preference and concentrated customers, reliance on residential and commercial construction markets, and adverse climate or weather changes.

What exhibits are attached to James Hardie’s January 2026 Form 6-K?

The exhibit index lists four items: 99.1 and 99.2, each a notification regarding unquoted securities for JHX; 99.3, an application for quotation of securities for JHX; and 99.4, titled “James Hardie to Optimize Manufacturing Footprint.”

How does James Hardie treat forward-looking statements in this document?

James Hardie states that its forward-looking statements are made under the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, are based on current expectations and assumptions, and involve inherent risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. The company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on these statements and notes that it assumes no obligation to update them except as required by law.

Does the Form 6-K reference James Hardie’s prior risk factor disclosures?

Yes. The company notes that some of the factors affecting forward-looking statements are discussed under “Risk Factors” in Section 3 of its Form 20-F filed on 20 May 2025 and in other reports filed with Australian, Irish and US securities regulatory agencies and exchanges.

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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 January 2026

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						Application for quotation of securities - JHX
99.4						James Hardie to Optimize Manufacturing Footprint

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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:   15 January 2026						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						Application for quotation of securities - JHX
99.4						James Hardie to Optimize Manufacturing Footprint

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