# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001159152
**File Stem:** 0001193125-25-133411
**Filing Date:** 2025-6
**Character Count:** 20366
**Document Hash:** c3ba7c89b629244cdb3357000a9b8575
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-25-133411.hdr.sgml**: 20250602

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-25-133411

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 6-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 3

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250602

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250602

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250602

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** James Hardie Industries plc
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001159152
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** CONCRETE PRODUCTS, EXCEPT BLOCK & BRICK [3272]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 04 Manufacturing
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0331

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 6-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-15240
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251015883

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 2ND FLOOR EUROPA HOUSE
- **STREET 2:** HARCOURT CENTRE HARCOURT STREET
- **CITY:** DUBLIN
- **STATE:** L2
- **ZIP:** 2
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 353 1 4116924

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 2ND FLOOR EUROPA HOUSE
- **STREET 2:** HARCOURT CENTRE HARCOURT STREET
- **CITY:** DUBLIN
- **STATE:** L2
- **ZIP:** 2

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES SE
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20100219

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES N.V.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20090508

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** HARDIE JAMES INDUSTRIES NV
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20010914

**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 June 2025** 

**Commission File Number 1-15240** 

## 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 of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F: ☒ Form 40-F: ☐

This report shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into (i) the registrant's registration statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-286977) and the related prospectus and (ii) the registrant's registration statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-14036, 333-153446, 333-161482, 333-190551, 333-198169, 333-206470, 333-246178 and 333-253533).

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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 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:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• statements about the proposed merger between the Company and AZEK, including its completion, timing and
anticipated benefits;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• statements about the Company's future performance;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• projections of the Company's results of operations or financial condition;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• statements regarding the Company's plans, objectives or goals, including those relating to strategies,
initiatives, competition, acquisitions, dispositions and/or its products;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• 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;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• 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;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• expectations regarding the extension or renewal of the Company's credit facilities including changes to
terms, covenants or ratios;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• expectations concerning dividend payments and share buy-backs;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• statements concerning the Company's corporate and tax domiciles and structures and potential changes to
them, including potential tax charges;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• statements regarding tax liabilities and related audits, reviews and proceedings;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• 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;

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• 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;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• 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

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• 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.

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 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

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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 proposed AZEK merger; 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** 

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| **Exhibit No.** | **Description** |
| 99.1 | [Announcement of Proposed Offering of Senior Secured Notes](d56615dex991.htm) |

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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.

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|  | **James Hardie Industries plc** | **James Hardie Industries plc** |
| Date: 2 June 2025 | By: | /s/ Aoife Rockett |
|  |  | Aoife Rockett |
|  |  | Company Secretary |

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## Exhibit 99.1

**Exhibit 99.1** 

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|  June 2, 2025 | ![LOGO](g56615dsp1.jpg) |

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**James Hardie Industries plc Announces Proposed Private Offering of Senior Secured Notes** 

SYDNEY—(BUSINESS WIRE)— James Hardie Industries plc (ASX: JHX) ("James Hardie" or the "Company") announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, JH North America Holdings Inc. (the "Issuer"), intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, $1.7 billion aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes (the "Notes") in one or more tranches for issuance in a private placement not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").

Subject to certain exceptions and thresholds, the Notes will be guaranteed on a senior secured basis by each wholly owned restricted subsidiary of James Hardie that guarantees its existing senior secured credit facilities, and will be secured by substantially the same collateral as James Hardie's existing first lien obligations under its existing senior secured credit facilities.

James Hardie intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, together with borrowings under its credit facilities and cash on hand, to finance the aggregate cash consideration in the proposed acquisition of the AZEK Company Inc. ("AZEK"), to repay and terminate AZEK's existing credit facility and to pay related transaction fees and expenses. At the closing of the Notes offering, the proceeds of the Notes are expected to be placed into escrow pending the consummation of the proposed AZEK acquisition. If the acquisition is not consummated, the Issuer will be required to repay the Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the initial issue price of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date.

The Notes and the related guarantees have not been registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction. As a result, they may not be offered or sold in the United States or to any U.S. persons, except pursuant to an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Accordingly, the Notes and the related guarantees are being offered only to persons reasonably believed to be "qualified institutional buyers" in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A under the Securities Act or, outside the United States, to persons other than "U.S. persons" in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. You are hereby notified that sellers of the Notes and the related guarantees may be relying on the exemption from the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A.

This communication is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, the Notes in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

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*Forward Looking Statements* 

Statements in this communication that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 175 promulgated thereunder, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule 3b-6 promulgated thereunder, which statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties and are 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 proposed transaction between the Company and AZEK (the "Transaction"), including estimated synergies, and the expected timing of completion of the Transaction; the consummation of the offering of Notes and the Company's anticipated use of the net proceeds from such offering; the Company's future performance or expectations; the Company's plans, objectives or goals; and the senior secured credit facilities, borrowings thereunder, use of proceeds thereof and any other financing transactions related to the Transaction. Words such as "believe," "anticipate," "plan," "expect," "intend," "target," "estimate," "project," "predict," "trend," "forecast," "guideline," "aim," "objective," "will," "should," "could," "likely," "continue," "may," "objective," "outlook" and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward looking statements.

Forward-looking statements of James Hardie and AZEK, respectively, are based on the current expectations, estimates and assumptions of James Hardie and AZEK, respectively, 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 control of James Hardie or AZEK. 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 forward-looking statements. These factors include risks and uncertainties relating to the Transaction, including, but not limited to, the possibility that required regulatory approvals for the Transaction or approval of the Transaction by AZEK's stockholders and other conditions to closing are not received or satisfied on a timely basis or at all; the possible occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of either or both of James Hardie and AZEK to terminate the merger agreement providing for the Transaction; possible negative effects of the announcement or the consummation of the Transaction on the market price of James Hardie's and/or AZEK's shares and/or on their respective businesses, financial conditions, results of operations and financial performance; uncertainties as to access to financing (including financing for the Transaction) on a timely basis and on reasonable terms; the impact of the additional indebtedness the Company would incur in connection with the Transaction; risks relating to the value of the James Hardie shares to be issued in the Transaction and

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the contemplated listing arrangements for James Hardie shares and depositary interests following the Transaction; risks relating to significant transaction costs and/or unknown liabilities; the possibility that the anticipated synergies and other benefits from the Transaction cannot be realized in full or at all or may take longer to realize than expected; risks associated with contracts containing consent and/or other provisions that may be triggered by the Transaction; risks associated with Transaction-related litigation; the possibility that costs or difficulties related to the integration of James Hardie's and AZEK's businesses will be greater than expected; the risk that the Transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the parties' relationships with its and their employees and other business partners, including suppliers and customers; the potential for the Transaction to divert the time and attention of management from ongoing business operations; the potential for contractual restrictions under the merger agreement providing for the Transaction to adversely affect the parties' ability to pursue other business opportunities or strategic transactions; the risk of other Transaction related disruptions to the businesses, including business plans and operations, of James Hardie and AZEK; and the possibility that, as a result of the Transaction or otherwise, James Hardie could lose its foreign private issuer status and be required to bear the costs and expenses related to full compliance with rules and regulations that apply to U.S. domestic issuers. There can be no assurance that the Transaction will in fact be consummated in the manner described or at all.

These factors are not necessarily all of the factors that could cause James Hardie's, AZEK's or the combined company's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by any of the forward-looking statements. Other factors, including unknown or unpredictable factors, could also harm James Hardie's, AZEK's or the combined company's results.

The foregoing discussion of risks and uncertainties is not exhaustive; other risks and uncertainties may cause actual results to differ materially from those referenced in any forward looking statements. All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company, or persons acting on the Company's behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements set forth above. Forward looking statements in this communication speak only as of the date of this communication and are statements of then current expectations concerning future results, events and conditions. The Company does not assume any obligation to update any forward looking statements or information except as required by law. If the Company updates one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that the Company will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements. Further information regarding the Company and factors that could affect the forward-looking statements contained herein can be found in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, and in its other documents filed or furnished with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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