EXHIBIT 99.1
James Hardie Industries plc
Europa House 2nd Floor,
Harcourt Centre
Harcourt Street, Dublin 2,
D02 WR20, Ireland
T: +353 (0) 1 411 6924
F: +353 (0) 1 479 1128
5 September 2022
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 2 September 2022.
Regards
Joseph C. Blasko
General Counsel & Company Secretary
This announcement has been authorised for release by the General Counsel and Company Secretary, Mr Joseph C. Blasko.
James Hardie Industries plc is a limited liability company incorporated in Ireland with its registered office at Europa House 2nd Floor, Harcourt Centre, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, D02 WR20, Ireland.
Directors: Michael Hammes (Chairman, USA), Anne Lloyd (Deputy Chairperson, USA), Peter-John Davis (Aus), Persio Lisboa (USA), Rada Rodriguez (Sweden),
Suzanne B. Rowland (USA), Nigel Stein (UK), Harold Wiens (USA).
Chief Executive Officer and Director: Aaron Erter (USA)
Company number: 485719
ARBN: 097 829 895
DocuSign Envelope ID: 7F664E5C-DAFE-47AA-91D2-777C4433CC7D |
Comet Asia Holdings II Pie. Ltd.
10 Changi Business Park Central 2,
01-02 Hansapoint, 486030, Singapore
James Hardie Industries PLC
Group Company Secretary
Second Floor, Europa House,
Harcourt Centre
Harcourt Street
Dublin 2, Ireland
31 August 2022
Dear Sir/Madam,
Re: Disclosure of Holding above 4% Threshold
Comet Asia Holdings II Pte. Ltd, Comet Asia Holdings I Pte. Ltd., KKR Asia Ill Fund Investments Pte. Ltd. and KKR Asian Fund Ill L.P. (each a KKR Entity) have a requirement to make a subsequent disclosure under Section 1048/1050 of the Companies Act 2014.
The KKR Entities have an aggregated interest in James Hardie Industries PLC, Chess Depository Interests of 4.002% ordinary share capital, as at 29 August 2022. This is based upon 17,833,319 shares held and a total of 445,653,365 voting rights on issue.
DocuSign Envelope ID: 7F664E5C-DAFE-47AA-91D2-777C4433CC7D |
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The holdings dissection between entities before notification obligation on 28 August 2022:
Entity | Registered Holder | Holdings of CDI's | Relevant Interest % | ||||||||
Colonial First State Investments Limited | Citibank NA Hong Kong | 6,350,008 | 1.425% | ||||||||
Colonial First State Investments Limited | Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited (Australia) | 10,257,927 | 2.302% | ||||||||
Avanteos Investments Limited | Colonial First State Investments Limited | 30,869 | 0.007% | ||||||||
Colonial First State Investments Limited | Colonial First State Investments Limited | 29,392 | 0.007% | ||||||||
Colonial First State Investments Limited | Northern Trust Company | 1,143,488 | 0.257% | ||||||||
Colonial First State Investments Limited | UBS Nominees Pty Ltd | 6,296 | 0,001% | ||||||||
17,817,980 | 3.998% |
The holdings dissection between entities on notification obligation on 29 August 2022:
Entity | Registered Holder | Holdings of CDI's | Relevant Interest % | ||||||||
Colonial First State Investments Limited | Citibank NA Hong Kong | 6,350,008 | 1.425% | ||||||||
Colonial First State Investments Limited | Citicorp Nominees Ply Limited (Australia) | 10,287,927 | 2.309% | ||||||||
Avanteos Investments Limited | Colonial First State Investments Limited | 30,869 | 0,007% | ||||||||
Colonial First State Investments Limited | Colonial First State Investments Limited | 29,422 | 0.007% | ||||||||
Colonial First State Investments Limited | Northern Trust Company | 1,128,797 | 0.253% | ||||||||
Colonial First State Investments Limited | UBS Nominees Pty Ltd | 6,296 | 0,001% | ||||||||
17,833,319 | 4.002% |
DocuSign Envelope ID: 7F664E5C-DAFE-47M-9102-777C4433CC7D |
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Transactions on the notification obligation date:
Date of Change | Registered Company | Class | Transaction Type | Number of Securities | Cash Consideration | ||||||||||||
Monday, 29 August 2022 | Citicorp Nominees Pty limited (Australia) | Chess Depository Interests | Purchase | 30,000 | 996,756,00 | ||||||||||||
Monday, 29 August 2022 | Colonial First State Investments limited | Chess Depository Interests | Purchase | 1 | 33,35 | ||||||||||||
Monday, 29 August 2022 | Colonial First State Investments limited | Chess Depository Interests | Purchase | 1 | 33,35 | ||||||||||||
Monday, 29 August 2022 | Colonial First State Investments limited | Chess Depository Interests | Purchase | 28 | 933,80 | ||||||||||||
Monday, 29 August 2022 | Northern Trust Company | Chess Depository Interests | Sale | 14,691 | 488,118.76 |
Thank you for your attention in this matter.
Yours faithfully,
Director