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Issuer:     James Hardie Industries plc (JHX)
CIK:        0001159152
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-14T22:38:43+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-035264
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.25
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

James Hardie appoints Rob Sindel as independent director; Persio Lisboa retires
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- Rob Sindel appointed independent non-executive director effective June 1, 2026; also joins Nominating and Governance Committee.
- Sindel is former CEO of CSR Limited (Jan 2011–Sep 2019) and current Chair of Mirvac Limited and Orara Limited.
- Persio Lisboa retired from board effective May 14, 2026 after 8 years; he chaired the People and Remuneration Committee.
- Gary Hendrickson will assume chair of the compensation committee, replacing Lisboa.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1159152/000162828026035264/0001628280-26-035264-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1159152/000162828026035264/jhx-20260514.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-035264

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