secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     James Hardie Industries plc (JHX)
CIK:        0001159152
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-21T20:04:35+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-058414
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 3.03, 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

James Hardie shareholders approve articles amendment, CEO equity grant, and NED fee pool increase
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- Shareholders approved amendments to Articles 109(a) and 110 removing CEO exclusion from classified board: 397.7M for vs 11.0M against.
- Directors Nigel Stein, Renee Peterson, Rob Sindel re-elected to three-year terms expiring 2029 AGM; votes ranged from 343.8M to 404.5M.
- Binding CEO equity grant approved: 327.1M for, 81.5M against.
- Non-executive director fee pool raised by $700k to $4.5M annually: approved 308.7M vs 88.3M.
- Say-on-pay approved (393.7M for); annual advisory frequency recommendation adopted.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1159152/000162828026058414/0001628280-26-058414-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1159152/000162828026058414/jhx-20260820.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-058414

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