6-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWashington, 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 November 2019

1-15240

(Commission File Number)

JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES plc

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

Europa House, Second Floor

Harcourt Centre

Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, D02 WR20, 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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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Forward Looking Statements	3
Exhibit Index	5
Signatures	6

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Forward-Looking Statements

This Form 6-K contains forward-looking statements. 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:

• 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;

• uncertainty from the expected discontinuance of LIBOR and transition to any other interest rate benchmark;

• 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 Asbestos Injuries Compensation Fund (AICF), a special purpose fund for the compensation of proven Australian asbestos-related personal injury and death claims;

• expectations concerning the adequacy of the Company’s warranty provisions and estimates for future warranty-related costs;

• 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 conditions, such as changes in the US economic or housing recovery or changes in the market conditions in the Asia Pacific region, 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 forwardlooking 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 21 May 2019 and subsequently amended on 8 August 2019, 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 and the effect of currency exchange rate movements on the amount recorded in the Company’s financial statements as an asbestos liability; the continuation or termination of the governmental loan facility to AICF; 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; reliance on a small number of customers; a customer’s inability to pay; 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 on large format retail customers, distributors and dealers; dependence on residential and commercial

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construction markets; the effect of adverse changes in climate or weather patterns; possible inability to renew credit facilities on terms favorable to the Company, or at all; acquisition or sale of businesses and business segments; changes in the Company’s key management personnel; inherent limitations on internal controls; use of accounting estimates; integration of Fermacell into our business; 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	Update - Dividend/ Distribution - JHX

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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:	27 November 2019	By:	/s/ Natasha Mercer
			Natasha Mercer
			Company Secretary

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Update - Dividend/ Distribution - JHX

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EX-99.1

Notification of dividend / distribution Exhibit 99.1 Notification of dividend / distribution Update Summary Entity name JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES PLC Security on which the Distribution will be paid JHX - CHESS DEPOSITARY INTERESTS 1:1 Announcement Type Update to previous announcement Date of this announcement Tuesday November 19, 2019 Reason for the Update 1. AUD equivalent dividend amount of 14.6830 cent per security has been provided at question 2.A.9a 2. The FX rate (in form AUD1.00/primary currency rate) has been provided at question 2A.9c Refer to below for full details of the announcement Announcement Details Part 1 - Entity and announcement details 1.1 Name of +Entity JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES PLC Registration Number 1.2 Registered Number Type ARBN 097829895 1.3 ASX issuer code JHX 1.4 The announcement is Update/amendment to previous announcement 1.4a Reason for update to a previous announcement 1. AUD equivalent dividend amount of 14.6830 cent per security has been provided at question 2.A.9a 2. The FX rate (in form AUD1.00/primary currency rate) has been provided at question 2A.9c 1.4b Date of previous announcement(s) to this update Thursday November 7, 2019 1.5 Date of this announcement Tuesday November 19, 2019 Notification of dividend / distribution 1 / 4

Notification of dividend / distribution 1.6 ASX +Security Code JHX ASX +Security Description CHESS DEPOSITARY INTERESTS 1:1 Part 2A - All dividends/distributions basic details 2A.1 Type of dividend/distribution Ordinary 2A.2 The Dividend/distribution: relates to a period of six months 2A.3 The dividend/distribution relates to the financial reporting or payment period ending ended/ending (date) Monday September 30, 2019 2A.4 +Record Date Monday November 18, 2019 2A.5 Ex Date Friday November 15, 2019 2A.6 Payment Date Friday December 20, 2019 2A.7 Are any of the below approvals required for the dividend/distribution before business day 0 of the timetable? Security holder approval Court approval Lodgement of court order with +ASIC ACCC approval FIRB approval Another approval/condition external to the entity required before business day 0 of the timetable for the dividend/distribution. No 2A.8 Currency in which the dividend/distribution is made ("primary currency") USD - US Dollar 2A.9 Total dividend/distribution payment amount per +security (in primary currency) for all dividends/distributions notified in this form USD 0.10000000 2A.9a AUD equivalent to total dividend/distribution amount per +security 0.14683000 2A.9b If AUD equivalent not known, date for Estimated or Actual? information to be released Actual Tuesday November 19, 2019 Notification of dividend / distribution 2 / 4

Notification of dividend / distribution 2A.9c FX rate (in format AUD 1.00 / primary FX rate (in format AUD rate/primary currency currency rate): AUD rate) Primary Currency rate AUD 1.00 USD 0.68105973 2A.10 Does the entity have arrangements relating to the currency in which the dividend/distribution is paid to securityholders that it wishes to disclose to the market? Yes 2A.11 Does the entity have a securities plan for dividends/distributions on this +security? We do not have a securities plan for dividends/distributions on this security 2A.12 Does the +entity have tax component information apart from franking? No 2A.13 Withholding tax rate applicable to the dividend/distribution 20.000000 Part 2B - Currency Information 2B.1 Does the entity default to payment in certain currencies dependent upon certain attributes such as the banking instruction or registered address of the +securityholder? (For example NZD to residents of New Zealand and/or USD to residents of the U.S.A.). No 2B.2 Please provide a description of your currency arrangements The dividend is payable in Australian currency unless the securityholder elects otherwise. Part 3A - Ordinary dividend/distribution 3A.1 Is the ordinary dividend/distribution 3A.1a Ordinary dividend/distribution estimated estimated at this time? amount per +security No USD 3A.1b Ordinary Dividend/distribution amount per security USD 0.10000000 3A.2 Is the ordinary dividend/distribution franked? No 3A.3 Percentage of ordinary dividend/distribution that is franked 0.0000 % Notification of dividend / distribution 3 / 4

Notification of dividend / distribution 3A.4 Ordinary dividend/distribution franked 3A.5 Percentage amount of dividend which is amount per +security unfranked USD 0.00000000 100.0000 % 3A.6 Ordinary dividend/distribution unfranked amount per +security excluding conduit foreign income amount USD 0.10000000 Part 5 - Further information 5.1 Please provide any further information applicable to this dividend/distribution 5.2 Additional information for inclusion in the Announcement Summary Notification of dividend / distribution 4 / 4