James Hardie Industries PLC (NYSE:JHX) Q1 2023 Earnings Conference Call August 15, 2022 6:30 PM ET

Company Participants

Jason Miele - CFO

Harold Wiens - Interim CEO & Executive Director

Sean Gadd - President, North America

Conference Call Participants

David Pace - Greencape

Peter Steyn - Macquarie Research

Keith Chau - MST Marquee

Paul Quinn - RBC Capital Markets

Samuel Seow - Citigroup

Daniel Kang - CLSA

Brook Campbell-Crawford - Barrenjoey

Lisa Huynh - JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Lee Power - UBS

Peter Wilson - Crédit Suisse

Simon Thackray - Jefferies

Operator

Thank you for standing by, and welcome to the James Hardie Industries JHX Q1 FY '23 Results Briefing. Your speakers today are interim CEO, Harold Wiens; CFO, Jason Miele; and North America President, Sean Gadd. [Operator Instructions].

I would now like to hand the conference over to Mr. Jason Miele, Chief Financial Officer. Please go ahead, sir.

Jason Miele

Good morning to everyone in Sydney, and hello to others from around the world. I'm Jason Miele, Chief Financial Officer of James Hardie. Welcome to our first quarter fiscal year 2023 results call.

Turning to Page 2, you will see our standard cautionary note on forward-looking statements. Please note that this presentation does contain forward-looking statements and the use of non-GAAP financial information.

Let's move on to Page 3. Here, you will see our agenda and speakers for today. Joining me on the call are Interim CEO, Harold Wiens, and North American President, Sean Gadd. Today, Harold will start the presentation with a brief update on our global strategy. I will then discuss the first quarter financial results, and Sean will provide an update on our North American business. Finally, I will return with a discussion on capital allocation, capacity expansion and guidance, followed by our customary question-and-answer session.

Before I hand it over to Harold, let's move on to Page 4. I want to quickly mention our upcoming global Investor Day. This in-person event in New York City will be held on September 12 and September 13. The event will focus on all areas of James Hardie, with a key focus on how we are expecting to achieve our long-term product mix growth goals. At the event, you'll have access to approximately 30 James Hardie senior executives as well as Chairman, Mike Hammes and his named successor, our Deputy Chairperson, Anne Lloyd. If you have not already registered and are interested in joining us, please register at your earliest convenience. Thank you all for joining us today, and we look forward to seeing you at our Investor Day in New York.