(Corrects to say revising, not reviving, in 13th paragraph)

By Scott Murdoch

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Fibre cement maker James Hardie faces an unprecedented purge of its board after the chair and two directors were dumped by investors angered by this year’s $8.8-billion takeover of U.S. building products group AZEK.

The AZEK acquisition caused uproar among Australian-based investors as James Hardie received a waiver from the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) that freed it from holding a shareholders’ vote on the deal.

Chair Anne Lloyd and directors Rada Rodriguez and Peter-John Davis will leave the board after a majority of investors voted against their re-election, proxy votes published ahead of Wednesday’s annual meeting show.

“The board acknowledges the significance of these outcomes a

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