No.1-7628

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, 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 JANUARY 2023

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 1-07628

HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

(Name of registrant)

HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

1-1, Minami-Aoyama 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8556, Japan

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F  ☒    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):  ☐

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Contents

Exhibit 1:

Notice Concerning Changes in Representative Executive Officers, Directors and Officers.

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.

 

Date: January 24, 2023

[Translation]

January 24, 2023

 

To:		Shareholders of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
From:		Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
		1-1, Minami-Aoyama 2-chome,
		Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-8556
		Toshihiro Mibe
		Director, President and Representative Executive Officer

Notice Concerning Changes in Representative Executive Officers,

Directors and Officers

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) hereby announces that its Nominating Committee today made an internal decision on the following personnel changes in its Directors to become effective as of the date of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company scheduled to be held in June 2023, and that its Board of Directors today decided on personnel changes in its Representative Executive Officers, Executive Officers and Operating Officers to become effective as of April 1, 2023.

The personnel changes in Directors to become effective as of the date of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held in June 2023 shall be formally determined at that Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, and the personnel changes in Executive Officers to become effective as of such date shall be formally determined at a meeting of the Board of Directors scheduled to be held on that same day.

Particulars

1. Planned Personnel Changes in Representative Executive Officers

<As of April 1, 2023>    

Persons to be or to retire Representative Executive Officers    

 

Name		Current Title		New Title
Kohei Takeuchi		Director, Executive Vice President and Representative Executive Officer		Director
Shinji Aoyama		Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer		Director, Executive Vice President and Representative Executive Officer

Reason for personnel change:

To further accelerate our transformation into a company that can achieve new growth and new value creation under the new management structure.

 

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2. Planned Personnel Changes in Directors

<As of the date of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in June 2023>

Candidate for Director to be newly appointed

 

Name		Current Title		New Title
Noriya Kaihara		Managing Officer		Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer

Noriya Kaihara is scheduled to be promoted from Managing Officer to Senior Managing Executive Officer as of April 1, 2023.

Director to retire

 

Name		Current Title
Kohei Takeuchi		Director, Executive Vice President and Representative Executive Officer

3. Planned Personnel Changes in Executive Officers    

<As of April 1, 2023>    

Executive Officers to be newly appointed    

 

Name		Current Title		New Title
Noriya Kaihara		Managing Officer		Senior Managing Executive Officer
Katsushi Inoue		Managing Officer		Senior Managing Executive Officer
Mitsugu Matsukawa		Managing Officer		Managing Executive Officer
Masayuki Igarashi		Managing Officer		Managing Executive Officer
Kensuke Oe		Managing Officer		Managing Executive Officer
Taro Kobayashi		Operating Executive		Managing Executive Officer
Manabu Ozawa		Operating Executive		Managing Executive Officer
Hironao Ito		Operating Executive		Managing Executive Officer
Eiji Fujimura		Operating Executive		Executive Officer

4. Planned Personnel Changes in Operating Officers

<As of April 1, 2023>

Operating Officers to retire

 

Name		Current Title
Hisao Takahashi		Senior Managing Officer
Yoshishige Nomura		Managing Officer

 

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<For Reference>

Compositions of Directors and Officers as of April 1, 2023 and as of the date of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in June 2023

 

Name		As of April 1, 2023		As of the date of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
Seiji Kuraishi		Chairman and Director		Chairman and Director
Toshihiro Mibe		Director, President and Representative Executive Officer		Director, President and Representative Executive Officer
Shinji Aoyama		Director, Executive Vice President and Representative Executive Officer*1		Director, Executive Vice President and Representative Executive Officer
Noriya Kaihara		Senior Managing Executive Officer*2		Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer*2
Kohei Takeuchi		Director		—
Asako Suzuki		Director		Director
Masafumi Suzuki		Director		Director
Kunihiko Sakai		Director*3		Director*3
Fumiya Kokubu		Director*3		Director*3
Yoichiro Ogawa		Director*3		Director*3
Kazuhiro Higashi		Director*3		Director*3
Ryoko Nagata		Director*3		Director*3
Katsushi Inoue		Senior Managing Executive Officer*2		Senior Managing Executive Officer
Mitsugu Matsukawa		Managing Executive Officer*2		Managing Executive Officer
Noriaki Abe		Managing Executive Officer		Managing Executive Officer
Keiji Ohtsu		Managing Executive Officer		Managing Executive Officer
Masayuki Igarashi		Managing Executive Officer*2		Managing Executive Officer
Kensuke Oe		Managing Executive Officer*2		Managing Executive Officer
Taro Kobayashi		Managing Executive Officer*2		Managing Executive Officer
Manabu Ozawa		Managing Executive Officer*2		Managing Executive Officer
Hironao Ito		Managing Executive Officer*2		Managing Executive Officer
Eiji Fujimura		Executive Officer*2		Executive Officer

 

*1	To be promoted

*2	To be newly appointed

*3	Outside Directors

 

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Resume of Representative Executive Officer to be newly appointed

As of January 24, 2023

Shinji AOYAMA

Date of Birth:    December 25, 1963 (59 years old)

Professional Experience:

 

Number of shares held : 35,900 shares

 

*	Current responsibilities in boldface

 

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