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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):  ☐

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):  ☐

 

 

 

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Exhibit 1:

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

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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.

 

HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
( HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. )

/s/ Masaharu Hirose

Masaharu Hirose
General Manager
Finance Division
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Date: January 24, 2023

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[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:

 

April    1986    Joined Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
April    2012    Operating Officer, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
April    2013    Chief Officer for Motorcycle Operations, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
June    2013    Operating Officer and Director, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
April    2017    Chief Officer for Regional Operations (Asia & Oceania), Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
      President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Asian Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
June    2017    Operating Officer, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (resigned from position as Director)
April    2018    Managing Officer, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Vice Chief Officer for Regional Operations (North America) , Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
      Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Director, Honda North America, Inc.
      Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Director, American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
November    2018    President, Chief Operating Officer and Director, Honda North America, Inc.
      President, Chief Operating Officer and Director, American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
April    2019    Chief Officer for Regional Operations (North America) , Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
      President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Honda North America, Inc.
      President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
July    2021    Managing Officer in Charge of Electrification, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
October    2021    Managing Executive Officer, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
April    2022    Senior Managing Executive Officer, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
      Chief Officer for Business Development Operations, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
      Corporate Brand Officer, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
June    2022    Chief Officer for Automobile Operations, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Number of shares held : 35,900 shares

 

*

Current responsibilities in boldface

 

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