HMC Honda Motor Co Ltd

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 APRIL 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 Result and Completion of Acquisition of the Company’s Own Shares (Acquisition of the Company’s own shares pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company in accordance with Article 459, Paragraph 1 of the Company Law)

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: April 13, 2023

[Translation]

April 13, 2023

1-1, Minami-Aoyama 2-chome,

Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-8556

Toshihiro Mibe

Director, President and Representative Executive Officer

Notice Concerning Result and Completion of Acquisition of the Company’s Own Shares

(Acquisition of the Company’s own shares pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company

in accordance with Article 459, Paragraph 1 of the Company Law)

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) acquired its own shares pursuant to Article 459, Paragraph 1 of the Company Law and Article 36 of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, which was announced on February 10, 2023, as follows.

As a result of the acquisition, all the acquisitions of the Company’s own shares that were authorized under the resolution at the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company held on February 10, 2023 have been completed.

Particulars

Shares of common stock

3,700,800 shares

13,005,135,900 yen

Started on April 1, 2023 and ended on April 11, 2023 (based on a contract date)

Reference: Details of the resolution at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on February 10, 2023

Shares of common stock

Up to 25,000,000 shares (1.5 % of the total number of issued shares (excluding treasury stock))

Up to 70 billion yen

Starting on February 13, 2023 and ending on April 30, 2023

Market purchases on the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Progress as of April 11, 2023