# EDGAR Filing Document

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**Filing Date:** 2023-1
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**0001193125-23-013602.hdr.sgml**: 20230124

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-23-013602

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 6-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230124

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**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000715153
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** MOTOR VEHICLES & PASSENGER CAR BODIES [3711]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0331

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 6-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-07628
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23545836

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1-1, MINAMI-AOYAMA 2-CHOME, MINATO-KU
- **CITY:** TOKYO, JAPAN
- **STATE:** M0
- **ZIP:** 107-8556
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 81334231111

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1-1, MINAMI-AOYAMA 2-CHOME, MINATO-KU
- **CITY:** TOKYO, JAPAN
- **STATE:** M0
- **ZIP:** 107-8556

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No.1-7628

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**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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<u>Contents</u> 

**<u>[Exhibit 1:](#fs418946_1)</u>**

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.

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| HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) |
| /s/ Masaharu Hirose |
|  Masaharu Hirose |
| General Manager |
| Finance Division |
| Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |

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Date: January 24, 2023

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[Translation]

January 24, 2023

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|:---|:---|
| 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 |

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**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** 

Persons to be or to retire Representative Executive Officers

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| **Name** | **Current Title** | **New Title** |
| Kohei Takeuchi | Director,<br> Executive Vice President and Representative Executive Officer | Director |
| Shinji Aoyama | Director,<br> Senior Managing Executive Officer | Director,<br> Executive Vice President and Representative Executive Officer |

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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** 

Candidate for Director to be newly appointed

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **Name** | **Current Title** | **New Title** |
| Noriya Kaihara | Managing Officer | Director,<br> Senior Managing Executive Officer |

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

Director to retire

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|:---|:---|
| **Name** | **Current Title** |
| Kohei Takeuchi | Director,<br> Executive Vice President and Representative Executive Officer |

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**3. Planned Personnel Changes in Executive Officers** 

Executive Officers to be newly appointed

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **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 |

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**4. Planned Personnel Changes in Operating Officers** 

Operating Officers to retire

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|:---|:---|
| **Name** | **Current Title** |
| Hisao Takahashi | Senior Managing Officer |
| Yoshishige Nomura | Managing Officer |

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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

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **Name** | **As of April 1, 2023** | **As of the date of the Ordinary**<br> **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\*<sup>1</sup> | Director, Executive Vice President and Representative Executive Officer |
| Noriya Kaihara | Senior Managing Executive Officer\*<sup>2</sup> | Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer\*<sup>2</sup> |
| Kohei Takeuchi | Director |  |
| Asako Suzuki | Director | Director |
| Masafumi Suzuki | Director | Director |
| Kunihiko Sakai | Director\*<sup>3</sup> | Director\*<sup>3</sup> |
| Fumiya Kokubu | Director\*<sup>3</sup> | Director\*<sup>3</sup> |
| Yoichiro Ogawa | Director\*<sup>3</sup> | Director\*<sup>3</sup> |
| Kazuhiro Higashi | Director\*<sup>3</sup> | Director\*<sup>3</sup> |
| Ryoko Nagata | Director\*<sup>3</sup> | Director\*<sup>3</sup> |
| Katsushi Inoue | Senior Managing Executive Officer\*<sup>2</sup> | Senior Managing Executive Officer |
| Mitsugu Matsukawa | Managing Executive Officer\*<sup>2</sup> | Managing Executive Officer |
| Noriaki Abe | Managing Executive Officer | Managing Executive Officer |
| Keiji Ohtsu | Managing Executive Officer | Managing Executive Officer |
| Masayuki Igarashi | Managing Executive Officer\*<sup>2</sup> | Managing Executive Officer |
| Kensuke Oe | Managing Executive Officer\*<sup>2</sup> | Managing Executive Officer |
| Taro Kobayashi | Managing Executive Officer\*<sup>2</sup> | Managing Executive Officer |
| Manabu Ozawa | Managing Executive Officer\*<sup>2</sup> | Managing Executive Officer |
| Hironao Ito | Managing Executive Officer\*<sup>2</sup> | Managing Executive Officer |
| Eiji Fujimura | Executive Officer\*<sup>2</sup> | Executive Officer |

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\*<sup>1</sup> To be promoted

\*<sup>2</sup> To be newly appointed

\*<sup>3</sup> Outside Directors

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Resume of Representative Executive Officer to be newly appointed

As of January 24, 2023

<u>Shinji AOYAMA</u> 

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

Professional Experience:

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|:---|:---|:---|
| April | 1986 | Joined Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
| April | 2012.0 | Operating Officer, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
| April | 2013.0 | Chief Officer for Motorcycle Operations, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
| June | 2013.0 | Operating Officer and Director, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
| April | 2017.0 | Chief Officer for Regional Operations (Asia & Oceania), Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
|  |  | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Asian Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
| June | 2017.0 | Operating Officer, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (resigned from position as Director) |
| April | 2018.0 | 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 | 2018.0 | President, Chief Operating Officer and Director, Honda North America, Inc. |
|  |  | President, Chief Operating Officer and Director, American Honda Motor Co., Inc. |
| April | 2019.0 | 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 | 2021.0 | Managing Officer in Charge of Electrification, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
| October | 2021.0 | Managing Executive Officer, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
| April | 2022.0 | 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 | 2022.0 | **Chief Officer for Automobile Operations, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.** |

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Number of shares held : 35,900 shares

\* Current responsibilities in boldface