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 OCTOBER 2020
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 ☐
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Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) hereby notifies you as follows that it has submitted with the relevant Japanese authority the Correction Report (the “Correction Report”) for the Extraordinary Report (the “Extraordinary Report”) on October 5, 2020 pursuant to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan with respect to the resolutions passed and the results of voting at the 96th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 19, 2020 (the “General Shareholders’ Meeting”).
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/ Masao Kawaguchi |
| Masao Kawaguchi |
| General Manager |
Finance Division |
| Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
Date: October 5, 2020
To: | Shareholders of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | |||
From: | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | |||
| 1-1, Minami-Aoyama 2-chome, | ||||
| Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-8556 | ||||
| Takahiro Hachigo | ||||
| President and Representative Director |
Notice of Submission of Correction Report for Extraordinary Report Relating to
Resolutions Passed and Results of Voting
at the 96th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) hereby notifies you as follows that it has submitted with the relevant Japanese authority the Correction Report (the “Correction Report”) for the Extraordinary Report (the “Extraordinary Report”) on October 5, 2020 pursuant to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan with respect to the resolutions passed and the results of voting at the 96th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 19, 2020 (the “General Shareholders’ Meeting”).
Particulars
1. Reason for Submitting the Correction Report
The Company submitted the Extraordinary Report pursuant to Article 24-5, Paragraph 4 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and Article 19, Paragraph 2, Item 9-2 of the Cabinet Office Ordinance on Disclosure of Corporate Affairs, etc. to report on matters resolved and the results of voting at the General Shareholders’ Meeting. However, due to the recount of untallied valid votes at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited, the shareholder registry administrator who was entrusted the tallying operations of voting rights for the Company, the Company has made corrections to part of the results of the exercise of voting rights at the General Shareholders’ Meeting and has submitted the Correction Report pursuant to the provision of Article 24-5, Paragraph 5 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
2. Corrected matters
2. Content of report
The columns of Number of affirmative votes, negative votes, abstentions and Ratio of affirmative votes have been corrected in the table (3) Number of affirmative votes, negative votes and abstentions in respect of the matter for resolution described above, requirements for the approval of such matter for resolution and results of voting.
3. Corrections
Corrections are underlined as below.
(Before correction)
| (3) | Number of affirmative votes, negative votes and abstentions in respect of the matter for resolution described above, requirements for the approval of such matter for resolution and results of voting: |
Proposals | Number of affirmative votes | Number of negative votes | Number of abstentions | Ratio of Affirmative votes (%) | Approved/ disapproved | |||||||||||||||
Item |
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Toshiaki Mikoshiba | 13,500,822 | 1,333,610 | 18,322 | 90.82 | % | Approved | ||||||||||||||
Takahiro Hachigo | 14,358,884 | 475,548 | 18,322 | 96.59 | % | Approved | ||||||||||||||
Seiji Kuraishi | 14,366,092 | 468,339 | 18,322 | 96.64 | % | Approved | ||||||||||||||
Kohei Takeuchi | 14,343,864 | 490,566 | 18,322 | 96.49 | % | Approved | ||||||||||||||
Toshihiro Mibe | 14,368,865 | 465,566 | 18,322 | 96.65 | % | Approved | ||||||||||||||
Hiroko Koide | 14,827,771 | 24,484 | 506 | 99.74 | % | Approved | ||||||||||||||
Fumiya Kokubu | 14,707,620 | 144,632 | 506 | 98.93 | % | Approved | ||||||||||||||
Takanobu Ito | 14,297,926 | 536,505 | 18,322 | 96.18 | % | Approved | ||||||||||||||
Notes:
| (i) | The requirement for approval of each matter for resolution is as follows: |
A majority vote of the shareholders present at the General Shareholders’ Meeting who hold shares representing in aggregate not less than one-third (1/3) of the voting rights of all shareholders entitled to vote.
| (ii) | The ratio of affirmative votes is the ratio of the aggregate of the number of voting rights exercised prior to the General Shareholders’ Meeting and the number of votes by the shareholders present at the General Shareholders’ Meeting, through which approval was able to be ascertained for each of the proposals, against the aggregate of the number of voting rights exercised prior to the General Shareholders’ Meeting and the number of voting rights of all the shareholders present at the General Shareholders’ Meeting. |
(After correction)
| (3) | Number of affirmative votes, negative votes and abstentions in respect of the matter for resolution described above, requirements for the approval of such matter for resolution and results of voting: |
Proposals | Number of affirmative votes | Number of negative votes | Number of abstentions | Ratio of Affirmative votes (%) | Approved/ disapproved | |||||||||||||||
Item |
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Toshiaki Mikoshiba | 13,614,458 | 1,333,908 | 18,322 | 90.88 | % | Approved | ||||||||||||||
Takahiro Hachigo | 14,472,526 | 475,840 | 18,322 | 96.61 | % | Approved | ||||||||||||||
Seiji Kuraishi | 14,479,723 | 468,642 | 18,322 | 96.66 | % | Approved | ||||||||||||||
Kohei Takeuchi | 14,457,515 | 490,849 | 18,322 | 96.51 | % | Approved | ||||||||||||||
Toshihiro Mibe | 14,482,516 | 465,849 | 18,322 | 96.68 | % | Approved | ||||||||||||||
Hiroko Koide | 14,941,415 | 24,774 | 506 | 99.74 | % | Approved | ||||||||||||||
Fumiya Kokubu | 14,821,256 | 144,930 | 506 | 98.94 | % | Approved | ||||||||||||||
Takanobu Ito | 14,410,032 | 538,333 | 18,322 | 96.19 | % | Approved | ||||||||||||||
Notes:
| (i) | The requirement for approval of each matter for resolution is as follows: |
A majority vote of the shareholders present at the General Shareholders’ Meeting who hold shares representing in aggregate not less than one-third (1/3) of the voting rights of all shareholders entitled to vote.
| (ii) | The ratio of affirmative votes is the ratio of the aggregate of the number of voting rights exercised prior to the General Shareholders’ Meeting and the number of votes by the shareholders present at the General Shareholders’ Meeting, through which approval was able to be ascertained for each of the proposals, against the aggregate of the number of voting rights exercised prior to the General Shareholders’ Meeting and the number of voting rights of all the shareholders present at the General Shareholders’ Meeting. |
(End)
