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 2024
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)
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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.
| HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| ( HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. ) |
/s/ Masaharu Hirose |
Masaharu Hirose |
| General Manager |
| Finance Division |
| Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
Date: January 22, 2024
January 22, 2024
| 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 2024, 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, 2024.
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 2024 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, 2024>
Persons to be Representative Executive Officers
Name | Current Title | New Title | ||
| Noriya Kaihara | 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 2024>
Candidate for Director to be newly appointed
Name | Current Title | New Title | ||
| Eiji Fujimura | Executive Officer | Director, Managing Executive Officer | ||
| Jiro Morisawa | Operating Executive | Director | ||
| Mika Agatsuma | Managing Partner of IBM Japan, Ltd. | Director |
Eiji Fujimura is scheduled to be promoted from Executive Officer to Managing Executive Officer as of April 1, 2024.
Mika Agatsuma is candidate for Outside Director as defined under the provisions of the Enforcement Regulations of the Companies Act of Japan.
Director to retire
Name | Current Title | |||
| Seiji Kuraishi | Chairman and Director | |||
| Masafumi Suzuki | Director |
3. Planned Personnel Changes in Executive Officers
<As of April 1, 2024>
Executive Officers to be promoted
Name | Current Title | New Title | ||
| Noriya Kaihara | Senior Managing Executive Officer | Executive Vice President and Representative Executive Officer | ||
| Eiji Fujimura | Executive Officer | Managing Executive Officer |
Executive Officers to be newly appointed
Name | Current Title | New Title | ||
| Ayumu Matsuo | Operating Executive | Executive Officer | ||
| Minoru Kato | Operating Executive | Executive Officer | ||
| Yutaka Tamagawa | Operating Executive | Executive Officer | ||
| Kazuhiro Takizawa | Operating Executive | Executive Officer | ||
| Katsuto Hayashi | Operating Executive | Executive Officer | ||
| Takashi Onuma | Operating Executive | Executive Officer |
Executive Officers to retire
Name | Current Title | |||
| Mitsugu Matsukawa | Managing Executive Officer | |||
| Noriaki Abe | Managing Executive Officer | |||
| Taro Kobayashi | Managing Executive Officer |
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<For Reference>
Compositions of Directors and Officers as of April 1, 2024 and as of the date of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in June 2024
Name | As of April 1, 2024 | As of the date of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders | ||
| Toshihiro Mibe | Director, President and Representative Executive Officer | Director, President and Representative Executive Officer | ||
| Shinji Aoyama | Director, Executive Vice President and Representative Executive Officer | Director, Executive Vice President and Representative Executive Officer | ||
| Noriya Kaihara | Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer*1 | Director, Executive Vice President and Representative Executive Officer | ||
| Eiji Fujimura | Managing Executive Officer*1 | Director, Managing Executive Officer*2 | ||
| Seiji Kuraishi | Director | — | ||
| Asako Suzuki | Director | Director | ||
| Masafumi Suzuki | Director | — | ||
| Jiro Morisawa | Operating Executive | Director*2 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Mika Agatsuma | — | Director*2,3 | ||
| Katsushi Inoue | Senior Managing Executive Officer | Senior Managing Executive Officer | ||
| Keiji Otsu | Managing Executive Officer | Managing Executive Officer | ||
| Masayuki Igarashi | Managing Executive Officer | Managing Executive Officer | ||
| Kensuke Oe | Managing Executive Officer | Managing Executive Officer | ||
| Manabu Ozawa | Managing Executive Officer | Managing Executive Officer | ||
| Hironao Ito | Managing Executive Officer | Managing Executive Officer | ||
| Ayumu Matsuo | Operating Executive*2 | Executive Officer | ||
| Minoru Kato | Operating Executive*2 | Executive Officer | ||
| Yutaka Tamagawa | Operating Executive*2 | Executive Officer | ||
| Kazuhiro Takizawa | Operating Executive*2 | Executive Officer | ||
| Katsuto Hayashi | Operating Executive*2 | Executive Officer | ||
| Takashi Onuma | Operating Executive*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 22, 2024
Noriya KAIHARA
Date of Birth: August 4, 1961 (62 years old)
Professional Experience:
| April | 1984 | Joined Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | ||
| April | 2013 | Operating Officer, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | ||
| April | 2013 | Chief Quality Officer, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | ||
| June | 2013 | Operating Officer and Director, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | ||
| April | 2014 | Chief Officer for Customer Service Operations, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Head of Service Supervisory Unit for Automobile Operations, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | ||
| April | 2016 | Chief Officer for Customer First Operations, 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. Chief Officer for Purchasing Operations, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | ||
| April | 2020 | Head of the Business Supervisory Unit, Automobile Operations, Honda Motor Co., Inc. | ||
| April | 2021 | Chief Officer for Customer First Operations, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Risk Management Officer, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | ||
| June | 2021 | Managing Executive Officer, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | ||
| October | 2021 | Managing Officer, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Chief Officer for Regional Operations (North America) , Honda Motor Co., Ltd. President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, American Honda Motor Co., Inc. | ||
| April | 2023 | Senior Managing Executive Officer, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | ||
| June | 2023 | Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
Number of shares held : 90,600 shares
| * | Current responsibilities in boldface |
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