Honda Motor : GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA - Form 6-K

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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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

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

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

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

Operating Officers to retire

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

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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