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 JUNE 2015
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 1-07628
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
(Name of registrant)
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
(Translation of registrants name into English)
1-1, Minami-Aoyama 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8556, Japan
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (the Company) hereby notify you that after the reports described below were heard, all the proposals were approved as briefly described below by the 91st Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company held on June 17, 2015.
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/ Shinji Suzuki |
Shinji Suzuki |
General Manager |
Finance Division |
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
Date: June 17, 2015
June 17, 2015
To our shareholders,
Notice of Resolutions passed by
the 91st Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
We hereby notify you that after the reports described below were heard, all the proposals were approved as briefly described below by the 91st Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company held today.
Yours sincerely, |
Takahiro Hachigo |
President and |
Representative Director |
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
1-1, Minami-Aoyama 2-chome, |
Minato-ku |
Tokyo |
Particulars
Matters reported:
1. | The Business Report, consolidated financial statements and unconsolidated financial statements for the 91st Fiscal Year (from April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015) |
2. | The results of the audit of the consolidated financial statements for the 91st Fiscal Year (from April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015) by the independent auditors and the Board of Corporate Auditors |
Matters resolved:
FIRST ITEM: Distribution of Dividends
The proposal was approved in its original form, and the year-end dividend for the fiscal year under review will be ¥22 per share.
SECOND ITEM: Election of Fourteen (14) Directors
The proposal was approved in its original form, and nine directors were re-elected: Fumihiko Ike, Takanobu Ito, Tetsuo Iwamura, Masahiro Yoshida, Kohei Takeuchi, Nobuo Kuroyanagi, Hideko Kunii, Shinji Aoyama, and Noriya Kaihara. Five directors were newly elected: Koichi Fukuo, Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, Yoshi Yamane, Takahiro Hachigo, and Masayuki Igarashi. They have all assumed their posts.
THIRD ITEM: Election of Two (2) Corporate Auditors
The proposal was approved in its original form, and two corporate auditors were newly elected: Hideo Takaura, and Mayumi Tamura. They have both assumed their posts.
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At the meeting of the Board of Directors following the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, Representative Directors and directors with executive powers were elected, and they have assumed their posts.
As a result, the composition of the directors of the Company is as follows:
Chairman,
Representative Director
Fumihiko Ike
President, Chief Executive Officer and
Representative Director
Takahiro Hachigo
Executive Vice President,
Executive Officer and Representative Director
Tetsuo Iwamura
Senior Managing Officer and Director
Koichi Fukuo
Senior Managing Officer and Director
Yoshiyuki Matsumoto
Senior Managing Officer and Director
Yoshi Yamane
Managing Officer and Director
Masahiro Yoshida
Managing Officer and Director
Kohei Takeuchi
Director
Nobuo Kuroyanagi
(Outside Director)
Director
Hideko Kunii
(Outside Director)
Director and Advisor
Takanobu Ito
Operating Officer and Director
Shinji Aoyama
Operating Officer and Director
Noriya Kaihara
Operating Officer and Director
Masayuki Igarashi
(Note)
1. | Nobuo Kuroyanagi and Hideko Kunii are outside directors as provided for in Article 2, Item 15 of the Company Law. |
2. | Hideko Kunii has been designated by the Company as an Independent Director as provided for in the rules of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and registered with the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
Also, at the meeting of the Board of Corporate Auditors following the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, full-time Corporate Auditors were elected, and they have assumed their posts.
As a result, the composition of the Corporate Auditors of the Company is as follows:
Corporate Auditor (full-time)
Masaya Yamashita
Corporate Auditor (full-time)
Kunio Endo
Corporate Auditor
Toshiaki Hiwatari
(Outside Corporate Auditor)
Corporate Auditor
Hideo Takaura
(Outside Corporate Auditor)
Corporate Auditor
Mayumi Tamura
(Outside Corporate Auditor)
(Note)
1. | Corporate Auditors Hideo Takaura, Mayumi Tamura and Toshiaki Hiwatari are outside corporate auditors as provided for in Article 2, Item 16 of the Company Law. |
2. | Hideo Takaura, Mayumi Tamura and Toshiaki Hiwatari have each been designated by the Company as an Independent Auditor as provided for in the rules of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and registered with the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
The Company has introduced an operating officer system to strengthen operations in regions and local workplaces and implement quick and appropriate decisions. The composition of the operating officers of the Company after the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders is as follows:
President, Chief Executive Officer
Takahiro Hachigo
Executive Vice President and Executive Officer
Tetsuo Iwamura
Senior Managing Officer
Sho Minekawa
Senior Managing Officer
Koichi Fukuo
Senior Managing Officer
Takuji Yamada
Senior Managing Officer
Yoshiyuki Matsumoto
Senior Managing Officer
Toshiaki Mikoshiba
Senior Managing Officer
Yoshi Yamane
Managing Officer
Toshihiko Nonaka
Managing Officer
Ko Katayama
Managing Officer
Masahiro Yoshida
Managing Officer
Chitoshi Yokota
Managing Officer
Seiji Kuraishi
Managing Officer
Takashi Sekiguchi
Managing Officer
Soichiro Takizawa
Managing Officer
Kohei Takeuchi
Operating Officer
Michimasa Fujino
Operating Officer
Naoto Matsui
Operating Officer
Mitsugu Matsukawa
Operating Officer
Shinji Aoyama
Operating Officer
Noriya Kaihara
Operating Officer
Tetsuo Suzuki
Operating Officer
Issao Mizoguchi
Operating Officer
Toshihiro Mibe
Operating Officer
Yusuke Hori
Operating Officer
Tomomi Kosaka
Operating Officer
Noriaki Abe
Operating Officer
Toshiyuki Shimabara
Operating Officer
Yasuhide Mizuno
Operating Officer
Kazuhiro Odaka
Operating Officer
Masayuki Igarashi
Operating Officer
Hiroyuki Kachi