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: September 28, 2023

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September 28, 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

Announcement Regarding Postponement of Change in Capital Structure of Hitachi Astemo

including Capital Participation of JIC Capital

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ("Honda") today announced that Hitachi, Ltd., JICC-01 Limited Partnership managed by JICC-01 G.K., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of JIC Capital, Ltd. ("JICC"), Hitachi Astemo, Ltd. ("Hitachi Astemo") and Honda changed the scheduled closing date of capital participation of JICC on Hitachi Astemo and change in its capital structure, as previously announced on March 30, 2023 in the notice entitled "Announcement Regarding the Change in Capital Structure of Hitachi Astemo including Capital Participation of JIC Capital."

For details, please see the attached press release.

It is not anticipated to have a material impact on Honda's consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024.

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September 28, 2023

Hitachi, Ltd.

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

JIC Capital, Ltd.

Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.

Notice Concerning Postponement of Change in Capital Structure of Hitachi Astemo

including Capital Participation of JIC Capital

As announced in the news release of "Notice of Change in Capital Structure of Hitachi Astemo including Capital Participation of JIC Capital" on March 30, 2023, Hitachi, Ltd. ("Hitachi"), Honda Motor Co., Ltd ("Honda"), JICC-01 Limited Partnership ("JICC-01") managed by JICC-01 G.K., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of JIC Capital, Ltd. ("JICC") and Hitachi Astemo, Ltd. ("Hitachi Astemo") agreed capital participation of JICC on Hitachi Astemo and change in its capital structure ("Transaction").

Since not all countries' procedures and measures for approvals regarding the Transaction have not been completed as of today, Hitachi, Honda, JICC-01 and Hitachi Astemo changed the scheduled closing date of the Transaction from September 2023 to during the third quarter of the year ending March 31, 2024.

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[Contacts]

Hitachi, Ltd.

Isaka

Corporate Public Relations Department

Global Corporate Brand and Communications Division

6-6, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8280 Japan

TEL: [phone]

Honda Motor Co.,Ltd.

Corporate PR Department, Corporate Communications Division

2-1-1, Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-8556 Japan

TEL: [phone]

JIC Capital, Ltd.

Okumura, Nonomiya

Communications Group

Tokyo Toranomon Global Square

1-3-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001, Japan

TEL: [phone]

Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.

Tani, Hashimoto

External Relations Department, Corporate Communications Group

Corporate Strategy & Planning Functional Division

Shin-Otemachi Building 2-2-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0004 Japan

TEL: [phone]