Tokyo, February 23, 2015 --- Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (“Honda Motor”)
today announced that Takahiro Hachigo, currently the company’s Managing
Officer, will become Senior Managing Officer effective in April 2015,
and will become President, Chief Executive Officer and Representative
Director in late June 2015. Takanobu Ito, the current President, Chief
Operating Officer and Representative Director, will remain on the board
and assume the post of Director and Advisor to Honda Motor. This
management succession will occur following the final decision of the
Honda Motor Board of Directors after the company’s annual shareholders’
meeting, scheduled for late June 2015.
