RNS Number:8280I
Honda Motor Co Ld
17 March 2003


                              NOTICE OF RECORD DATE

It is hereby notified that pursuant to the provisions of Article 9 of the 
Articles of Incorporation of the Company, the shareholders appearing on the 
Shareholders' register as of March 31, 2003 (the Record Date) shall be the 
shareholders entitled to exercise the rights of shareholders at the 79th 
Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held in late June 2003.


                                                 March 13, 2003 
                                                
                                                 HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
                                                 No. 1-1, 2 chome
                                                 Minami-Aoyama,
                                                 Minato-ku, Tokyo



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