Exhibit 1.2
[Translation]
SHARE HANDLING
REGULATIONS
June 23, 2004
HONDA MOTOR CO.,
LTD.
Record of Resolutions of the
Meeting of the Board of Directors
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April 27, 1953
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December 30, 1953
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Amended
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April 27, 1957
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April 28, 1960
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December 1, 1962
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March 31, 1967
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August 19, 1968
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February 28, 1972
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December 19, 1977
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May 28, 1981
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October 1, 1982
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November 14, 1991
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October 1, 1999
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May 12,2000
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June 24, 2003
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June 23, 2004
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SHARE HANDLING
REGULATIONS
CHAPTER I. GENERAL
PROVISIONS
Article
1. (Purpose)
These Regulations shall govern the
denomination of share certificates of the Company and matters
related to the handling of shares in accordance with the provisions
of Articles 9 and 10 of the Articles of Incorporation of the
Company. Provided, however, that handling procedures with respect
to the beneficial shareholders shall be governed by the Japan
Securities Depository Center, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the
“Center”) as well as these Regulations.
Article 2. (Denomination
of Share Certificates)
1. Share certificates to be issued
by the Company shall be in denominations of ten thousand (10,000),
one thousand (1,000), five hundred (500), and one hundred (100)
shares. Share certificates representing less than one hundred (100)
shares may also be issued.
2. Of the share certificates as
described in the preceding paragraph, share certificates
representing the number of shares less than one unit of shares set
forth in Article 7 of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company
(hereinafter referred to as “Shares Less Than One
Unit”) shall not be issued except in the cases set forth in
Articles 21, 22 and 25 hereof.
Article 3. (Transfer
Agent)
The transfer agent of the Company,
its place of business, its place of operations and forwarding
offices shall be as follows:
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Transfer agent and its place of
business:
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The Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking Company,
Limited.
33-1, Shiba 3-chome, Minato-ku,
Tokyo
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Its place of operations:
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The Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking Company,
Limited.
Securities Agency Department, Head
Office
8-4, Izumi 2-chome, Suginami-ku,
Tokyo
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Forwarding offices:
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All branch offices in Japan of
The Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking Company,
Limited, and
Head Office and branch offices of
Japan Securities Agency
Corporation
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Article 4. (Method of
Application, Offer and Notification, etc.)
1. Requests, offers, notifications
and applications pursuant to these regulations and other requests,
offers, notifications and applications with respect to business the
Company has assigned to the transfer agent shall be made to the
transfer agent.
2. Procedures stated in the
preceding paragraph shall be made in the form prescribed by the
Company, bearing the registered seal impression prescribed in the
provisions set forth in Article 14 hereof.
3. If it is not possible to follow
the procedures stated in the preceding paragraph, a document
evidencing that the person in action legitimately bears the right
to make such act shall be submitted to the Company.
4. If any procedure stated in the
first paragraph is made by a proxy, a document evidencing his or
her power of representation and, if such procedure requires consent
of a guardian or assistant, a document evidencing such consent
shall be submitted to the Company.
CHAPTER II. REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER OF SHARES, ETC.
Article 5. (Registration
of Transfer of Shares)
1. In the case of an application for
registration of the transfer of shares, an application in a written
form shall be submitted together with the share certificates
concerned.
2. In the case of a shareholder
making an application for registration of the transfer of shares
acquired for any reasons other than assignment, submission of a
document evidencing such acquisition may be required upon the
request of the Company.
Article 6. (Registration
of Transfer of Shares Otherwise Required by Laws and
Regulations)
When procedures such as approval,
permission, acquisition of consent from another person, etc. are
required under laws or regulations with respect to the transfer of
shares, an application in a written form shall be submitted
together with the share certificates concerned and a document
evidencing the completion of such procedures.
Article 7. (Entries in
the Beneficial Shareholders’ Register)
Entries in the beneficial
shareholders’ register shall be made in accordance with the
notice from the Center concerning the beneficial shareholders and
the beneficial shareholders’ form.
Article 8. (Beneficial
Shareholder’s Form)
Beneficial shareholders shall submit
a beneficial shareholder’s form through a
Participant.
Article 9. (Consolidation
of the Shareholders’ Register and Beneficial
Shareholders’ Register)
If a Shareholder entered in the
shareholders’ register is identified as the same person as a
beneficial shareholder entered in the beneficial
shareholders’ register by way of his or her address and name,
the number of shares entered in the shareholders’ register
and that entered in the beneficial shareholders’ register
shall be combined for the purposes of the execution of rights of
that shareholder.
CHAPTER III. PLEDGES AND SHARES
HELD IN TRUST
Article 10. (Registration
or Cancellation of Pledges)
In the case of an application for
registration, amendment or cancellation of the pledges on shares,
an application in a written form jointly signed by the pledgor and
pledgee shall be submitted together with the share certificates
concerned.
Article 11. ( Recording
or Cancellation of Shares Held on Trust)
In the case of an application for
the recording or cancellation of shares held on trust an
application in a written form shall be submitted by the trustor or
the trustee together with the share certificates
concerned.
CHAPTER IV. OPTION NOT TO HOLD
SHARE CERTIFICATES
Article 12. (Notice of
Intention not to Hold Share Certificates)
Any shareholder intending not to
hold share certificates must submit a notice in a written form
together with the share certificates concerned. Provided, however,
that if the share certificates concerned have not been issued, such
share certificates need not be submitted.
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Article 13. (Application
for Delivery of Share Certificates Which Shareholders have Intended
not to Hold)
If a shareholder who has given a
notice of intention not to hold share certificates requests
issuance of such share certificates or return thereof, an
application in a written form to that effect shall be submitted by
him or her. Provided, however, that any application for the
issuance of share certificates for Shares Less Than One Unit may
not be submitted in case that the Company intended not to issue
share certificates in regard to Shares Less Than One
Unit.
CHAPTER V.
NOTIFICATIONS
Article 14. (Notification
of Address, Name and Seal Impression of
Shareholders)
1. Shareholders, beneficial
shareholders and registered pledgees or their statutory agents
shall notify the Company of their addresses, names and seal
impressions. Provided, however, that non-Japanese may substitute
their specimen signatures for seal impressions.
2. In case of any change in the
matters notified as described in the preceding paragraph,
notification to such effect shall be made.
Article 15. (Notification
of Agent for Shareholders Residing Abroad)
1. Shareholders, beneficial
shareholders and registered pledgees residing abroad or their
statutory agents shall appoint a standing proxy in Japan and notify
the Company thereof in addition to the procedures set forth in the
preceding Article.
2. The provisions as described in
Article 14 apply, mutatis mudandis , to the standing agent
stated in the preceding paragraph.
Article
16. (Representative of a
Corporation)
1. If a shareholder or beneficial
shareholder is a corporation, notification of its representative
shall be made.
2. In the case of any change of
representative, a notification in a written form shall be submitted
together with an extract copy of the commercial
register.
Article
17. (Representative of Shareholders who
Jointly Own Shares)
Shareholders and beneficial
shareholders who jointly own shares must appoint a representative
and submit a notification in a written form jointly signed by all
such co-owners. In case of any change of representative, the same
procedure shall apply.
Article 18. (Change to
Information in the Shareholders’ Register, the Beneficial
Shareholders’ Register or Matters Indicated on Share
Certificates)
In the case of changes due to the
reasons listed below which affect entries to the
shareholders’ register, beneficial shareholders’
register or matters indicated on share certificates, a notification
in a written form shall be submitted together with the share
certificates concerned and documentation certifying the relevant
fact. Provided, however, that share certificates need not be
submitted where they have not been issued or in the case of any
change to the beneficial shareholders’ register:
1. Change to family name or given
name;
2. Appointment, change