The investment-grade notes are due 2028, 2030 and 2035

Davis Polk advised the joint lead managers and joint bookrunners in connection with the SEC-registered takedown offering of senior notes by Honda Motor Co., Ltd., which consisted of $700 million aggregate principal amount of 4.436% senior notes due 2028, $1.3 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.688% senior notes due 2030 and $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.337% senior notes due 2035.

Honda is a leading global producer of automobiles, motorcycles and power products, based in Japan. Honda also provides related financial services worldwide, with major finance subsidiaries in the United States, Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil and Thailand. Honda was incorporated in 1948 as a successor to the unincorporated enterprise established in 1946 by the late Soichiro Honda.

The Davis Polk corporate team included partner Christopher Kodama and associates Haruka Moriya and Andrew Masaru Orita. Counsel Alon Gurfinkel and associates Kelli A. Rivers and Ya Sheng Lin provided tax advice. Members of the Davis Polk team are based in the Tokyo and London offices.