6-K 1 tm2421177d1_6k.htm FORM 6-K

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

 

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the month of July 2024

Commission File Number: 001-06439

 

SONY GROUP CORPORATION

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

1-7-1 KONAN, MINATO-KU, TOKYO, 108-0075, JAPAN

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

The registrant files annual reports under cover of Form 20-F.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F,

 

Form 20-F x  Form 40-F ¨

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

SONY GROUP CORPORATION

(Registrant)

 

     
  By:   /s/ Hiroki Totoki
        (Signature)
  Hiroki Totoki
  President, Chief Operating Officer and
  Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: August 9, 2024

 

List of Materials

 

Documents attached hereto:

 

i) Translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from July 1, 2024 to July 31, 2024, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on August 9, 2024

 

 

 

 

[This is a translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from July 1, 2024 to July 31, 2024, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on August 9, 2024]

 

Class of Shares: Common Stock

 

1.Status of Repurchase

(1) Status of a repurchase pursuant to a resolution approved at a General Meeting of Shareholders

Not applicable

 

(2) Status of a repurchase pursuant to a resolution approved by the Board of Directors

 

(as of July 31, 2024)

  Number of Shares Total Amount (Yen)

Resolution approved at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on May 14, 2024

(Period of Repurchase: May 15, 2024 to May 14, 2025)

30,000,000

(Maximum)

250,000,000,000
(Maximum)
Repurchases during the reporting month

(Date of repurchase)

 

July 1

July 2

July 3

July 4

July 5

July 8

July 9

July 10

July 11

July 12

July 18

July 19

July 22

July 23

July 24

July 25

 

 

163,700

194,700

147,600

152,600

92,400

156,500

343,400

293,200

354,700

275,500

207,900

109,400

124,900

116,700

102,000

265,500

 

 

2,251,763,498

2,705,316,002

2,048,986,993

2,126,026,496

1,288,513,500

2,186,357,505

4,976,217,504

4,337,885,995

5,451,317,013

4,183,648,999

3,074,503,994

1,594,353,502

1,809,994,495

1,674,478,504

1,453,181,505

3,586,077,489

 

July 26

July 29

July 30

July 31

168,200

190,500

160,500

141,300

2,232,440,504

2,538,224,990

2,180,820,007

1,899,328,996

 

 

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Total 3,761,200 53,599,437,491
Total number of shares repurchased as of the end of the reporting month 7,116,100 97,331,130,991
Progress of the repurchase (%) 23.72 38.93

Note 1:The dates identified above for the “Period of Repurchase” as well as the individual dates of repurchase are trade dates and the numbers of shares repurchased are the number of shares repurchased on such trade dates.
Note 2:It was resolved by the Board of Directors as of May 14, 2024 that the method of repurchase is expected to be an open market purchase through the Tokyo Stock Exchange based on a discretionary trading contract.
Note 3:Sony Group Corporation also approved at the same meeting of the Board of Directors held on May 14, 2024 a stock split. The total number of shares for repurchase after the effective date of the stock split (October 1, 2024) will be 150 million shares (maximum).

 

2.Status of Disposition

 

(as of July 31, 2024)

  Number of Shares Disposed during
the Reporting Month
Total Amount of
Disposition (Yen)
Acquired treasury stock offered to subscribers
Total
Acquired treasury stock which was canceled
Total
Acquired treasury stock transferred as a result of a merger, share exchange, partial share exchange or company split
Total
Other (Exercise of stock acquisition rights)

(Date of disposition)

 

July 1

July 2

July 3

July 4

July 9

July 10

July 11

July 12

July 16

July 17

July 18

July 19

July 22

July 26

 

 

5,200

300

100

3,600

5,700

300

4,200

11,000

1,200

5,600

13,000

3,500

4,300

3,800

 

 

56,611,204

3,266,031

1,088,677

39,192,372

62,054,589

3,266,031

45,724,434

119,754,470

13,064,124

60,965,912

141,528,010

38,103,695

46,813,111

41,369,726

 

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Total 61,800 672,802,386
Other (Acquired treasury stock disposed as restricted stock compensation)
Total
Other (Treasury stock sold due to requests for sale from shareholders holding fractional shares)
Total
Total amount 61,800 672,802,386

Note:

The book value of the disposed treasury stock is stated in the “Total Amount of Disposition (Yen)” column above.

  

3.Status of Shares Held in Treasury

 

(as of July 31, 2024)

Status as of the end of the reporting month Number of Shares
Total number of shares issued 1,248,619,589
Number of treasury stock

34,570,889

  

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