6-K 1 tm2425800d1_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 October 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: October 11, 2024

 

List of Materials

 

Documents attached hereto:

 

Share Buyback Report (September 2024)

 

 

 

 

[This is a translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from September 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on October 11, 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 September 30, 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)

 

September 2

September 3

September 4

September 5

September 6

September 9

September 10

September 11

September 12

September 13

September 17

September 18

September 19

September 20

 

 

133,100

98,700

217,700

120,600

177,400

144,600

130,400

135,500

183,500

253,000

786,100

137,800

146,000

139,500

 

 

1,871,728,000

1,400,684,004

2,998,660,494

1,638,012,005

2,342,585,502

1,858,336,993

1,725,254,996

1,783,213,495

2,447,203,508

3,341,366,496

9,955,407,487

1,760,273,501

1,915,039,995

1,867,365,497

Total 2,803,900 36,905,131,973
Total number of shares repurchased as of the end of the reporting month 14,669,600 194,510,660,946
Progress of the repurchase (%) 48.90 77.80

 

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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 conducted a stock split with an effective date of October 1, 2024. The total number of shares for repurchase after the effective date of the stock split (October 1, 2024) has been changed from 30 million shares (maximum) to 150 million shares (maximum).

 

2.Status of Disposition

 

(as of September 30, 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)

 

September 2

September 5

September 4

September 5

September 6

September 9

September 10

September 11

September 12

September 13

September 17

September 18

September 19

September 20

 

 

15,400

11,300

10,400

14,900

19,600

5,000

9,200

700

10,700

48,000

24,100

11,800

10,900

12,300

 

 

173,425,560

127,253,820

117,118,560

167,794,860

220,723,440

56,307,000

103,604,880

7,882,980

120,496,980

540,547,200

271,399,740

132,884,520

122,749,260

138,515,220

Total 204,300 2,300,704,020
Other (Acquired treasury stock disposed as restricted stock compensation)
Total
Other (Treasury stock delivered under Restricted Stock Units plan)
Total
Other (Treasury stock sold due to requests for sale from shareholders holding fractional shares)
Total
Total amount 204,300 2,300,704,020

 

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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 September 30, 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 41,687,248

 

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