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 JANUARY 2023
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 __
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Yes No X
 
If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):82-______
 
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
 
Executive Deputy President and
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
Date: January 13, 2023

List of materials

Documents attached hereto:
 
i) Press release: Translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from December 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on January 13, 2023

 
[This is a translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from December 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on January 13, 2023]

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 at a meeting of the Board of Directors
(as of December 31, 2022)
 
Number of Shares
Total Amount (Yen)
Resolution approved at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on May 10, 2022
(Period of Repurchase: May 11, 2022 to May 10, 2023）
25,000,000
(Maximum)
200,000,000,000
(Maximum)
Repurchases during the reporting month
(Date of repurchase)
 
December 6
December 7
December 8
December 9
December 12
December 13
December 14
December 16
December 19
December 20
December 21
December 22
December 23
 
 
21,400
51,700
91,000
92,500
47,600
64,000
7,500
97,800
49,900
196,100
150,700
107,100
107,100
 
 
234,845,500
565,574,000
967,917,500
1,004,681,500
518,477,500
700,540,500
82,424,500
1,065,629,000
536,217,000
2,037,092,500
1,542,806,000
1,096,910,500
1,088,484,000
Total
―
1,084,400
11,441,600,000
Total number of shares repurchased as of the end of the reporting month
7,817,900
81,441,364,800
Progress of the repurchase (%)
31.27
40.72

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 at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on May 10, 2022 that the method of repurchase is expected to be an open market purchase through the Tokyo Stock Exchange based on a discretionary trading contract.


2.
Status of Disposition
(as of December 31, 2022)
 
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)
 
December 1
December 2
December 5
December 6
December 7
December 8
December 12
December 13
December 15
December 19
December 20
December 22
 
 
300
1,700
3,600
8,500
400
1,100
6,900
120,700
2,300
3,000
2,200
2,100
 
 
2,503,770
14,188,030
30,045,240
70,940,150
3,338,360
9,180,490
57,586,710
1,007,350,130
19,195,570
25,037,700
18,360,980
17,526,390
Total
―
152,800
1,275,253,520
Other (Treasury stock sold due to requests for sale from shareholders holding fractional shares)
(Date of disposition)
 
December 15
December 16
December 19
December 20
December 21
 
 
80
98
594
220
60
 
 
667,672
817,898
4,957,465
1,836,098
500,754
Total
―
1,052
8,779,887
Total amount
153,852
1,284,033,407

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 December 31, 2022)
Status as of the end of the reporting month
Number of Shares
Total number of shares issued
1,261,081,781
Number of treasury stock
26,391,450



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