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 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,
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.
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SONY GROUP CORPORATION
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(Registrant)
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By: /s/ Hiroki Totoki
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(Signature)
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Hiroki Totoki
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President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
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Date: January 12, 2024
List of materials
Documents attached hereto:
i) Press release: Translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from December 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023,
filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on January 12, 2024
[This is a translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from December 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023,
filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on January 12, 2024]
Class of Shares: Common Stock
(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 December 31, 2023)
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Number of Shares
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Total Amount (Yen)
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Resolution approved by the Board of Directors as of May 17, 2023
(Period of Repurchase: May 18, 2023 to May 17, 2024）
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25,000,000
(Maximum)
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200,000,000,000
(Maximum)
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Repurchases during the reporting month
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(Date of repurchase)
December 1
December 4
December 5
December 6
December 7
December 8
December 11
December 14
December 18
December 19
December 21
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57,500
74,700
68,800
55,600
88,600
91,000
13,200
93,100
4,800
37,200
7,100
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732,872,500
936,366,000
869,874,000
715,843,000
1,144,783,000
1,161,590,000
171,004,500
1,200,149,000
62,393,500
481,706,500
92,211,500
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Total
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591,600
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7,568,793,500
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Total number of shares repurchased as of the end of the reporting month
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5,189,600
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64,384,017,500
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Progress of the repurchase (%)
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20.76
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32.19
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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.
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Note 2: |
It was resolved by the Board of Directors as of May 17, 2023 that the method of repurchase is expected to be an open market purchase through the Tokyo Stock
Exchange based on a discretionary trading contract.
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(as of December 31, 2023)
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Number of Shares Disposed during the Reporting Month
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Total Amount of Disposition (Yen)
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Acquired treasury stock offered to subscribers
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Total
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Acquired treasury stock which was canceled
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―
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Total
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Acquired treasury stock transferred as a result of a merger, share exchange, partial share exchange or company split
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Total
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Other (Exercise of stock acquisition rights)
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(Date of disposition)
December 5
December 6
December 7
December 8
December 11
December 12
December 13
December 14
December 15
December 18
December 19
December 20
December 21
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32,100
400
700
1,800
15,000
10,100
112,800
1,800
34,600
4,000
10,800
78,200
22,500
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294,383,001
3,668,324
6,419,567
16,507,458
137,562,150
92,625,181
1,034,467,368
16,507,458
317,310,026
36,683,240
99,044,748
717,157,342
206,343,225
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Total
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324,800
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2,978,679,088
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Other (Acquired treasury stock disposed as restricted stock compensation)
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Total
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Other (Treasury stock sold due to requests for sale from shareholders holding fractional shares)
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(Date of disposition)
December 18
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4
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36,683
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Total
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4
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36,683
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Total amount
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324,804
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2,978,715,771
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The book value of the disposed treasury stock is stated in the “Total Amount of Disposition (Yen)” column above.
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3.
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Status of Shares Held in Treasury
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(as of December 31, 2023)
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Status as of the end of the reporting month
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Number of Shares
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Total number of shares issued
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1,261,231,889
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Number of treasury stock
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30,756,717
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- EOF -