Form 6-K - Report of foreign issuer [Rules 13a-16 and 15d-16]
15 June 2024 - 12:12AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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 June 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,
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
(Registrant)
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By: |
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/s/ Hiroki Totoki |
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(Signature) |
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Hiroki Totoki |
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President, Chief Operating Officer and |
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Chief Financial Officer |
Date:
June 14, 2024
List
of Materials
Documents
attached hereto:
i) [Translation
of the Share Buyback Report for the period from May 1, 2024 to May 31, 2024, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau
by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on June 14, 2024]
[This is a translation of the Share Buyback
Report for the period from May 1, 2024 to May 31, 2024, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION
on June 14, 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 May 31, 2024)
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Number of Shares |
Total Amount (Yen) |
Resolution approved by
the Board of Directors as of May 17, 2023
(Period of Repurchase: May 18, 2023 to May 17, 2024) |
25,000,000
(Maximum) |
200,000,000,000
(Maximum) |
Repurchases during the reporting month |
(Date of repurchase)
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— |
— |
Total |
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— |
— |
Total number of shares repurchased as of the end of the reporting month |
15,441,700 |
199,999,326,000 |
Progress of the repurchase (%) |
61.77 |
100.00 |
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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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Note 3: |
The repurchase pursuant to the resolution approved by the Board of Directors as of May 17, 2023 was concluded by the repurchase on April
3, 2024. |
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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)
May 27
May 28
May 29
May 30
May 31 |
117,500
85,400
119,900
159,500
191,900 |
1,470,262,495
1,074,138,996
1,500,576,005
2,005,147,997
2,471,312,993 |
Total |
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674,200 |
8,521,438,486 |
Total number of shares repurchased as of the end of the reporting month |
674,200 |
8,521,438,486 |
Progress of the repurchase (%) |
2.25 |
3.41 |
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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 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. |
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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). |
(as of May 31, 2024)
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Number of Shares Disposed during the Reporting Month |
Total Amount of Disposition (Yen) |
Acquired treasury stock offered to subscribers |
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— |
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Total |
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— |
— |
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)
May 1
May 13
May 16
May 17
May 21
May 23
May 29 |
4,000
20,000
4,000
67,100
1,500
9,100
5,000 |
40,886,440
204,432,200
40,886,440
685,870,031
15,332,415
93,016,651
51,108,051 |
Total |
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110,700 |
1,131,532,228 |
Other (Acquired treasury stock disposed as restricted stock compensation) |
— |
— |
— |
Total |
— |
— |
— |
Other (Treasury stock sold due to requests for sale from shareholders holding fractional shares) |
(Date of disposition)
May 24
May 31 |
58
20 |
592,853
204,432 |
Total |
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78 |
797,285 |
Total amount |
110,778 |
1,132,329,513 |
| 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 May 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 |
28,298,735 |
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