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 February 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.
| |
SONY GROUP CORPORATION
|
| |
(Registrant)
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
By: /s/ Hiroki Totoki
|
| |
(Signature)
|
| |
Hiroki Totoki
|
| |
President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
|
Date: February 13, 2024
List of materials
Documents attached hereto:
i) Press release: Translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from January 1, 2024 to January 31, 2024, filed with the
Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on February 13, 2024
[This is a translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from January 1, 2024 to January 31, 2024, filed with the Director General of the Kanto
Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on February 13, 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 January 31, 2024)
| |
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)
|
―
|
―
|
|
Total
|
―
|
―
|
―
|
|
Total number of shares
repurchased as of the end of the
reporting month
|
5,189,600
|
64,384,017,500
|
|
Progress of the repurchase (%)
|
20.76
|
32.19
|
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 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.
(as of January 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)
January 5
January 9
January 10
January 12
January 15
January 17
January 18
January 19
January 22
January 23
January 24
January 25
January 26
January 31
|
6,600
1,100
1,000
8,300
26,100
8,600
43,400
10,600
2,000
2,100
1,500
5,700
700
100
|
60,530,844
10,088,474
9,171,340
76,122,122
239,371,974
78,873,524
398,036,156
97,216,204
18,342,680
19,259,814
13,757,010
52,276,638
6,419,938
917,134
|
|
Total
|
―
|
117,800
|
1,080,383,852
|
|
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
|
117,800
|
1,080,383,852
|
|
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 January 31, 2024)
|
Status as of the end of the reporting month
|
Number of Shares
|
|
Total number of shares issued
|
1,261,231,889
|
|
Number of treasury stock
|
30,642,246
|
EOF