6-K 1 tm2522881d1_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 August 2025

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/ Lin Tao
      (Signature)
  Lin Tao
  Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: August 12, 2025

 

List of Materials

 

Documents attached hereto:

 

[Translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from July 1, 2025 to July 31, 2025, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on August 12, 2025]

 

 

 

 

[This is a translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from July 1, 2025 to July 31, 2025, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on August 12, 2025]

 

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 July 31, 2025)

 

  Number of Shares Total Amount (Yen)

Resolution approved at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on May 14, 2025

(Period of Repurchase: May 15, 2025 to May 14, 2026)

100,000,000

(Maximum)

250,000,000,000
(Maximum)
Repurchases during the reporting month

(Date of repurchase)

 

July 1

July 2

July 3

July 4

July 7

July 8

July 9

July 10

July 11

July 17

July 18

July 22

July 23

July 24

July 25

July 28

July 29

July 30

July 31

 

 

683,800

707,500

574,700

381,700

421,800

747,500

520,100

940,400

640,900

487,400

463,900

595,000

1,050,300

834,700

512,600

517,900

440,800

311,800

621,800

 

 

2,504,155,809

2,598,173,404

2,099,220,425

1,408,601,213

1,551,427,388

2,747,572,893

1,909,353,412

3,384,071,435

2,310,843,780

1,763,061,979

1,657,982,914

2,126,909,372

3,868,496,574

3,165,538,733

1,911,114,175

1,896,349,217

1,586,601,017

1,124,829,413

2,286,035,201

Total 11,454,600 41,900,338,354
Total number of shares repurchased as of the end of the reporting month 30,410,600 113,163,793,087
Progress of the repurchase (%) 30.41 45.27

 

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, 2025 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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2.Status of Disposition

 

(as of July 31, 2025)

 

  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)

 

July 1

July 2

July 3

July 8

July 11

July 15

July 16

July 17

July 25

July 31

 

 

32,000

5,000

4,000

71,000

147,000

3,500

1,500

8,000

32,000

2,000

 

 

85,261,440

13,322,100

10,657,680

189,173,820

391,669,740

9,325,470

3,996,630

21,315,360

85,261,440

5,328,840

Total 306,000 815,312,520
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 306,000 815,312,520

 

Note:The book value of the disposed treasury stock is stated in the “Total Amount of Disposition (Yen)” column above.

 

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3.Status of Shares Held in Treasury

 

(as of July 31, 2025)

 

Status as of the end of the reporting month Number of Shares
Total number of shares issued 6,149,810,645
Number of treasury stock 156,843,325

 

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