6-K 1 a52577513.htm SONY GROUP CORPORATION 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 FEBRUARY 2022
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: February 14, 2022

List of materials

Documents attached hereto:
 
i) Press release: Translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from January 1, 2022 to January 31, 2022, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on February 14, 2022

[This is a translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from January 1, 2022 to January 31, 2022, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on February 14, 2022]

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 January 31, 2022)

 
Number of Shares
Total Amount (Yen)
Resolution approved at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on April 28, 2021
(Period of Repurchase: April 30, 2021 to April 28, 2022)
25,000,000
(Maximum)
200,000,000,000
(Maximum)
Repurchases during the reporting month
(Date of repurchase)
 
January 27
January 28
January 31
 

412,300
178,000
33,000
 
 
4,891,636,500
2,146,512,500
407,340,000
Total
623,300
7,445,489,000
Total number of shares repurchased as of the end of the reporting month
4,765,000
57,677,268,200
Progress of the repurchase (%)
19.06
28.8
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 April 28, 2021 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 January 31, 2022)
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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 (including the exercise of stock acquisition rights of the 130% callable unsecured convertible bonds with stock acquisition rights (6th series)))
(Date of disposition)
 
January 4
January 5
January 6
January 7
January 11
January 12
January 13
January 14
January 17
January 18
January 19
January 20
January 21
January 24
January 25
January 26
January 27
January 31
 
 
201
9,256
2,800
4,402
2,900
43,969
13,801
3,508
11,061
14,086
1,106
500
19,590
703
13,683
804
702
2,915
 
 
1,392,233
64,111,962
19,394,284
30,490,585
20,086,937
304,552,598
95,593,041
24,298,267
76,614,348
97,567,102
7,660,742
3,463,265
135,690,723
4,869,351
94,775,710
5,568,930
4,862,424
20,190,833
Total
145,987
1,011,183,335
Other (Treasury stock sold due to requests for sale from shareholders holding fractional shares)
(Date of disposition)
 
January 13
 
 
60
 
 
415,592
Total
60
415,592
Total amount
146,047
1,011,598,927
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3.
Status of Shares Held in Treasury

(as of January 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
22,055,631

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