6-K 1 a52940023.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 OCTOBER 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: October 14, 2022

List of materials

Documents attached hereto:
 
i) Press release: Translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from September 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on October 14, 2022

[This is a translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from September 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on October 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 September 30, 2022)
 
Number of Shares
Total Amount (Yen)
Resolution approved at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on May 10, 2022
(Period of Repurchase: May 11, 2022 to May 10, 2023)
25,000,000
(Maximum)
200,000,000,000
(Maximum)
Repurchases during the reporting month
(Date of repurchase)
 
September 1
September 2
September 5
September 6
September 7
September 8
September 9
September 12
September 13
September 14
September 15
September 16
September 20
September 21
September 22
 

9,000
89,300
45,800
51,700
102,300
86,400
107,100
54,600
62,300
225,700
120,000
101,300
127,700
136,400
197,900
 
 
98,680,000
971,766,000
497,933,000
559,123,500
1,072,849,500
924,814,500
1,143,709,000
587,104,500
671,127,000
2,344,188,500
1,256,398,000
1,055,416,500
1,327,849,500
1,393,471,000
1,981,462,400
Total
1,517,500
15,885,892,900
Total number of shares repurchased as of the end of the reporting month
3,924,600
42,877,074,900
Progress of the repurchase (%)
15.70
21.44

Note1:
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.

Note2:
It was resolved at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on May 10, 2022 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 September 30, 2022)
 
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)
 
September 1
September 2
September 5
September 6
September 7
September 8
September 9
September 12
September 13
September 14
September 15
September 16
September 20
September 21
September 22
September 26
September 27
September 28
 
 
1,209
5,246
147,674
806
14,510
2,211
25,613
162,533
413,632
224,109
316,057
243,894
1,016,388
431,161
1,447,641
206,340
33,108
2,624
 
 
9,759,060
42,345,764
1,192,026,005
6,506,040
117,124,865
17,847,214
206,748,392
1,311,968,001
3,338,841,640
1,809,010,089
2,551,215,265
1,968,714,807
8,204,294,100
3,480,335,904
11,685,372,628
1,665,578,543
267,248,107
21,180,956
Total
4,694,756
37,896,117,380
Other (Treasury stock sold due to requests for sale from shareholders holding fractional shares)
 
 
 
 
 
Total
Total amount
4,694,756
37,896,117,380

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 September 30, 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
22,791,885

- EOF -

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