Form 6-K - Report of foreign issuer [Rules 13a-16 and 15d-16]
July 12 2024 - 10:31AM
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 July 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:
July 12, 2024
List
of Materials
Documents
attached hereto:
i) Translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from June 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on July 12, 2024
[This is a translation of the Share Buyback
Report for the period from June 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION
on July 12, 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 June 30, 2024)
|
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)
June 3
June 4
June 5
June 6
June 7
June 10
June 11
June 12
June 13
June 14
June 17
June 18
June 19
June 20
June 21 |
182,000
230,000
173,200
259,500
127,100
107,200
108,500
143,800
208,800
279,800
163,300
145,300
158,000
101,800
292,400 |
2,384,749,003
3,071,962,501
2,324,481,503
3,531,701,009
1,703,856,996
1,435,210,001
1,447,076,500
1,888,883,994
2,777,160,498
3,659,761,504
2,074,858,495
1,839,290,497
2,011,494,998
1,300,382,002
3,759,385,513 |
Total |
— |
2,680,700 |
35,210,255,014 |
Total number of shares repurchased as of the end of the reporting month |
3,354,900 |
43,731,693,500 |
Progress of the repurchase (%) |
11.18 |
17.49 |
| 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, 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. |
| 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 June 30, 2024)
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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) |
(Date of disposition)
June 4
June 5
June 7
June 12
June 13
June 17
June 18
June 19 |
36,200
700
3,900
3,900
56,600
100
10,000
100 |
380,183,984
7,351,624
40,959,048
40,959,048
594,431,312
1,050,232
105,023,200
1,050,232 |
Total |
— |
111,500 |
1,171,008,680 |
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)
June 12
June 14 |
80
60 |
840,186
630,139 |
Total |
— |
140 |
1,470,325 |
Total amount |
111,640 |
1,172,479,005 |
| 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 June 30, 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 |
30,868,630 |
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