6-K 1 a53012344.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 DECEMBER 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: December 14, 2022

List of materials

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

[This is a translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from November 1, 2022 to November 30, 2022, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on December 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 November 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)
 
Total
Total number of shares repurchased as of the end of the reporting month
6,733,500
69,999,764,800
Progress of the repurchase (%)
26.93
35.00

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 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 November 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)
(Date of disposition)
 
November 4
November 7
November 8
November 9
November 10
November 11
November 14
November 15
November 16
November 17
November 21
November 22
November 24
November 28
November 29
November 30
 
 
1,300
8,800
1,600
1,000
24,100
82,500
7,800
29,800
3,100
3,000
7,300
1,200
7,600
9,200
6,500
300
 
 
10,719,826
72,564,976
13,193,632
8,246,020
198,729,082
680,296,650
64,318,956
245,731,396
25,562,662
24,738,060
60,195,946
9,895,224
62,669,752
75,863,384
53,599,130
2,473,806
Total
195,100
1,608,798,502
Other (Treasury stock sold due to requests for sale from shareholders holding fractional shares)
 November 2
 9,400
 77,512,588
Total
9,400
77,512,588
Total amount
204,500
1,686,311,090

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 November 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
25,402,196


- EOF -

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