Sony (SONY) 6-K Sony 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 SEPTEMBER 2020

Commission File Number: 001-06439

SONY 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 CORPORATION

(Registrant)

By:  /s/  Hiroki Totoki

                (Signature)

Hiroki Totoki

Executive Deputy President and

Chief Financial Officer

Date: September 14, 2020

List of materials

Documents attached hereto:

i) Press release: Translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from August 1, 2020 to August 31, 2020, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY CORPORATION on September 14, 2020

[This is a translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from August 1, 2020 to August 31, 2020, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY CORPORATION on September 14, 2020]

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 August 31, 2020)

	Number of Shares		Total Amount (Yen)
Resolution approved at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on August 4, 2020 (Period of Repurchase: August 5, 2020 to March 31, 2021）	20,000,000 (Maximum)		100,000,000,000 (Maximum)
Repurchases during the reporting month	(Date of repurchase)	―	―
Total	―	―	―
Total number of shares repurchased as of the end of the reporting month	―		―
Progress of the repurchase (%)	―		―

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 August 4, 2020 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 August 31, 2020)

	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 or company split	―	―	―
Total	―	―	―
Other (Exercise of stock acquisition rights (includingthe exercise of stock acquisition rights of the 130% callable unsecured convertible bonds with stock acquisition rights (6th series))	(Date of disposition) August 4 August 5 August 6 August 7 August 11 August 12 August 13 August 14 August 17 August 18 August 19 August 20 August 21 August 24 August 25 August 26 August 27 August 28 August 31	1,300 2,007 954,243 27,407 2,207 150,508 254,289 602,107 99,100 35,807 2,500 525,818 5,700 76,702 301,953 120,421 2,907 18,701 26,349	7,391,059 11,410,658 5,425,281,779 155,820,580 12,547,744 855,702,698 1,445,742,309 3,423,237,201 563,426,113 203,578,192 14,213,575 2,989,501,432 32,406,951 436,083,852 1,716,732,645 684,645,166 16,527,545 106,323,226 149,805,396
Total	―	3,210,026	18,250,378,121
Other (Treasury stock sold due to requests for sale from shareholders holding fractional shares)	(Date of disposition) August 31	70	397,980
Total	―	70	397,980
Total amount	3,210,096		18,250,776,101

3. Status of Shares Held in Treasury

(as of August 31, 2020)

Status as of the end of the reporting month	Number of Shares
Total number of shares issued	1,261,058,781
Number of treasury stock	34,466,175

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