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 2021
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,
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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, 2021
List of materials
Documents attached hereto:
i) Press release: Translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from September 1, 2021 to September 30, 2021, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on October 14, 2021
[This is a translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from September 1, 2021 to September 30, 2021, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on October 14, 2021]
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 at a meeting of the Board of Directors
(as of September 30, 2021)
| | 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) September 1 | 60,600 | 693,588,500 |
| Total | ― | 60,600 | 693,588,500 |
Total number of shares repurchased as of the end of the reporting month
| 1,977,100 | 21,341,504,700 |
| Progress of the repurchase (%) | 7.91 | 10.67 |
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.
(as of September 30, 2021)
| | 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 3 September 6 September 8 September 9 September 10 September 13 September 14 September 15 September 16 September 17 September 21 September 22 September 24 September 27 September 28 | 4,600 5,200 600 6,111 28,902 45,700 2,300 48,273 9,402 6,700 63,913 24,102 6,701 15,175 6,439 | 28,224,312 31,905,744 3,681,432 37,495,385 177,334,579 280,402,404 14,112,156 296,189,612 57,688,039 41,109,324 392,152,272 147,883,123 41,115,460 93,109,551 39,507,901 |
| Total | ― | 274,118 | 1,681,911,294 |
| Total amount | 274,118 | 1,681,911,294 |
| 3. | Status of Shares Held in Treasury |
(as of September 30, 2021)
| 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 | 20,794,759 |
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