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 November 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,
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: November 15, 2021
List of materials
Documents attached hereto:
i) Press release: Translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from October 1, 2021 to October 31, 2021, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on November 15, 2021
[This is a translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from October 1, 2021 to October 31, 2021, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on November 15, 2021]
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 October 31, 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) October 1 October 4 October 5 October 6 October 7 October 8 October 11 October 12 October 13 October 14 October 15 October 18 October 19 October 20 October 21 October 22 October 25 October 26 October 27 | 60,000 51,400 49,800 58,500 36,800 43,800 51,000 49,200 42,600 39,200 60,700 40,500 33,400 49,200 35,100 29,400 56,400 65,900 50,500 | 728,847,000 619,281,500 586,186,500 685,470,000 430,202,500 520,486,000 625,768,000 608,807,500 524,238,000 489,425,500 779,343,500 514,117,500 425,591,500 631,872,000 446,203,500 375,038,500 732,682,000 878,417,000 662,451,000 |
Total | ― | 903,400 | 11,264,429,000 |
Total number of shares repurchased as of the end of the reporting month | 2,880,500 | 32,605,933,700 | |
Progress of the repurchase (%) | 11.52 | 16.30 |
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.
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2. | Status of Disposition |
(as of October 31, 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) October 1 October 4 October 6 October 8 October 11 October 12 October 14 October 15 October 18 October 19 October 20 October 21 October 25 October 27 October 28 October 29 | 201 1,500 603 201 800 40,851 1,702 700 34,210 201 1,104 10,061 1,300 275,094 1,200 601 | 1,286,398 9,599,985 3,859,194 1,286,398 5,119,992 261,445,991 10,892,783 4,479,993 218,943,658 1,286,398 7,065,589 64,390,299 8,319,987 1,760,598,849 7,679,988 3,846,395 |
Total | ― | 370,329 | 2,370,101,897 |
Total amount | 370,329 | 2,370,101,897 |
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3. | Status of Shares Held in Treasury |
(as of October 31, 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 | 21,329,955 |
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