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 2025
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 ¨ |
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: | /s/ Lin Tao | |
| (Signature) | ||
| Lin Tao | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
Date: July 14, 2025
List of Materials
Documents attached hereto:
[Translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from June 1, 2025 to June 30, 2025, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on July 14, 2025]
[This is a translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from June 1, 2025 to June 30, 2025, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on July 14, 2025]
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 by the Board of Directors
(as of June 30, 2025)
| Number of Shares | Total Amount (Yen) | ||
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Resolution approved at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on May 14, 2025 (Period of Repurchase: May 15, 2025 to May 14, 2026） |
100,000,000 (Maximum) |
250,000,000,000 (Maximum) | |
| Repurchases during the reporting month |
(Date of repurchase)
June 2 June 3 June 4 June 5 June 6 June 9 June 10 June 11 June 12 June 13 June 16 June 17 June 18 June 19 June 20 June 23 |
741,600 680,600 646,900 773,300 526,900 422,500 564,700 508,100 512,500 749,200 484,100 521,400 658,300 654,900 1,347,800 979,900 |
2,818,916,821 2,628,132,612 2,494,046,098 2,924,042,867 2,008,397,375 1,634,653,514 2,154,312,824 1,910,423,379 1,933,752,187 2,788,375,706 1,806,912,786 1,947,555,074 2,480,157,691 2,416,399,592 4,890,015,852 3,459,419,362 |
| Total | — | 10,772,700 | 40,295,513,740 |
| Total number of shares repurchased as of the end of the reporting month | 18,956,000 | 71,263,454,733 | |
| Progress of the repurchase (%) | 18.96 | 28.51 | |
| 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, 2025 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 June 30, 2025)
| 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 2 June 3 June 4 June 5 June 6 June 9 June 10 June 11 June 12 June 13 June 16 June 18 June 23 |
89,000 37,000 93,500 79,000 135,500 27,500 79,000 13,500 2,500 836,000 14,000 63,000 42,000 |
230,744,960 95,927,680 242,411,840 204,818,560 351,302,720 71,297,600 204,818,560 35,000,640 6,481,600 2,167,447,040 36,296,960 163,336,320 108,890,880 |
| Total | — | 1,511,500 | 3,918,775,360 |
| Other (Acquired treasury stock disposed as restricted stock compensation) | — | — | — |
| Total | — | — | — |
| Other (Treasury stock delivered under Restricted Stock Units plan) | — | — | — |
| Total | — | — | — |
| Other (Treasury stock sold due to requests for sale from shareholders holding fractional shares) | — | — | — |
| Total | — | — | — |
| Total amount | 1,511,500 | 3,918,775,360 | |
| 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 June 30, 2025)
| Status as of the end of the reporting month | Number of Shares |
| Total number of shares issued | 6,149,810,645 |
| Number of treasury stock | 145,694,280 |
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