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 JANUARY 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
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Form 40-F __
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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
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(Registrant)
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By: /s/ Hiroki Totoki
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(Signature)
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Hiroki Totoki
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Executive Deputy President and
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Chief Financial Officer
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Date: January 14, 2022
List of materials
Documents attached hereto:
i) Press release: Translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from
December 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on January 14, 2022
[This is a translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from December 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021,
filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on January 14, 2022]
Class of Shares: Common Stock
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Status of Repurchase
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(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 December 31, 2021)
Number of Shares
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Total Amount (Yen)
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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)
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25,000,000
(Maximum)
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200,000,000,000
(Maximum) |
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Repurchases during the reporting month
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(Date of repurchase)
December 1
December 2
December 3
December 6
December 7
December 8
December 9
December 10
December 13
December 14
December 15
December 16
December 17
December 20
December 21
December 22
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62,800
63,400
45,200
42,600
40,700
46,100
42,800
54,900
32,100
34,000
32,900
41,300
69,300
42,800
32,400
33,300
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869,478,500
863,084,000
619,014,500
582,223,000
565,307,500
658,310,000
605,810,500
768,784,000
448,433,500
469,051,000
459,098,500
581,779,500
958,673,000
580,379,500
441,063,000
461,297,500
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Total
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716,600
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9,931,787,500
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1
Total number of shares repurchased as of the end of the reporting month
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4,141,700
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50,231,779,200
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Progress of the repurchase (%)
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16.57
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25.12
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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.
2.
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Status of Disposition
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(as of December 31, 2021)
Number of Shares Disposed during the Reporting Month
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Total Amount of Disposition (Yen)
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Acquired treasury stock offered to subscribers
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Total
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Acquired treasury stock which was canceled
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―
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Total
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―
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Acquired treasury stock transferred as a result of a merger, share exchange, partial share exchange or company split
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―
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Total
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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)))
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(Date of disposition)
December 1
December 2
December 3
December 6
December 7
December 8
December 9
December 10
December 13
December 14
December 15
December 16
December 17
December 20
December 21
December 22
December 23
December 24
December 28
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47,187
1,207
3,700
87,000
40,949
1,600
11,500
18,801
204,259
12,100
1,400
33,201
400
1,301
3,700
502
7,400
401
1,000
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322,369,315
8,245,910
25,277,438
594,361,380
279,752,921
10,930,784
78,565,010
128,443,544
1,395,444,381
82,664,054
9,564,436
226,820,600
2,732,696
8,888,094
25,277,438
3,429,533
50,554,876
2,739,528
6,831,740
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Total
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477,608
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3,262,893,678
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Total amount
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477,608
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3,262,893,678
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3.
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Status of Shares Held in Treasury
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(as of December 31, 2021)
Status as of the end of the reporting month
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Number of Shares
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Total number of shares issued
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1,261,081,781
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Number of treasury stock
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21,575,685
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