Report of Foreign Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 (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 DECEMBER 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

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: December 14, 2022

List of materials

Documents attached hereto:

 

i) Press release: Translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from November 1, 2022 to November 30, 2022, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on December 14, 2022

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[This is a translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from November 1, 2022 to November 30, 2022, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on December 14, 2022]

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 November 30, 2022)

	Number of Shares		Total Amount (Yen)
Resolution approved at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on May 10, 2022 (Period of Repurchase: May 11, 2022 to May 10, 2023）	25,000,000 (Maximum)		200,000,000,000 (Maximum)
Repurchases during the reporting month	(Date of repurchase)	―	―
Total	―	―	―
Total number of shares repurchased as of the end of the reporting month	6,733,500		69,999,764,800
Progress of the repurchase (%)	26.93		35.00

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 May 10, 2022 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 November 30, 2022)

	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)   November 4 November 7 November 8 November 9 November 10 November 11 November 14 November 15 November 16 November 17 November 21 November 22 November 24 November 28 November 29 November 30	1,300 8,800 1,600 1,000 24,100 82,500 7,800 29,800 3,100 3,000 7,300 1,200 7,600 9,200 6,500 300	10,719,826 72,564,976 13,193,632 8,246,020 198,729,082 680,296,650 64,318,956 245,731,396 25,562,662 24,738,060 60,195,946 9,895,224 62,669,752 75,863,384 53,599,130 2,473,806
Total	―	195,100	1,608,798,502
Other (Treasury stock sold due to requests for sale from shareholders holding fractional shares)	November 2	9,400	77,512,588
Total	―	9,400	77,512,588
Total amount	204,500		1,686,311,090

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 November 30, 2022)

Status as of the end of the reporting month	Number of Shares
Total number of shares issued	1,261,081,781
Number of treasury stock	25,402,196

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