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 2026

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.

 

 

SONY GROUP CORPORATION

(Registrant)

     
  By: /s/ Lin Tao
      (Signature)
  Lin Tao
  Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: October 14, 2026

 

List of Materials

 

Documents attached hereto:

 

This is a translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from September 1, 2026 to September 30, 2026, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on October 14, 2026

 

 

 

 

[This is a translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from September 1, 2026 to September 30, 2026, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on October 14, 2026]

 

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 September 30, 2026)

  Number of Shares Total Amount (Yen)

Resolution approved at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on May 8, 2026

(Period of Repurchase: May 11, 2026 to May 10, 2027)

230,000,000

(Maximum)

500,000,000,000
(Maximum)
Repurchases during the reporting month

(Date of repurchase)

 

September 1

September 2

September 3

September 4

September 7

September 8

September 9

September 10

September 11

September 14

September 15

September 16

September 17

September 18

 

 

491,600

553,600

466,800

421,700

1,008,700

603,600

564,600

239,800

503,500

455,600

394,100

312,600

356,300

519,900

 

 

1,982,758,186

2,178,658,919

1,827,173,207

1,639,108,597

3,811,967,780

2,228,071,516

2,047,804,877

866,795,300

1,816,576,794

1,709,768,390

1,474,672,109

1,165,514,501

1,334,422,705

1,922,559,006

Total ― 6,892,400 26,005,851,887
Total number of shares repurchased as of the end of the reporting month 74,473,700 263,357,992,192
Progress of the repurchase (%) 32.38 52.67

 

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 by the Board of Directors as of May 8, 2026 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 September 30, 2026)

 

  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)

 

September 1

September 2

September 3

September 4

September 7

September 9

September 10

September 11

September 14

September 15

September 16

September 18

 

 

37,500

18,500

19,500

12,500

29,000

4,000

1,000

1,214,100

16,500

4,000

39,000

10,000

 

 

124,389,750

61,365,610

64,682,670

41,463,250

96,194,740

13,268,240

3,317,060

4,027,242,546

54,731,490

13,268,240

129,365,340

33,170,600

Total ― 1,405,600 4,662,459,536
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 1,405,600 4,662,459,536

 

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 September 30, 2026)

 

Status as of the end of the reporting month Number of Shares
Total number of shares issued 5,965,316,326
Number of treasury stock 125,470,354

 

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