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 April 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: April 14, 2022

List of materials

Documents attached hereto:
 
i) Press release: Translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from March 1, 2022 to March 31, 2022, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on April 14, 2022
 

[This is a translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from March 1, 2022 to March 31, 2022, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY GROUP CORPORATION on April 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 March 31, 2022)
 
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)
 
March 1
March 2
March 3
March 4
March 7
March 8
March 9
March 10
March 11
March 14
March 15
March 16
 
90,900
83,800
62,600
293,600
248,200
217,700
223,200
89,700
66,200
55,500
50,700
62,600
 
 
1,070,102,500
974,370,000
736,846,000
3,331,175,000
2,769,226,500
2,437,995,500
2,467,379,000
1,052,734,500
765,587,500
636,364,500
580,052,000
737,773,500
Total
―
1,544,700
17,559,606,500
Total number of shares
repurchased as of the end of the
reporting month
7,400,600
88,281,309,700
Progress of the repurchase (%)
29.60
44.14
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.

1


2.
Status of Disposition
(as of March 31, 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 (including the exercise of
stock acquisition rights of the 130%
callable unsecured convertible
bonds with stock acquisition rights
(6th series)))
(Date of disposition)
 
March 1
March 2
March 3
March 4
March 7
March 8
March 9
March 10
March 11
March 14
March 16
March 17
March 18
March 22
March 23
March 24
March 25
March 29
 
 
26,400
401
501
201
3,307
801
602
201
46,401
201
46,687
24,148
100
2,202
201
10,651
3,920
10,061
 
 
197,403,360
2,998,437
3,746,177
1,502,957
24,727,762
5,989,397
4,501,395
1,502,957
346,958,837
1,502,957
349,097,374
180,564,255
747,740
16,465,235
1,502,957
79,641,787
29,311,408
75,230,124
Total
―
176,986
1,323,395,116
Other (Treasury stock sold due to
requests for sale from shareholders
holding fractional shares)
(Date of disposition)
 
March 17
 
 
40
 
 
299,096
Total
―
40
299,096
Total amount
177,026
1,323,694,212

2


3.
Status of Shares Held in Treasury
(as of March 31, 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
24,078,136
 
 
 EOF
 

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