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Sony Group Corporation's SEC filings document foreign-private-issuer disclosures for the company's American depositary shares and underlying common stock. The filing record includes Form 6-K reports furnished under the Exchange Act and annual reporting under Form 20-F, with materials covering IFRS consolidated financial results, segment presentation, continuing and discontinued operations, and the partial spin-off of Sony Financial Group Inc. as a completed corporate-structure event.
Sony's filings also cover capital-allocation and governance matters, including share repurchase facilities, monthly buyback reports, treasury stock cancellation, stock-compensation-related dilution management, shareholder voting matters and capital-structure disclosures. Material-event reports describe business-direction updates, material agreements and portfolio actions across Sony's operating businesses and subsidiaries.
Sony Group Corp executive Robert Adrian Stringer filed an initial Form 3 reporting his equity interests. He directly holds 545,547 American Depositary Receipts, each convertible into one share of common stock with no expiration date. He also holds restricted stock units covering 261,957 shares that vest on August 2, 2027 and 161,366 shares that vest on August 1, 2028, plus multiple employee stock options over common stock with exercise prices ranging from $8.32 to $28.88 per share and expiration dates between 2027 and 2035. The disclosure lists these as existing positions rather than new purchases or sales.
Sony Group Corp officer Hideaki Nishino filed an initial Form 3 that lists his existing equity-based holdings in Sony common stock. The filing reports direct holdings of restricted stock units (RSUs), where each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one Sony share and is subject to vesting, forfeiture and potential accelerated vesting under its grant terms.
The RSUs vest on specific schedules, including grants that vest fully on December 1, 2026 and others vesting in three equal installments on dates between December 2, 2024 and December 1, 2028. Nishino also holds several employee stock options over Sony common stock and American Depositary Receipts, with example exercise prices of $14.6000, $16.2700, $18.1000, $18.3900 and $28.8800, and stated expiration dates ranging from October 28, 2031 to November 24, 2035. The options generally become exercisable in three equal installments beginning on the first anniversary of their grant dates.
Sony Group Corporation reports on its share repurchase and treasury stock activity for the month of February 2026. Under a Board resolution dated May 14, 2025, the company had authorization to repurchase up to 100,000,000 shares and ¥250,000,000,000; this program was effectively completed with 63,156,800 shares bought for ¥249,999,876,533.
A separate Board resolution dated February 26, 2026 covers a repurchase period from November 12, 2025 to May 14, 2026, with a maximum of 90,000,000 shares and ¥250,000,000,000. During February 2026, Sony repurchased 25,107,900 shares for ¥87,055,622,324, bringing cumulative repurchases under this program to 37,208,300 shares and ¥137,055,528,619, representing 41.34% of the share cap and 54.82% of the yen cap.
The report also details disposition of treasury stock mainly through exercise of stock acquisition rights, totaling 2,312,500 shares for ¥7,061,958,750, and small transfers under restricted stock unit plans. As of February 28, 2026, total shares issued were 6,149,810,645, with 209,265,076 shares held as treasury stock.
Sony Group Corporation reported progress on its ongoing share repurchase program authorized by its Board of Directors. In the period from February 1 to February 28, 2026, Sony repurchased 25,107,900 shares of its common stock for a total of ¥87,055,622,324 through open-market purchases on the Tokyo Stock Exchange under a discretionary trading contract.
The broader program authorizes up to 90 million shares, or 1.51% of shares issued and outstanding excluding treasury stock, with a maximum total purchase amount of ¥250 billion from November 12, 2025 to May 14, 2026. Cumulatively, Sony has repurchased 37,208,300 shares for ¥137,055,528,619 under this authorization.
Sony Group Corporation reports that its subsidiaries Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) and Sony Pictures Entertainment have completed the acquisition of approximately 41% of the equity in Peanuts Holdings LLC from WildBrain Ltd. for about 630 million Canadian dollars (around 460 million U.S. dollars).
Including Sony Music Entertainment (Japan)’s existing roughly 39% stake, the Sony group now indirectly owns 80% of Peanuts, which becomes a consolidated subsidiary of Sony. Sony expects to record an operating-income remeasurement gain of about 45 billion yen in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, a figure already included in its current full-year forecast.
Sony Group Corporation is expanding its ongoing share repurchase program after additional board approval on February 26, 2026. The maximum number of common shares that may be repurchased rises from 55 million to 90 million, which is described as 1.51% of shares issued and outstanding excluding treasury stock. The maximum total purchase amount also increases from 150 billion yen to 250 billion yen, with the repurchase period unchanged from November 12, 2025 to May 14, 2026 and carried out through expected open market purchases on the Tokyo Stock Exchange based on a discretionary trading contract. Sony notes that it may repurchase only part of this amount depending on investment opportunities, market conditions and other factors, and reports that 28,401,000 shares have already been repurchased for 106,887,883,460 yen.
Michael Shalhoup filed a Form 144 notice to sell 100,547 shares of common stock of Sony. The filing lists an aggregate amount of $2,172,820.67 and a proposed sale date of 02/23/2026. The record also shows prior compensatory stock bonuses of 26,094 (07/02/2025) and 120,000 (06/27/2025) shares.
Sony Group has a security holder planning to sell 9,485 American Depository Shares through Merrill Lynch on the NYSE under Rule 144. The filing lists an aggregate market value of 215,594 for these shares and an approximate sale date of 02/12/2026.
The shares were acquired on 07/02/2024 as an Incentive Compensation Stock Award from Sony Corporation Group, with a compensatory form of payment on the same date. Shares outstanding were 525,653,415 American Depository Shares at the time referenced in the notice.
Sony Group Corporation reports on its share buyback and treasury stock activity for the month ended January 31, 2026. Under a Board authorization from November 11, 2025 to repurchase up to 35,000,000 shares or ¥100,000,000,000, Sony bought 4,971,600 shares in January for a total of ¥19,656,086,859. Cumulative repurchases under this program reached 12,100,400 shares and ¥49,999,906,295, representing 34.57% of the share limit and 50.00% of the yen limit.
The filing also summarizes a prior repurchase program approved on May 14, 2025, under which 63,156,800 shares had been bought for ¥249,999,876,533 before that program concluded on October 27, 2025. During January, Sony disposed of 239,785 treasury shares mainly through exercise of stock acquisition rights, generating ¥721,867,947. As of January 31, 2026, Sony had 6,149,810,645 total shares issued and 186,469,367 shares held as treasury stock.
Sony Group Corporation has expanded its share repurchase facility approved in November 2025. The maximum total number of common shares authorized for repurchase has been increased from 35 million shares, or 0.59% of shares issued and outstanding (excluding treasury stock), to 55 million shares, or 0.92%.
The maximum total purchase amount has also been raised from 100 billion yen to 150 billion yen, with the repurchase period unchanged from November 12, 2025 to May 14, 2026. Sony plans to conduct repurchases through expected open market purchases on the Tokyo Stock Exchange based on a discretionary trading contract and notes that only a portion of the authorized amount may ultimately be bought back.
For reference, Sony has already repurchased 12,100,400 shares for 49,999,906,295 yen, and shares issued and outstanding (excluding treasury stock) total 5,963,341,278, with 186,469,367 shares held as treasury stock.