Sony (6758): Buyback frames, monthly purchases, May 2026 cancellation

２ 自己株式の取得等の状況, the section on acquisitions and other movements of treasury shares in the annual securities report of Sony Group Corporation for its 109th fiscal year, April 2025 to March 2026, filed on EDINET on June 18, 2026, occupies pages 74 to 76 of 286. It opens with one line, 【株式の種類等】 会社法第155条第３号及び会社法第155条第７号による普通株式の取得, acquisitions of common shares under items 3 and 7 of Article 155 of the Companies Act. Four numbered parts follow: (1) acquisitions by resolution of the shareholders' meeting, (2) acquisitions by resolution of the board, (3) acquisitions based on neither, and (4) the disposal and holding of the shares acquired. The same section in the 108th report, filed June 20, 2025, occupies pages 80 to 82 of 276 and opens with the same line. This piece reads the four parts of both reports, follows the figures to the other pages where they reappear, and then reads eight monthly 自己株券買付状況報告書, reports on the status of purchases of own shares, filed between November 13, 2025 and June 12, 2026, and the 臨時報告書, extraordinary reports, on restricted stock units that stand behind one row of part (4).

Part (1), 株主総会決議による取得の状況, is one line in both reports: 該当事項はありません, not applicable. Part (2), 取締役会決議による取得の状況, opens with the line 会社法第155条第３号による普通株式の取得 and prints five tables in the 109th report, one for each board resolution, each with the same seven rows. The first, 取締役会（2024年５月14日）での決議状況, prints 150,000,000 shares and 250,000,000,000 yen (US$1,526.3 million), with 取得期間 2024年５月15日〜2025年５月14日; 当事業年度前における取得自己株式 is 93,287,300 shares and 249,999,954,148 yen (US$1,526.3 million), 当事業年度における取得自己株式 is a dash in both columns, 残存決議株式の総数及び価額の総額 is 56,712,700 shares and 45,852 yen (US$280), and 当事業年度の末日現在の未行使割合（％） and 提出日現在の未行使割合（％） both print 37.81 for shares and 0.00 for value. The second, 取締役会（2025年２月13日）, prints 30,000,000 shares and 50,000,000,000 yen (US$305.3 million) with 取得期間 2025年２月14日〜2025年５月14日; 7,715,800 shares and 27,930,304,600 yen (US$170.5 million) before the year, 6,921,900 shares and 22,069,430,250 yen (US$134.7 million) during it, 15,362,300 shares and 265,150 yen (US$1,619) remaining, and 51.21 and 0.00 as the unexercised ratios. The third, 取締役会（2025年５月14日）, prints 100,000,000 shares and 250,000,000,000 yen (US$1,526.3 million) with 取得期間 2025年５月15日〜2026年５月14日; a dash before the year, 63,156,800 shares and 249,999,876,533 yen (US$1,526.3 million) during it, 36,843,200 shares and 123,467 yen (US$754) remaining, and 36.84 and 0.00. Each of the three carries the note 上記取締役会において、取得方法は「東京証券取引所における取引一任契約にもとづく市場買付」として決議されました, that the board resolved on market purchase on the Tokyo Stock Exchange under a discretionary trading contract as the method.

The fourth table on page 75 is headed 取締役会（2026年２月26日）での決議状況 and prints 90,000,000 shares and 250,000,000,000 yen (US$1,526.3 million), but its 取得期間 is 2025年11月12日〜2026年５月14日, a period that opens before the resolution date in the heading. Note 2 under the table explains the heading: 2026年２月５日付及び2026年２月26日付の取締役会決議により、2025年11月11日付の取締役会にて決議された自己株式の取得枠設定に関し、以下のとおり取得枠を拡大しています, that by resolutions of February 5 and February 26, 2026 the board widened the frame it had set on November 11, 2025, and a three-row table follows: 2025年11月11日 取締役会 35,000,000 shares and 100,000,000,000 yen (US$610.5 million); 2026年２月５日 取締役会 55,000,000 shares and 150,000,000,000 yen (US$915.8 million); 2026年２月26日 取締役会 90,000,000 shares and 250,000,000,000 yen (US$1,526.3 million). Against the widened frame the rows print 70,793,900 shares and 249,999,854,281 yen (US$1,526.3 million) as 当事業年度における取得自己株式, 19,206,100 shares and 145,719 yen (US$890) remaining, and 21.34 and 0.00 as the two unexercised ratios. The fifth table, 取締役会（2026年５月８日）での決議状況, prints 230,000,000 shares and 500,000,000,000 yen (US$3,052.5 million) with 取得期間 2026年５月11日〜2027年５月10日; every 当事業年度 row is a dash, 当期間における取得自己株式 prints 19,069,900 shares and 67,259,813,688 yen (US$410.6 million), and 提出日現在の未行使割合（％） prints 91.71 for shares and 86.55 for value. Its note 2 states 当期間における取得自己株式には、2026年６月１日から本書提出日までに取得した株式は含まれていません, that the 当期間 row excludes shares acquired from June 1, 2026 to the filing date.

The monthly reports read here carry the dated rows behind the last 12,021,800 of the 63,156,800 shares and behind all 70,793,900 shares. The report for October 2025, filed November 13, 2025, prints under 取締役会（2025年５月14日）での決議状況 eighteen dated rows from 10月 １日 to 10月 27日 in the row 報告月における取得自己株式（取得日）. The largest by shares is 10月 ６日, 1,075,400 shares for 4,781,920,634 yen (US$29.2 million), and the smallest is 10月 24日, 392,900 shares for 1,719,840,384 yen (US$10.5 million). The 計 line is 12,021,800 shares and 52,714,024,743 yen (US$321.8 million); 報告月末現在の累計取得自己株式 prints 63,156,800 shares and 249,999,876,533 yen (US$1,526.3 million), the two figures the annual report prints as 当事業年度における取得自己株式 in its third table; and 自己株式取得の進捗状況（％） prints 63.16 for shares and 100.00 for value. Note 1 states 取得期間及び取得自己株式（取得日）は約定ベースで記載しています, that the period and the dated rows are on a trade-date basis, and note 3 states 2025年10月27日の自己株式の取得をもちまして、2025年５月14日開催の取締役会における決議による自己株式の取得は終了いたしました, that with the purchase of October 27, 2025 the acquisition under the May 14, 2025 resolution ended. The reports for June to September 2025, listed on page 275 of the annual report as filed on July 14, August 12, September 11 and October 14, 2025, were not returned by the EDINET document index for those dates when the desk queried it on October 22, 2026, and are not read here; the 108th report's table for the same resolution prints 8,183,300 shares and 30,967,940,993 yen (US$189.1 million) as 当期間における取得自己株式, with a note that shares acquired from June 1, 2025 to its filing date are excluded.

The November 2025 report, filed December 12, 2025, adds a second table headed 取締役会（2025年11月11日）での決議状況, 35,000,000 shares and 100,000,000,000 yen (US$610.5 million), 取得期間 2025年11月12日〜2026年５月14日, with ten dated rows from 11月 14日 to 11月 28日, a 計 line of 2,387,100 shares and 10,752,572,776 yen (US$65.6 million), the same two figures as 報告月末現在の累計取得自己株式, and 自己株式取得の進捗状況（％） of 6.82 and 10.75. The December report, filed January 14, 2026, prints seventeen rows from 12月 １日 to 12月 23日 under the same heading, a 計 line of 4,741,700 shares and 19,591,246,660 yen (US$119.6 million), a cumulative line of 7,128,800 shares and 30,343,819,436 yen (US$185.2 million), and 20.37 and 30.34. The January report, filed February 12, 2026, prints six rows from １月 ５日 to １月 13日, of which １月 ７日 is 2,519,600 shares for 9,999,241,726 yen (US$61.0 million); its 計 line is 4,971,600 shares and 19,656,086,859 yen (US$120.0 million), its cumulative line 12,100,400 shares and 49,999,906,295 yen (US$305.2 million), and its progress ratios 34.57 and 50.00. The first of the two tables in each of these reports still prints the May 14, 2025 frame with a dash in the dated row and note 3 on its end on October 27, 2025.

The February report, filed March 12, 2026, heads the second table 取締役会（2026年２月26日）での決議状況 with 90,000,000 shares and 250,000,000,000 yen (US$1,526.3 million) and the same 取得期間 2025年11月12日〜2026年５月14日, and prints fourteen dated rows from ２月 ６日 to ２月 27日; the largest by shares is ２月 ６日, 2,884,400 shares for 9,999,976,260 yen (US$61.0 million). Its 計 line is 25,107,900 shares and 87,055,622,324 yen (US$531.5 million), its cumulative line 37,208,300 shares and 137,055,528,619 yen (US$836.7 million), and its progress ratios 41.34 and 54.82. Note 3 states that the board resolved on November 11, 2025 on a frame of 3,500万株（上限） and 1,000億円（上限） (US$611 million), that the boards of February 5 and February 26, 2026 resolved to widen it to 9,000万株 and 2,500億円 (US$1,526 million), and that 「自己株式取得の進捗状況（％）」は、取得枠拡大後の取得し得る株式の総数及び株式の取得価額の総額を基準として算出しております, that the progress ratio is computed on the widened frame. The March report, filed April 14, 2026, prints sixteen rows from ３月 ２日 to ３月 24日, of which ３月 18日 is 3,056,500 shares for 9,999,785,999 yen (US$61.0 million); its 計 line is 33,585,600 shares and 112,944,325,662 yen (US$689.5 million), its cumulative line 70,793,900 shares and 249,999,854,281 yen (US$1,526.3 million), and its progress ratios 78.66 and 100.00. Its note 4 states 2026年３月24日の自己株式の取得をもちまして、2025年11月11日付、2026年２月５日付及び2026年２月26日付取締役会における決議による自己株式の取得は終了いたしました, that with the purchase of March 24, 2026 the acquisition under the three resolutions ended. The desk's checks that the five 計 lines from November to March add, month by month, to each printed cumulative line and finally to 70,793,900 shares and 249,999,854,281 yen (US$1,526.3 million), the figures in the annual report's fourth table, agreed.

The May 2026 report, filed June 12, 2026, prints a third table, 取締役会（2026年５月８日）での決議状況, 230,000,000 shares and 500,000,000,000 yen (US$3,052.5 million), 取得期間 2026年５月11日〜2027年５月10日, with fourteen dated rows from ５月 12日 to ５月 29日; ５月 14日 is 2,878,300 shares for 9,999,852,894 yen (US$61.0 million) and ５月 28日 is 2,897,300 shares for 9,999,215,070 yen (US$61.0 million). Its 計 line and its cumulative line both print 19,069,900 shares and 67,259,813,688 yen (US$410.6 million), the figures the annual report prints as 当期間における取得自己株式 in its fifth table, and its progress ratios are 8.29 and 13.45. The annual report prints the same frame twice more: 34．重要な後発事象 on page 254 and （重要な後発事象） on page 270 each state that the board of May 8, 2026 resolved on ①取得し得る株式の総数：２億3,000万株（上限）, ②株式の取得価額の総額：5,000億円（上限） (US$3,053 million) and ③取得期間：2026年５月11日〜2027年５月10日. The management discussion on page 16 states 株主還元については、2025年５月15日から2026年３月24日までの期間で総額5,000億円の自己株式取得を実施するとともに, that the company carried out share repurchases totalling 5,000億円 (US$3,053 million) between May 15, 2025 and March 24, 2026, the first day of the 取得期間 of the May 14, 2025 frame and the last dated row of the March 2026 report, and that for 2026年度 it has set a repurchase frame with an upper limit of 5,000億円 (US$3,053 million) for the year from May 11, 2026 to May 10, 2027.

Part (3), 株主総会決議又は取締役会決議にもとづかないものの内容, opens with the line 会社法第155条第７号による普通株式の取得 and prints one table of two rows: 当事業年度における取得自己株式 of 5,362 shares and 20,648,946 yen (US$126,062), and 当期間における取得自己株式 of 870 shares and 2,938,755 yen (US$17,941). Its note states 当期間における取得自己株式には、2026年６月１日から本書提出日までの単元未満株式の買取りによる株式は含まれていません, that the 当期間 row excludes shares bought through purchase requests for shares of less than one unit from June 1, 2026 to the filing date. The 108th report's part (3) printed 54,925 shares and 150,432,987 yen (US$918,394) for its fiscal year and 1,075 shares and 3,724,230 yen (US$22,736) for its 当期間, with a first note that the counts are in post-split shares after the five-for-one split of October 1, 2024 and a second note of the same June 1 exclusion for 2025.

Part (4), 取得自己株式の処理状況及び保有状況, has a column headed 処分価額の総額（円） beside each 株式数（株） column. For 当事業年度 the row 引き受ける者の募集を行った取得自己株式 prints 5,250,576 in the 株式数（株） column and 15,594,267,960 yen (US$95.2 million) in the 処分価額の総額（円） column; 消却の処分を行った取得自己株式 prints a dash in both; 合併、株式交換、株式交付、会社分割に係る移転を行った取得自己株式 prints a dash in all four cells; その他（新株予約権の権利行使） prints 18,290,600 in the 株式数（株） column and 51,249,181,223 yen (US$312.9 million) in the 処分価額の総額（円） column; その他（単元未満株式の買増請求による売渡） prints 245 and 680,592 yen (US$4,155); and 保有自己株式数 prints 242,143,391. For 当期間 the cancellation row prints 184,494,319 in the 株式数（株） column and 577,566,845,402 yen (US$3,526.0 million) in the 処分価額の総額（円） column, the option-exercise row prints 1,270,000 and 3,966,116,605 yen (US$24.2 million), the odd-lot row prints 70 and 219,138 yen (US$1,338), the offering row prints dashes, and 保有自己株式数 prints 75,449,772. Note 1 states that the 当期間 disposals exclude shares delivered on exercises of share acquisition rights and shares sold on odd-lot purchase-increase requests from June 1, 2026 to the filing date, and note 2 states that the 当期間 holding excludes, for the same period, shares delivered on exercises and shares bought and sold through odd-lot requests.

The 108th report's part (4) printed, for its fiscal year, 2,746,775 in the 株式数（株） column and 6,313,665,707 yen (US$38.5 million) in the 処分価額の総額（円） column of the offering row, 156,348,800 and 343,010,339,979 yen (US$2,094.1 million) in the cancellation row, 18,930,500 and 43,293,923,154 yen (US$264.3 million) in the option-exercise row, 2,115 and 4,490,684 yen (US$27,416) in the odd-lot row, and 124,806,850 as 保有自己株式数; for its 当期間 it printed 3,480,500 and 8,546,904,600 yen (US$52.2 million) in the option-exercise row, 120 and 296,638 yen (US$1,811) in the odd-lot row, and 136,432,505 as 保有自己株式数. Its note 1 states 2024年10月１日付で普通株式１株につき５株の割合で株式分割を行っており、2024年度の期首に当該株式分割が行われたと仮定した株式数を記載しています, that the counts assume the split at the start of the 2024 fiscal year. The cancellation row connects to （４）発行済株式総数、資本金等の推移 on page 69 of the 109th report, whose note *4 states that the reduction of △105,900 thousand shares for the year to March 2025 is the total of the cancellations of April 10, 2024 (△12,612千株) and December 3, 2024 (△93,287千株), and to 20．資本 on page 226, whose note *2 prints the two cancellations as 12,612,300株（株式分割前） and 93,287,300株（株式分割後） and the reduction as △105,899,600.

The two largest 当事業年度 disposal counts reappear in 21．株式にもとづく報酬 on pages 231 to 233. The stock-option table on page 231 prints, for 2025年度, 期首現在未行使残高 81,169,300 shares, 付与 2,977,000, 権利行使 △18,290,600, 資格喪失もしくは期限切れ △840,800 and 期末現在未行使残高 65,014,900, with 期末現在行使可能残高 54,224,900; the figure 18,290,600 is the count printed in the 株式数（株） column of the option-exercise row of part (4), and the 2024年度 column's 権利行使 △18,930,500 is the count in the 108th report's row. The text above the table states 権利行使にあたり、当社は新たに普通株式を発行し、又は自己株式を処分しています, that on exercise the company issues new shares or disposes of treasury shares. The restricted stock unit table on page 233 prints 期首現在未確定残高 15,089,851, ユニットの付与 8,885,104, 交付株式数の調整 493,816, 権利確定 △5,250,576, 資格喪失 △1,370,809 and 期末現在未確定残高 17,847,386 for 2025年度, in a column headed 権利数（株）; 5,250,576 is the count in the 株式数（株） column of the row 引き受ける者の募集を行った取得自己株式, and the 2024年度 column's 権利確定 △2,746,775 is the count in the 108th report's row. The text above that table states 普通株式の交付にあたり、当社は新たに普通株式を発行し、又は自己株式を処分しています, and the line 交付株式数の調整 is explained by the sentence that the company adjusted the number of shares deliverable under past units on the partial spin-off of its financial business. The desk's checks that the opening balance and the movements of each table come to the printed closing balance agreed. The 付与 line of 2,977,000 shares is the year's new grant: a 臨時報告書 filed October 31, 2025 states the decision of October 30, 2025 to issue the 第53回普通株式新株予約権証券, 20,387個 for 2,038,700株, and the 第54回, 9,383個 for 938,300株, each unit over 100 shares, and the desk's check that the two share totals come to 2,977,000 agreed. Those two series are exercisable from 2026年11月25日 to 2035年11月24日, after every period read here, so the 18,290,600 exercises of the year are of earlier series; the table on page 232 lists the 第30回 to the 第54回 with their 期末現在未行使残高, printing 2,030,700 and 938,300 for the two newest at March 31, 2026.

The monthly reports print the disposals under ２ 処理状況 in finer rows than the annual report: 引き受ける者の募集を行った取得自己株式, 消却の処分を行った取得自己株式, 合併、株式交換、株式交付、会社分割に係る移転を行った取得自己株式, その他（新株予約権の権利行使）, その他（譲渡制限付株式報酬として処分した取得自己株式）, その他（譲渡制限付株式ユニット制度に基づく交付） and その他（単元未満株式の買増請求による売渡）, each with dated rows and a 計 line, and a note that 「処分価額の総額」欄には、処理を行った自己株式の帳簿価額を記載しています, that the column carries the book value of the shares disposed of. The row その他（譲渡制限付株式ユニット制度に基づく交付） prints five dated rows in December 2025, of which 12月 １日 is 4,857,839 shares and 14,499,094,907 yen (US$88.5 million), with a 計 line of 4,874,519 shares and 14,548,879,369 yen (US$88.8 million); one row in January, 240 shares and 722,515 yen (US$4,411); and two rows in February, 103 and 129 shares, 232 shares and 708,486 yen (US$4,325) in total; the other months read here print a dash. The row その他（新株予約権の権利行使） prints dated rows in every month read: fifteen in October 2025 with a 計 of 732,000 shares and 2,148,295,560 yen (US$13.1 million), fourteen in November with 3,133,000 shares and 9,249,211,270 yen (US$56.5 million), of which 11月 14日 alone is 1,844,000 shares, sixteen in December with 1,346,300 shares and 4,018,274,684 yen (US$24.5 million), nine in January with 239,500 shares and 721,009,960 yen (US$4.4 million), thirteen in February with 2,312,500 shares and 7,061,958,750 yen (US$43.1 million), thirteen in March with 707,300 shares and 2,196,895,019 yen (US$13.4 million), thirteen in April with 394,500 shares and 1,225,328,835 yen (US$7.5 million), and fifteen in May with 875,500 shares and 2,740,787,770 yen (US$16.7 million). The desk's checks that the April and May 計 lines of that row add to 1,270,000 shares and 3,966,116,605 yen (US$24.2 million), the annual report's 当期間 option-exercise row, that the May report's single odd-lot row, ５月 ７日 70 shares and 219,138 yen (US$1,338), matches the annual 当期間 odd-lot row, and that the May report's cancellation row, ５月 29日 184,494,319 shares and 577,566,845,402 yen (US$3,526.0 million), matches the annual 当期間 cancellation row, agreed.

Four extraordinary reports name the restricted stock units. The 臨時報告書 filed June 25, 2025 states that the compensation committee resolved that day to grant RSUs to directors and executive officers and that the representative executive officer decided to grant them to employees and to officers and employees of subsidiaries, under 事後交付型株式報酬制度; it prints 処分株式数 of 819,330株 for the 国内対象者, the domestic grantees of the 第13回 to 第16回 RSUs, and 2,008,787株 for the 海外対象者, each with the note that the figure is a reasonable estimate on the assumption that every grantee satisfies the vesting conditions. A 訂正臨時報告書 filed October 31, 2025 revises the two counts to 844,388株 and 2,022,961株, stating that on October 30, 2025 the company adjusted the number of shares deliverable on past units in connection with the partial spin-off of Sony Financial Group Inc. completed October 1, 2025. The 臨時報告書 filed September 30, 2025 covers RSUs granted up to November 25, 2024, the 第１回 to 第12回, with 4,829,184株 domestic and 9,122,357株 overseas, revised the same October 31 to 4,963,766株 and 9,290,262株; the 臨時報告書 filed October 31, 2025 covers the 第17回 to 第19回 with 2,704,003株 and 3,352,984株; and the 臨時報告書 filed June 30, 2026, after the annual report, covers the 第20回 to 第23回 with 910,253株 and 2,415,051株, and prints 発行済株式総数 of 5,965,316,326株 as at May 29, 2026. Each report describes delivery as 新株式発行又は自己株式処分, by new issue or disposal of treasury shares, and prints a 処分価額の総額 that it describes as an estimate on the closing price of a stated date; those yen figures are not quoted here.

The holding of 242,143,391 shares is printed in other forms on pages 70, 73 and 226. （５）所有者別状況 on page 70 states in note 1 that 株主名簿上の自己名義株式242,144,891株, the shares in the company's own name on the register, are included as 2,421,448単元 in the 個人その他 column and 91株 in the 単元未満株式の状況 column, and adds なお、自己株式242,144,891株は株主名簿記載上の株式数であり、2026年３月31日現在の実保有株式数は242,143,391株です, that the actual holding at March 31, 2026 is 242,143,391. （７）議決権の状況 on page 73 prints 完全議決権株式（自己株式等） as 普通株式 242,143,300 with a dash for votes, and ②自己株式等 prints ソニーグループ㈱, 東京都港区港南１−７−１, with 242,143,300 shares and 3.94 under 発行済株式総数に対する所有株式数の割合（％）; its note states 株主名簿上は当社名義となっていますが、当社が実質的に所有していない普通株式が1,500株あり, that 1,500 shares in the company's name on the register are not beneficially owned by it and are counted in 完全議決権株式（その他）. 20．資本 on page 226 states that the issued shares include 自己株式 of 124,806,850株 at March 31, 2025 and 242,143,391株 at March 31, 2026. The desk's checks that 2,421,448 units of 100 shares and 91 shares come to 242,144,891, that 242,144,891 less 1,500 is 242,143,391, and that 242,143,300 and 91 come to 242,143,391, agreed; the 108th report printed the same three forms as 124,808,350 on the register, 1,248,083単元 and 50株, 124,806,800 in 議決権の状況 with 2.03, the same 1,500-share note, and 124,806,850 actually held, and the same three checks agreed.

②発行済株式 on page 54 prints 6,149,810,645 shares at March 31, 2026 and 5,965,316,326 at the filing date, June 18, 2026; its note 3 states 2026年５月29日付の自己株式の消却により、提出日現在発行数は、事業年度末現在発行数から184,494,319株減少し、5,965,316,326株となっています, and the desk's check of that subtraction agreed. The May 2026 monthly report's ３ 保有状況 prints 発行済株式総数 of 5,965,316,326 and 保有自己株式数 of 75,449,772 at May 31, 2026, the holding the annual report prints in its 当期間 column. In yen, the consolidated statement of financial position on page 128 prints 自己株式 of △296,860 at March 31, 2025 and △752,106 at March 31, 2026, in millions of yen (US$1,812.3 million and US$4,591.6 million). The consolidated statement of changes in equity prints 自己株式の取得 of △285,548 (US$1,743.3 million) in the 自己株式 column for the year to March 2025 on page 132 and △522,089 (US$3,187.4 million) for the year to March 2026 on page 133, 自己株式の処分 of 1 (US$0.006 million) in 資本剰余金 and 4 (US$0.02 million) in 自己株式 for the earlier year and 0 in the 資本剰余金, 自己株式 and two total columns for the later, 株式報酬取引にもとづく株式の交付 of 49,608 (US$302.9 million) and 66,843 (US$408.1 million) in the 自己株式 column, and, for the earlier year only, 自己株式の消却 of △3,848 (US$23.5 million) in 資本剰余金, △339,162 (US$2,070.6 million) in 利益剰余金 and 343,010 (US$2,094.1 million) in 自己株式. The consolidated statement of cash flows on page 135 prints 自己株式の取得 of △285,548 (US$1,743.3 million) and △522,089 (US$3,187.4 million) million yen, and the analysis on page 44 lists （−）自己株式の取得額の増加 among the movements in financing cash flow. The parent-company balance sheet on page 258 prints 自己株式 of △296,860 million yen (US$1,812.3 million) and △752,106 million yen (US$4,591.6 million), and the parent-company statement of changes in equity, also in millions of yen, prints 自己株式の取得 of △285,548 (US$1,743.3 million) on page 260 and △522,090 (US$3,187.4 million) on page 261, and 自己株式の処分 of 1,830 (US$11.2 million) in その他資本剰余金 and 49,612 (US$302.9 million) in 自己株式, 51,442 (US$314.1 million) in total, for the earlier year, and 12,798 (US$78.1 million), 66,844 (US$408.1 million) and 79,642 (US$486.2 million) for the later; the desk's checks of the two totals agreed. The consolidated △522,089 million yen (US$3,187.4 million) and the parent-company △522,090 million yen (US$3,187.4 million) are two printed figures under one row name, and this piece does not reconcile them. Note 20 on page 226 states the amounts acquired in millions of yen: 250,000百万円 (US$1,526.3 million) for the 63,156,800 shares acquired under the May 14, 2025 resolution and 250,000百万円 (US$1,526.3 million) for the 70,793,900 shares acquired under the November 11, 2025 resolution as later amended, after the 7,468百万円 (US$45.6 million), 250,000百万円 (US$1,526.3 million), 27,930百万円 (US$170.5 million) and 22,069百万円 (US$134.7 million) it states for the shares acquired under the earlier resolutions.

３ 配当政策 on page 77 of the 109th report and on page 83 of the 108th each contain eight sentences between the heading and the dividend table, counting by the full stop 。 with whitespace removed; the desk's comparison found the first five and the eighth identical and the sixth and seventh changed. The sixth sentence of the 109th report reads 当事業年度の期末配当金については、2026年５月８日開催の取締役会決議により、2026年６月に１株につき12.5円の配当を実施しました, a year-end dividend of 12.5 yen (US$0.0763) per share resolved on May 8, 2026, and the seventh reads また、2025年11月11日開催の取締役会決議により、2025年12月に１株につき12.5円の中間配当を実施しましたので、年間配当金は１株につき25円となります, an interim dividend of 12.5 yen (US$0.0763) resolved on November 11, 2025 and an annual dividend of 25 yen (US$0.15); the table prints 2025年11月11日 取締役会決議 with 配当金の総額 of 74,714 million yen (US$456.1 million) and 12.5 yen (US$0.0763) per share, and 2026年５月８日 取締役会決議 with 73,846 million yen (US$450.8 million) and 12.5 yen (US$0.0763). The 108th report's sixth and seventh sentences gave 10 yen (US$0.06) at each date and 株式分割を考慮した年間配当金 of 20 yen (US$0.12), with a table of 2024年11月７日 60,347 million yen (US$368.4 million) and 2025年５月14日 60,250 million yen (US$367.8 million), each at 10.0 yen (US$0.0611) per share. The board dates in the sixth and seventh sentences of the 109th report, May 8, 2026 and November 11, 2025, are the dates of the two board resolutions in part (2) that set the 230,000,000-share frame and the 35,000,000-share frame; page 16 adds that the company plans an annual dividend of 35円 (35 yen (US$0.21)) for 2026年度, 10円 (10 yen (US$0.06)) above the 25円 (25 yen (US$0.15)) of 2025年度, with a footnote that these per-share figures do not take account of the dividend in kind of Sony Financial Group Inc. shares on the partial spin-off.

For a reader who needs one of these numbers, the report prints it in a fixed place. The five frames, the shares bought against each and the unexercised ratios are in part (2) on pages 74 and 75; the three-row history of the November 11, 2025 frame is note 2 on page 75; the dated rows behind 63,156,800, 70,793,900 and 19,069,900 shares are in the monthly reports listed on pages 275 and 276 under ⑤ to ㉗, of which the eight for October 2025 to May 2026 are read here; the odd-lot purchases are in part (3) on page 76; the five disposal rows, one of them all dashes, and the two holding counts are in part (4) on page 76, with the cancellation of 184,494,319 shares printed again on pages 54, 254 and 270; the counts 5,250,576 and 18,290,600 are printed again in note 21 on pages 231 and 233; the holding reappears on pages 70, 73 and 226; and the yen amounts are on pages 128, 132, 133, 135, 258, 260 and 261. The 108th report prints the same structure a year earlier with four frames in part (2) instead of five, the oldest of them the May 17, 2023 resolution printed in pre-split shares, a 156,348,800-share cancellation in its 当事業年度 column instead of a dash, and holding counts of 124,806,850 and 136,432,505.