6-K 1 a52393346.htm SONY CORPORATION 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 FEBRUARY 2021

Commission File Number: 001-06439

SONY 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 CORPORATION
	(Registrant)


	By: /s/ Hiroki Totoki
	(Signature)
	Hiroki Totoki
	Executive Deputy President and
	Chief Financial Officer

Date: March 15, 2021

List of materials

Documents attached hereto:

i) Translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from February 1, 2021 to February 28, 2021, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY CORPORATION on March 15, 2021

[This is a translation of the Share Buyback Report for the period from February 1, 2021 to February 28, 2021, filed with the Director General of the Kanto Finance Bureau by SONY CORPORATION on March 15, 2021]

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 February 28, 2021)

	Number of Shares		Total Amount (Yen)
Resolution approved at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on August 4, 2020 (Period of Repurchase: August 5, 2020 to March 31, 2021）	20,000,000 (Maximum)		100,000,000,000 (Maximum)
Repurchases during the reporting month	(Date of repurchase)	―	―
Total	―	―	―
Total number of shares repurchased as of the end of the reporting month	―		―
Progress of the repurchase (%)	―		―

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 August 4, 2020 that the method of repurchase is expected to be an open market purchase through the Tokyo Stock Exchange based on a discretionary trading contract.

2.	Status of Disposition

(as of February 28, 2021)

	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 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) February 1 February 3 February 4 February 5 February 8 February 9 February 10 February 12 February 15 February 16 February 17 February 18 February 19 February 22 February 24 February 25 February 26	1,600 36,600 300 404,912 133,580 11,513 94,901 322,708 50,458 401 50,600 7,007 50,600 1,700 14,600 52,170 400	9,102,656 208,223,256 1,706,748 2,303,609,154 759,957,993 65,499,299 539,906,973 1,835,937,445 287,063,635 2,281,353 287,871,496 39,863,944 287,871,496 9,671,572 83,061,736 296,803,477 2,275,665
Total	―	1,234,050	7,020,707,898
Other (Treasury stock sold due to requests for sale from shareholders holding fractional shares)	(Date of disposition) February 1	80	455,133
Total	―	80	455,133
Total amount	1,234,130		7,021,163,031

3.	Status of Shares Held in Treasury

(as of February 28, 2021)

Status as of the end of the reporting month	Number of Shares
Total number of shares issued	1,261,058,781
Number of treasury stock	22,631,910

- EOF -

SEC Form 6-K filed by Sony Corp Ord