Sony Group bought 6,892,400 of its own ordinary shares in September for a total of ¥26.0bn, according to its buyback status notice dated October 5, 2026. That brings cumulative purchases to 74,473,700 shares costing ¥263.4bn as of September 30.
The spending sits under the authorization the board approved on May 8, 2026, which Tokyo Brief covered in its August progress report. The ceilings are ¥500bn and 230 million shares, equal to 3.89% of shares outstanding excluding treasury stock. Those are maximums, not commitments: the figures above are what Sony has actually spent and bought so far.
Purchases run from May 11, 2026 to May 10, 2027, and are made on the Tokyo Stock Exchange under a discretionary trading contract, a standing mandate that lets a broker decide the timing of purchases within set limits. The notice describes the method as planned market purchases under that arrangement.
The notice reports spending to date and gives no figure for October or later months. It also says nothing about what Sony will do with the repurchased shares.