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In connection with this change, the amounts related to lease liabilities have also been reclassified in the table above.The amount includes 103,165 million yen of lease liabilities arising from lease agreements with the Financial Services business that were previously eliminated as intercompany transactions. As a result of the execution of the Partial Spin-off of the Financial Services business, these leases became external transactions and are therefore recognized in the consolidated statements of financial position. The amount includes 95,938 million yen of ROU assets arising from lease agreements with the Financial Services business that were previously eliminated as intercompany transactions. Following the execution of the Partial Spin-off of the Financial Services business, these leases became external transactions and are therefore recognized in the consolidated statements of financial position. The figures for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 include the impact of the deconsolidation of SFGI, which operates the Financial Services business, resulting from the execution of the Partial Spin-off of the Financial Services business.Includes primarily foreign government debt securities. As described in Note 2 (5), “Lease liabilities,” which had previously been included within “Current portion of long-term debt” and “Long-term debt,” has increased in materiality and is presented separately from the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026. As a result of this change, “Current portion of long-term debt” of 90,495 million yen and “Long-term debt” of 508,975 million yen as of March 31, 2025 have been reclassified to “Lease liabilities” of 599,470 million yen.Deferred consideration is recorded within other financial liabilities or trade and other payables in the consolidated statements of financial position.Deposits from customers in the banking business include the non-current portion that is recorded within other financial liabilities in the consolidated statements of financial position.The amount after the stock split.The amount prior to the stock split.Represents primarily Japanese equity securities.Represents primarily foreign equity securities. Commingled funds represent pooled institutional investments, including primarily investment trusts. Includes debt securities issued by Japanese and foreign corporations and government related agencies. Includes approximately 84%  of debt securities issued by Japanese national and local governments, and 16%  of debt securities issued by foreign national and local governments. Represents annuity contracts with or without profit sharing and bulk insurance contracts.Includes primarily foreign corporate debt securities. The amounts of trade and other receivables exclude contract assets within trade and other receivables, and contract assets in the consolidated statements of financial position.This includes the impact of the deconsolidation of the SFGI, which operates Financial Services business, resulting from the execution of the Partial Spin-off of the Financial Services business.This is the amount as of the date of deconsolidation of SFGI, which operates the Financial Services business, resulting from the execution of the Partial Spin-off of the Financial Services business.The increase for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 is primarily attributable to contributions to plan assets associated with the establishment of new trust agreements at certain overseas subsidiaries.The outstanding number of rights (shares) at the beginning and end of the fiscal year represents the number of shares of Sony Group Corporation’s common stock to be delivered upon vesting of the restricted stock units.For all debt securities, Sony considers that the credit risk has not increased significantly since initial recognition, and therefore the loss allowance is measured at an amount equal to 12-months of expected credit losses.For further details, refer to Note 30 (1).Receivables from contracts with customers are included in the consolidated statements of financial position as “Trade and other receivables, and contract assets” and “Other financial assets,” non-current.Contract liabilities are included in the consolidated statements of financial position as “Contract liabilities” and “Other non-current liabilities.”Contract assets are included in the consolidated statements of financial position as “Trade and other receivables, and contract assets” and “Other non-current assets.”Certain subsidiaries have entered into master netting agreements or other similar agreements, which are mainly International Swaps and Derivatives Association (“ISDA”) Master Agreements. An ISDA Master Agreement is an agreement between two counterparties that may have multiple derivative contracts with each other, and such ISDA Master Agreement may provide for the net settlement of all or a specified group of these derivative contracts, through a single payment, in a single currency, in the event of a default on or affecting any one derivative contract, or a termination event affecting all or a specified group of derivative contracts. Master netting agreements create a right of set off, but the master netting agreements do not automatically provide for such set off. Amounts offset in the consolidated statements of financial position are related to repurchase agreements of products.Other investments primarily include investment funds.Foreign corporate bonds primarily include repackaged bonds.As of October 1, 2024, Sony Group Corporation conducted a five-for-one stock split of its common stock.Sony Honda Mobility Inc. (“Sony Honda Mobility”), a joint venture of Sony Group Corporation and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (“Honda”), decided to discontinue the development and launch of its electric vehicle models and downsize its business as a result of Honda’s reassessment of its automobile electrification strategy announced in March 2026. Consequently, an additional 44.9 billion yen loss for the share of profit (loss) of investments accounted for using the equity method was recorded, which is included in the Sony’s share of profit or loss and comprehensive income for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026. In addition, a 25.2 billion yen loss for the share of profit (loss) of investments accounted for using the equity method, which was recognized in excess of the carrying amount of the investment in Sony Honda Mobility, is not included in the carrying amount of investments in joint ventures as of March 31, 2026, and is included in other current liabilities in the consolidated statements of financial position.For Motion Pictures and Television Productions in the Pictures segment, Sony has included all contracts regardless of duration. The amount included in the Music segment primarily consists of minimum royalty guarantees or fixed fees in contracts related to license revenue for ongoing access to an evolving library of content.The figures for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 mainly include impairment losses recognized on the non-financial assets of Bungie and Pixomondo. For further details, refer to Note 12.Foreign exchange loss, net includes gains or losses from foreign exchange contracts. ROE is calculated using equity attributable to Sony Group Corporation’s stockholders and net income from continuing operations attributable to Sony Group Corporation’s stockholders, and the ROE for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 has also been represented accordingly.As a result of the execution of the Partial Spin-off of the Financial Services business, SFGI, which operates the Financial Services business, has been excluded from consolidation. Therefore, there is no balance as of March 31, 2026.The cumulative amount recognized in other comprehensive income, net of tax, was transferred to retained earnings upon derecognition of the equity instruments.“Intangible assets acquired through business combinations,” which were included within “Other” in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, have increased in materiality and have been reclassified and presented separately, starting from the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026. As a result of this change, certain reclassifications have been made, the primary ones being as follows: “Intangible assets acquired through business combinations,” which were included within “Other” in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, have been reclassified; and “Intangible assets derived from EMI Music Publishing acquisition,” which were presented in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, have been reclassified and presented as “Intangible assets acquired through business combinations,” considering the nature of the adjustments.“Research and development expenditures,” which were included within “Other” in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, have increased in materiality and have been reclassified and presented separately, starting from the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026. As a result of this change, “Research and development expenditures,” which were included within “Other” in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, have been reclassified.In the consolidated statements of income, the amount reclassified to profit (loss) is included in sales for hedges of foreign exchange contracts and in financial expenses for hedges of interest rate contracts.For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2025 and 2026, hedge ineffectiveness recognized in profit or loss was not material.Included in the number of shares that were decreased by cancellation of treasury stock for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 were 12,612,300 shares (before the stock split) cancelled on April 10, 2024 and 93,287,300 shares (after the stock split) cancelled on December 3, 2024.In connection with the Resolution for the plan regarding the execution of the Partial Spin-off of the Financial Services business, the Financial Services business was classified as a discontinued operation. Therefore, assets of the Financial Services business have been classified as a disposal group held for distribution to owners. As a result of the execution of the Partial Spin-off of the Financial Services business, SFGI which operates the Financial Services business, has been excluded from consolidation. Therefore, there are no balances related to the Financial Services business as of March 31, 2026.“Other” includes exchange differences on translating foreign operations and others.Loans that are credit-impaired as of March 31, 2025 and 2026 were not significant.As a result of the acquisition, Sony recognized trademarks related to the “PEANUTS” IP as intangible assets amounting to 115,799 million yen. Sony determined that there is no foreseeable limit to the period over which these trademarks are expected to generate net cash inflows for Sony, and therefore recognized it as intangible assets with indefinite useful lives.Major investments included Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing, Inc. and Nichia Corporation as of March 31, 2025. Major investments included Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing, Inc., Rapidus Corporation and Nichia Corporation as of March 31, 2026.Major investments included Epic Games, Inc.This column primarily includes the amount excluded from consolidation as a result of the execution of the Partial Spin-off of the Financial Services business.Breakdown of net settlements and gross settlements in the derivative liabilities are presented below.For liability items, gains are presented as negative and losses are presented as positive.Gains (losses) recognized in net income are included in other operating (income) expense, net, financial income, financial expenses and net income (loss) from discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of income. In connection with the Resolution for the plan regarding the execution of the Partial Spin-off of the Financial Services business, the Financial Services business was classified as a discontinued operation. Therefore, income and loss from the Financial Services business is included in net income (loss) from discontinued operations, which was previously included in financial services revenue in the consolidated statements of income.Gains (losses) recognized in other comprehensive income are included in changes in equity instruments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income, exchange differences on translating foreign operations and other comprehensive income from discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income. In connection with the Resolution for the plan regarding the execution of the Partial Spin-off of the Financial Services business, the Financial Services business was classified as a discontinued operation. Therefore, other comprehensive income from the Financial Services business, which was previously included in changes in equity instruments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income and changes in debt instruments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income, is included in other comprehensive income from discontinued operations.Major investments included Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Certain financial assets were transferred from Level 3 because observable market data became available.This column primarily includes the amount of equity securities designated to be measured at fair value through other comprehensive income due to a change in the scope of consolidation.Demand deposits are included in the “Within 1 year” category.As a result of the execution of the Partial Spin-off of the Financial Services business, SFGI, which operates the Financial Services business, has been excluded from consolidation. Therefore, there is no balance of depoits from customers in the banking business as of March 31, 2026.Refer to Note 10.Short-term borrowings relate to bond lending transactions and repurchase agreements (repos). As a result of the execution of the Partial Spin-off of the Financial Services business, SFGI, which operates the Financial Services business, has been excluded from consolidation. Therefore, there is no balance of short-term borrowings as of March 31, 2026.Shares of Spotify Technology S.A. (“Spotify”) held by Sony are classified as equity securities required to be measured at fair value through profit or loss. 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or organization)\n\n7-1, KONAN 1-CHOME, MINATO-KU,\n\nTOKYO 108-0075\nJAPAN\n\n(Address of principal executive offices)\n\nJ. Justin Hill, Senior Vice President, Finance & Investor Relations\n\nSony Corporation of America\n\n25 Madison Avenue, 26\nth\nFloor\n\nNew York,\nNew York\n10010-8601\n\nTelephone: 212-833-6722\n\nE-mail: ir@sony.com\n\n(Name, Telephone, E-mail and Address of Company Contact Person)\n\nSecurities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:\n\n \n\nTitle of Each Class\n\n \n\nTrading Symbol(s)\n\n \n\nName of Each Exchange on Which Registered\n\nAmerican Depositary Shares*\n \n\nSONY\n\n \nNew York Stock Exchange\n\nCommon Stock**\n \n\n \n\n \n\n*\n\nAmerican Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts. Each American Depositary Share represents one share of Common Stock.\n\n**\n\nNo par value per share.\n\nNot\n\nfor trading, but only in connection with the listing of American Depositary Shares pursuant to the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange.\n\nSecurities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:\n\nNone\n\nSecurities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:\n\nNone\n\nIndicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the Annual Report:\n\n \n\n \n  \n\nOutstanding as of\n\n \n\n \n  \n\nMarch 31, 2026\n\n \n  \n\nMarch 31, 2026\n\n \n\nTitle of Class\n\n  \n\n(Tokyo Time)\n\n \n  \n\n(New York Time)\n\n \n\nCommon Stock\n\n  \n \n5,907,667,254\n \n  \n\nAmerican Depositary Shares\n\n  \n\n  \n \n523,381,332\n \n\nIndicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☑ No ☐\n\nIf this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes ☐ No ☑\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☑ No ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of\nRegulation S-T\nduring the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☑ No ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.\n\n \n\n☑ Large accelerated filer\n\n \n☐ Accelerated filer\n  \n\n☐ Non-accelerated filer\n\n \n☐ Emerging growth company\n\nIf an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐\n\n† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☑\n\nIf securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:\n\n \n\nUS GAAP ☐\n\n  \n\nInternational Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ☑\n\n  \nOther ☐\n\nIf “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow."}