{"url_path":"/sec/sony/10-k/2026/item-6","section_key":"item-6","section_title":"Item 6 Directors, Senior Management and Employees","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"20-F","doc_date":"2026-06-18","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313838/0001193125-26-274893-index.html","accession_number":"0001193125-26-274893","cik":"0000313838","ticker":"SONY","issuer_name":"Sony Group Corp","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313838/0001193125-26-274893-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000313838","primary_entity_name":"Sony Group Corp"},"word_count":17305,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 6.\n\nDirectors, Senior Management and Employees\n\n \n\nA.\n\nDirectors and Senior Management\n\nSet forth below are the current members of the Board of Directors and Corporate Executive Officers of Sony Group Corporation (the “Corporation”), their responsibility as a director or officer, date of birth, the number of years they have served as a director or officer, and other principal business activities outside the Corporation as of the date of this report.\n\nBoard of Directors\n\n \n\nKenichiro Yoshida\n\nResponsibility as a Director: —\n\nDate of Birth: October 20, 1959\n\nNumber of Years Served as a Director: 12 years\n\nPrincipal Business Activities Outside the Corporation: None\n\nBrief Personal History:\n\nApril 1983\n\n  \nJoined the Corporation\n\nJuly 2000\n\n  \nJoined Sony Communication Network Corporation (currently Sony Network Communications Inc.)\n\nSeptember 2000\n\n  \nOutside Director, So-net M3, Inc. (currently M3, Inc.)\n\nMay 2001\n\n  \nSenior Vice President, Sony Communication Network Corporation\n\nApril 2005\n\n  \nPresident and Representative Director, Sony Communication Network Corporation\n\nDecember 2013\n\n  \nExecutive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer and Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Executive Officer, the Corporation\n\nApril 2014\n\n  \nExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, the Corporation\n\nJune 2014\n\n  \nDirector, the Corporation (present) (expected to resign on June 23, 2026)\n\nApril 2015\n\n  \nExecutive Deputy President and Chief Financial Officer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, the Corporation\n\nApril 2018\n\n  \nPresident and Chief Executive Officer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, the Corporation\n\nJune 2020\n\n  \nChairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, the Corporation\n\nApril 2023\n\n  \nChairman and Chief Executive Officer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, the Corporation\n\nApril 2025\n\n  \nChairman, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, the Corporation\n\nApril 2026\n\n  \nChairman, the Corporation (present)\n\nJune 2026\n\n  \nOutside Director, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (expected to be appointed on June 26, 2026)\n\n \n\nHiroki Totoki\n\nResponsibility as a Director: —\n\nDate of Birth: July 17, 1964\n\nNumber of Years Served as a Director: 7 years\n\nPrincipal Business Activities Outside the Corporation: None\n\nBrief Personal History:\n\nApril 1987\n\n  \nJoined the Corporation\n\nFebruary 2002\n\n  \nRepresentative Director, Sony Bank Incorporated\n\nJune 2005\n\n  \nDirector, Corporate Executive Officer and Senior Managing Director, Sony Communication Network Corporation (currently Sony Network Communications Inc.)\n\nApril 2012\n\n  \nRepresentative Director, Corporate Executive Officer and Senior Managing Director, So-net Entertainment Corporation (currently Sony Network Communications Inc.)\n\nApril 2013\n\n  \n\nRepresentative Director, Corporate Executive Officer, Deputy President and Chief Financial Officer,\n\nSo-net Entertainment Corporation\n\nDecember 2013\n\n  \nSenior Vice President, Corporate Executive, the Corporation\n\nNovember 2014\n\n  \nPresident and Chief Executive Officer, Sony Mobile Communications Inc. (currently Sony Corporation)\n\nJune 2015\n\n  \nDirector, Chairman, So-net Corporation (currently Sony Network Communications Inc.)\n\n \n\n- 55 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\nApril 2016\n\n  \n\nExecutive Vice President, Corporate Executive Officer, the Corporation\n\nIn charge of New Business Platform (Strategy)\n\n  \nPresident and Representative Director, So-net Corporation\n\nJune 2017\n\n  \n\nExecutive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, Corporate Executive Officer, the Corporation\n\nIn charge of Mid- to Long-Term Business Strategy, New Business\n\nApril 2018\n\n  \nExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, the Corporation\n\nJune 2018\n\n  \n\nSenior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, the Corporation\n\nOutside Director, Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.\n\nJune 2019\n\n  \nDirector, the Corporation (present)\n\nJune 2020\n\n  \nExecutive Deputy President, Chief Financial Officer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, the Corporation\n\nApril 2023\n\n  \nPresident, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, the Corporation\n\nApril 2024\n\n  \nInterim Corporate Executive Officer, Sony Interactive Entertainment\n\nJune 2024\n\n  \nChairman, Sony Interactive Entertainment\n\nApril 2025\n\n  \nPresident and Chief Executive Officer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, the Corporation (present)\n\n \n\nWendy Becker\n\nResponsibility as a Director: Chair of the Board\nChair of the Nominating Committee\n\nDate of Birth: November 2, 1965\n\nNumber of Years Served as a Director: 7 years\n\nBrief Personal History and Principal Business Activities Outside the Corporation:\n\nSeptember 1987\n\n  \nBrand Manager, Procter & Gamble Company\n\nSeptember 1993\n\n  \nConsultant, McKinsey & Company, Inc.\n\nDecember 1998\n\n  \nPartner, McKinsey & Company, Inc.\n\nFebruary 2008\n\n  \nManaging Director, Residential, TalkTalk, The Carphone Warehouse Ltd.\n\n  \nBoard member, Member of Remuneration Committee, Whitbread plc\n\nSeptember 2009\n\n  \nChief Marketing Officer, Vodafone Group plc\n\nSeptember 2012\n\n  \nChief Operating Officer, Jack Wills Ltd.\n\nOctober 2013\n\n  \nCEO, Jack Wills Ltd.\n\nFebruary 2017\n\n  \nBoard member, Chair of Remuneration Committee, Great Portland Estates plc\n\nSeptember 2017\n\n  \nBoard member, Logitech International S.A.\n\nJune 2019\n\n  \nDirector, the Corporation (present)\n\nSeptember 2019\n\n  \nNon-Executive Director, Chairperson of the Board, Chair of Nominating Committee, Logitech International S.A.\n\nJune 2021\n\n  \nSenior Independent Director, Chair of Remuneration Committee, Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc\n\nOctober 2023\n\n  \nIndependent Non-Executive Director, GSK plc\n\nMay 2024\n\n  \nIndependent Non-Executive Director, Chair of Remuneration Committee, GSK plc (present)\n\nKeiko Kishigami\n\nResponsibility as a Director: Member of the Audit Committee\n\nDate of Birth: January 28, 1957\n\nNumber of Years Served as a Director: 6 years\n\nBrief Personal History and Principal Business Activities Outside the Corporation:\n\nOctober 1985\n\n  \nJoined Peat Marwick Minato (currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)\n\nAugust 1989\n\n  \nRegistered as Certified Public Accountant (present)\n\nDecember 1997\n\n  \nPartner, Century Audit Corporation (currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)\n\nMay 2004\n\n  \nRepresentative Partner (Senior Partner), Ernst & Young ShinNihon (currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)\n\nSeptember 2018\n\n  \nBoard Member, WWF Japan (present)\n\nJune 2019\n\n  \nOutside Auditor, Okamura Corporation (present)\n\nJune 2020\n\n  \nDirector, the Corporation (present) (expected to resign on June 23, 2026)\n\nJune 2021\n\n  \nOutside Director, Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Company, Limited (present)\n\nMarch 2023\n\n  \nOutside Auditor, DIC Corporation (present)\n\n \n\n- 56 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\nJoseph A. Kraft Jr.\n\nResponsibility as a Director: Chair of the Audit Committee\nMember of the Nominating Committee\nDirector in charge of Information Security\n\nDate of Birth: May 12, 1964\n\nNumber of Years Served as a Director: 6 years\n\nBrief Personal History and Principal Business Activities Outside the Corporation:\n\nJuly 1986\n\n  \nJoined Morgan Stanley Inc.\n\nJanuary 2000\n\n  \nManaging Director, Morgan Stanley Inc.\n\nApril 2007\n\n  \nManaging Director, Head of Capital Markets Division, Dresdner Kleinwort Japan\n\nMarch 2010\n\n  \nDeputy Branch Manager & Managing Director, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Japan\n\nJuly 2015\n\n  \nCEO, Rorschach Advisory Inc. (present)\n\nJune 2020\n\n  \nDirector, the Corporation (present)\n\nJune 2024\n\n  \nOutside Director, Tokyo Electron Ltd. (present)\n\nNovember 2024\n\n  \nVice President, Tokyo International University (present)\n\nJune 2026\n\n  \nOutside Director, NEC Corporation (expected to be appointed on June 19, 2026)\n\nNeil Hunt\n\nResponsibility as a Director: Director in charge of Information Security\n\nDate of Birth: January 12, 1962\n\nNumber of Years Served as a Director: 3 years\n\nBrief Personal History and Principal Business Activities Outside the Corporation:\n\nJune 1989\n\n  \nFounder, CTO, Iconicon\n\nOctober 1991\n\n  \nDirector of Engineering, Pure Atria, Inc.\n\nDecember 1999\n\n  \nChief Product Officer, Netflix, Inc.\n\nSeptember 2010\n\n  \nBoard member, Member of Compensation Committee, Logitech, Inc.\n\nJune 2017\n\n  \nBoard member, Member of Compensation Committee, Roku, Inc. (present)\n\nJanuary 2020\n\n  \nFounder and Chief Product Officer, Vibrant Planet, PBC (present)\n\nJune 2023\n\n  \nDirector, the Corporation (present)\n\nWilliam Morrow\n\nResponsibility as a Director: Chair of the Compensation Committee\n\nDate of Birth: July 2, 1959\n\nNumber of Years Served as a Director: 3 years\n\nBrief Personal History and Principal Business Activities Outside the Corporation:\n\nSeptember 1980\n\n  \nDirector, Pacific Bell Inc.\n\nNovember 2001\n\n  \nPresident, Japan Telecom Holdings Co. Ltd\n\nFebruary 2004\n\n  \nCEO, Vodafone UK Limited\n\nApril 2005\n\n  \nPresident, VODAFONE K.K. Limited\n\nMay 2006\n\n  \nCEO Europe, Vodafone Limited\n\nAugust 2006\n\n  \nPresident & CEO, Pacific Gas and Electric Company\n\nJune 2008\n\n  \nOutside Director, Broadcom Inc.\n\nMarch 2009\n\n  \nCEO, Clearwire Incorporated\n\nMarch 2012\n\n  \nCEO, Vodafone Hutchison Australia\n\nApril 2014\n\n  \nCEO, NBN Co, Limited\n\nDecember 2018\n\n  \nOutside Director, IkeGPS Group Limited\n\nFebruary 2021\n\n  \nCEO, DIRECTV Entertainment Holdings LLC (present)\n\nJune 2023\n\n  \nDirector, the Corporation (present)\n\n \n\n- 57 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\nShingo Konomoto\n\nResponsibility as a Director: Member of the Audit Committee\n\nDate of Birth: February 11, 1960\n\nNumber of Years Served as a Director: 2 years\n\nBrief Personal History and Principal Business Activities Outside the Corporation:\n\nApril 1985\n\n  \nJoined Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.\n\nApril 2004\n\n  \nSenior Managing Director, Division Manager of Consulting Division III, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.\n\nApril 2010\n\n  \nSenior Corporate Managing Director, Division Manager of Consulting Division, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.\n\nApril 2015\n\n  \nSenior Executive Managing Director, Supervising of Business Divisions, Head of Consulting, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.\n\nJune 2015\n\n  \nSenior Executive Managing Director, Member of the Board, Representative Director, Supervising of Business Divisions, Head of Consulting, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.\n\nApril 2016\n\n  \nPresident & CEO, Member of the Board, Representative Director, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.\n\nJune 2019\n\n  \nChairman and President & CEO, Member of the Board, Representative Director, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.\n\nApril 2024\n\n  \nChairman, Member of the Board, Representative Director, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.\n\nJune 2024\n\n  \n\nDirector, the Corporation (present)\n\nChairman, Member of the Board, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (present)\n\nMarch 2025\n\n  \nOutside Director, Kirin Holdings Company, Limited (present)\n\nYoriko Goto\n\nResponsibility as a Director: Member of the Audit Committee\n\nDate of Birth: November 11, 1958\n\nNumber of Years Served as a Director: 1 year\n\nBrief Personal History and Principal Business Activities Outside the Corporation:\n\nNovember 1983\n\n  \nJoined Deloitte Haskins & Sells, Tokyo (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)\n\nMarch 1987\n\n  \nRegistered as Certified Public Accountant, Japan (present)\n\nJune 1996\n\n  \nPartner, Tohmatsu & Co. (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC)\n\nNovember 2010\n\n  \nMember of Management Board, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC\n\nOctober 2013\n\n  \n\nManaging Partner, Financial Services Industry, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC\n\nMember of the Board of Directors, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited\n\nJune 2018\n\n  \n\nBoard Chair, Deloitte Tohmatsu Group and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC\n\nMember of the Board of Directors, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited\n\nNovember 2018\n\n  \nMember of the Board of Directors, Deloitte Asia Pacific Limited\n\nOctober 2022\n\n  \n\nRepresentative, Yoriko Goto CPA Office (present)\n\nOutside Director, Member of the Audit & Supervisory Committee, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation\n\nJune 2023\n\n  \nOutside Statutory Auditor, Shionogi & Co., Ltd.\n\nJune 2025\n\n  \n\nDirector, the Corporation (present)\n\nOutside Director, Member of the Audit & Supervisory Committee, Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (present)\n\nOutside Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (present)\n\n \n\n- 58 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\nNora Denzel\n\nResponsibility as a Director: Member of the Compensation Committee\nDirector in charge of Information Security\n\nDate of Birth: August 31, 1962\n\nNumber of Years Served as a Director: 1 year\n\nBrief Personal History and Principal Business Activities Outside the Corporation:\n\nJune 1984\n\n  \nJoined International Business Machines Corporation\n\nMay 1996\n\n  \nDirector, International Business Machines Corporation Storage Software\n\nFebruary 1997\n\n  \nCTO Senior Vice President of Product Operations, Legato Systems, Inc.\n\nMarch 2000\n\n  \nSenior Vice President, Storage Division, Hewlett-Packard Company (currently Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company)\n\nNovember 2007\n\n  \nOutside Director, Overland Storage Inc.\n\nFebruary 2011\n\n  \nSenior Vice President of Big Data, Intuit Inc.\n\nSeptember 2011\n\n  \nOutside Director, Saba Software, Inc.\n\nFebruary 2013\n\n  \nOutside Director, Outerwall Inc.\n\nMarch 2013\n\n  \nOutside Director, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson\n\nMarch 2014\n\n  \nOutside Director, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.\n\nJanuary 2015\n\n  \nInterim CEO, Outerwall Inc.\n\nJuly 2017\n\n  \nOutside Director, Talend, Inc.\n\nDecember 2019\n\n  \nOutside Director, NortonLifeLock Inc. (currently Gen Digital Inc.) (present)\n\nMay 2021\n\n  \nOutside Director, SUSE S.A.\n\nNovember 2022\n\n  \nLead Independent Director, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (present)\n\nJune 2025\n\n  \nDirector, the Corporation (present)\n\nMasayuki Hyodo\n\nResponsibility as a Director: Member of the Nominating Committee\nMember of the Compensation Committee\n\nDate of Birth: June 26, 1959\n\nNumber of Years Served as a Director: 1 year\n\nBrief Personal History and Principal Business Activities Outside the Corporation:\n\nApril 1984\n\n  \nJoined Sumitomo Corporation\n\nMarch 1996\n\n  \nSumitomo Corporation (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Hong Kong)\n\nApril 2009\n\n  \nCorporate Officer, Deputy General Manager, Power & Social Infrastructure Business Div, Sumitomo Corporation\n\nApril 2010\n\n  \n\nCorporate Officer, Assistant General Manager for Asia, Sumitomo Corporation\n\nPresident and CEO, PT. Sumitomo Indonesia (Jakarta)\n\nApril 2012\n\n  \nExecutive Officer, General Manager, Global Power Infrastructure Business Div, Sumitomo Corporation\n\nApril 2015\n\n  \nManaging Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning & Coordination Dept, Sumitomo Corporation\n\nJune 2016\n\n  \nRepresentative Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Environment & Infrastructure Business Unit, Sumitomo Corporation\n\nJune 2017\n\n  \nSenior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Environment & Infrastructure Business Unit, Sumitomo Corporation\n\nJune 2018\n\n  \nRepresentative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sumitomo Corporation\n\nApril 2024\n\n  \nChairman of the Board of Directors, Sumitomo Corporation (present)\n\nJune 2025\n\n  \n\nDirector, the Corporation (present)\n\nOutside Director, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (present)\n\nThe Corporation has proposed “To elect 10 Directors” as an agenda item for the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 23, 2026. If the proposal is approved, the members of the Board of Directors will be Hiroki Totoki, Lin Tao, Wendy Becker, Joseph A. Kraft Jr., Neil Hunt, William Morrow, Shingo Konomoto, Yoriko Goto, Nora Denzel and Masayuki Hyodo. With respect to newly appointed Director (Lin Tao), her expected responsibility as a director, date of birth, principal business activities outside the Corporation and brief personal history and principal business activities outside the Corporation are set forth below. Refer to “Item 6.C., Board Practices” for the planned composition of the Board and the Committees after the resolution of the Board immediately following the closing of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 23, 2026. The Corporation plans to disclose the results of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in a Form 6-K to be furnished on or around June 26, 2026.\n\n \n\n- 59 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\nLin Tao\n\nResponsibility as a Director: —\n\nDate of Birth: September 2, 1973\n\nPrincipal Business Activities Outside the Corporation: None\n\nBrief Personal History and Principal Business Activities Outside the Corporation\n\nApril 2000\n\n  \nJoined the Corporation\n\nApril 2021\n\n  \nDirector, Deputy President, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.\n\nJuly 2021\n\n  \nSVP, Finance, Corporate Strategy & Development, Sony Interactive Entertainment\n\nOctober 2022\n\n  \nRepresentative Director, Deputy President, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.\n\nApril 2025\n\n  \nChief Financial Officer, Corporate Executive Officer, the Corporation (present)\n\nJune 2026\n\n  \nDirector, the Corporation (expected to be appointed)\n\nCorporate Executive Officers\n\nIn addition to Hiroki Totoki and Lin Tao, the three individuals set forth below are the current Corporate Executive Officers of Sony Group Corporation as of the date of this report. Refer to “Board Practices” in Item 6.C.\n\n \n\nToshimoto Mitomo\n\nResponsibility as an Officer: Chief Strategy Officer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer in charge of Legal, Compliance, Privacy, Intellectual Property, Business Strategy, Sustainability, External Relations, Business Incubation Platform, Creative Platform and Mobility Business\n\nDate of Birth: January 6, 1963\n\nNumber of Years Served as a Corporate Executive Officer: 4 years\n\nPrincipal Business Activities Outside Sony: None\n\nBrief Personal History:\n\nApril 1985\n\n  \nJoined the Corporation\n\nJune 2013\n\n  \nSenior Vice President, Corporate Executive, the Corporation\n\nJune 2019\n\n  \nExecutive Vice President, the Corporation\n\nApril 2022\n\n  \nSenior Executive Vice President, Corporate Executive Officer, the Corporation\n\nApril 2023\n\n  \nExecutive Deputy President and Chief Strategy Officer, Corporate Executive Officer, the Corporation\n\nApril 2025\n\n  \nChief Strategy Officer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer (present)\n\n \n\nTsuyoshi Kodera\n\nResponsibility as an Officer: Chief Digital Officer, Corporate Executive Officer in charge of Digital & Technology Platform (Digital Transformation Strategy, Information Systems, Information Security and Advanced Technology, R&D, Technology Strategy and Quality Management)\n\nDate of Birth: October 8, 1969\n\nNumber of Years Served as a Corporate Executive Officer: 1 year\n\nPrincipal Business Activities Outside Sony: None\n\nBrief Personal History:\n\nApril 1992\n\n  \nJoined the Corporation\n\nApril 2016\n\n  \nDeputy President, Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC\n\nJune 2016\n\n  \nBusiness Executive, the Corporation\n\nOctober 2017\n\n  \n\nPresident and Chief Executive Officer, Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC\n\nRepresentative Director, President, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.\n\nJune 2018\n\n  \nExecutive Vice President, the Corporation\n\nApril 2019\n\n  \n\nDeputy President, Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC\n\nRepresentative Director, Deputy President, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.\n\nApril 2021\n\n  \nExecutive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer, the Corporation\n\nJuly 2023\n\n  \nExecutive Vice President, Chief Digital Officer and Chief Information Officer, the Corporation\n\nApril 2025\n\n  \nChief Digital Officer, Corporate Executive Officer, the Corporation (present)\n\nJune 2025\n\n  \nOutside Director, Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. (present)\n\n \n\n- 60 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\nYasuhiro Ito\n\nResponsibility as an Officer: Chief People Officer, Corporate Executive Officer in charge of Human Resources, General Affairs, the Corporate Executive Office and Diversity\n\nDate of Birth: September 10, 1971\n\nNumber of Years Served as a Corporate Executive Officer: 1 year\n\nPrincipal Business Activities Outside Sony: None\n\nBrief Personal History:\n\nApril 1994\n\n  \nJoined the Corporation\n\nApril 2018\n\n  \n\nExecutive Vice President, Sony Pictures Entertainment\n\nSenior Vice President, Sony Corporation of America\n\nApril 2023\n\n  \nSenior Vice President, the Corporation\n\nApril 2025\n\n  \nChief People Officer, Corporate Executive Officer, the Corporation (present)\n\nHiroki Totoki, Toshimoto Mitomo, Tsuyoshi Kodera, Yasuhiro Ito and Lin Tao are engaged on a full-time basis by Sony Group Corporation. There is no family relationship between any of the persons named above. There is no arrangement or understanding with major shareholders, customers, suppliers, or others pursuant to which any person named above was selected as a Director or a Corporate Executive Officer.\n\n \n\nB.\n\nCompensation\n\nUnder the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan and related regulations, the Corporation is required to disclose the total remuneration paid by the Corporation to Directors and Corporate Executive Officers, as well as remuneration of any Director or Corporate Executive Officer who receives total aggregate annual remuneration exceeding 100 million yen from the Sony Group in a fiscal year, on an individual basis. The following table and accompanying footnotes show the information on such matters that the Corporation has disclosed in its annual Securities Report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 filed on June 18, 2026 with the Director General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance in Japan.\n\n(1) Total amounts of remuneration for Directors and Corporate Executive Officers and the number thereof*1\n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \nFixed remuneration\n \nRemuneration linked to business results\n \nStock acquisition rights\n\n(*7)\n\n \nRestricted stock\n\n(*10)\n\n \nRestricted stock\n\nUnits (“RSUs”)\n\n(*12)\n\n \nPhantom Restricted Stock Plan\n(*15)\n\n \nNumber\n\nof\npersons\n\n \nAmount\n(Yen in\nmillions)\n \nNumber\n\nof\npersons\n\n \nAmount\n(Yen in\nmillions)\n \nNumber\nof\n\npersons\n\n \nAmount\n(Yen in\nmillions)\n \nNumber\n\nof\npersons\n\n \nAmount\n(Yen in\nmillions)\n \nNumber\n\nof\npersons\n\n \nAmount\n(Yen in\nmillions)\n \nNumber\n\nof\npersons\n\n \nAmount\n(Yen in\nmillions)\n\n Directors\n\n \n11\n \n277\n \n—\n \n—\n \n—\n \n—\n \n7\n \n79\n \n11\n \n73\n \n—\n \n—\n\n (*2)\n\n \n(*3)\n \n \n \n \n \n(*4)\n \n \n \n(*8)\n \n(*3)\n \n \n \n(*13)\n \n \n \n \n \n(*16)\n\n Corporate Executive\n\n Officers\n\n \n6\n \n609\n \n6\n \n791\n \n10\n \n1,191\n \n6\n\n \n852\n \n9\n \n2,445\n \n—\n \n—\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n(*5)\n \n(*6)\n \n(*9)\n \n \n \n(*11)\n \n \n \n(*14)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Total\n\n \n17\n \n885\n \n6\n \n791\n \n10\n \n1,191\n \n13\n \n931\n \n20\n \n2,518\n \n—\n \n—\n\n*1 Due to rounding, individual sums may not add up to the total shown.\n\n*2 The number of persons does not include two Directors who concurrently serve as Corporate Executive Officers, because the Corporation does not pay any additional remuneration for services as a Director to Directors who concurrently serve as Corporate Executive Officers. All Directors above are outside Directors.\n\n*3 The number of persons includes two Directors (outside Directors) who resigned on the day of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 24, 2025.\n\n*4 The Corporation does not pay remuneration linked to business results to Directors who do not concurrently serve as Corporate Executive Officers.\n\n*5 The number of persons includes one Corporate Executive Officer who resigned on March 31, 2026.\n\n*6 The final amount of remuneration linked to business results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, which is scheduled to be paid in June 2026.\n\n*7 As to stock acquisition rights, the amount above is that of expenses the Corporation recorded during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 applicable to stock acquisition rights granted. The amount includes 18 million yen, which was recorded as expense for stock acquisition rights for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, as a result of a value adjustment to previously granted stock-based compensation carried out in connection with the Partial Spin-off of the Financial Services business.\n\n \n\n- 61 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\n*8 The Corporation does not grant stock acquisition rights to Directors who do not concurrently serve as Corporate Executive Officers.\n\n*9 The number of persons includes four Corporate Executive Officers who resigned by the end of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025.\n\n*10 As to restricted stock, the amount above is that of expenses the Corporation recorded during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 applicable to restricted stock.\n\n*11 The number of persons includes three Corporate Executive Officers who resigned by the end of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025.\n\n*12 As to RSUs, the amount above is that of expenses the Corporation recorded during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026. The amount includes 1,109 million yen, which was recorded as expense for RSUs for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, as a result of a value adjustment to previously granted stock-based compensation carried out in connection with the Partial Spin-off of the Financial Services business.\n\n*13 The number of persons includes two Directors (outside Directors) who resigned on the day of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 24, 2025.\n\n*14 The number of persons includes three Corporate Executive Officers who resigned by the end of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025.\n\n*15 As to the phantom restricted stock plan, the amount of expenses recorded during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 applicable to Corporate Executive Officers decreased by 386 million yen.\n\n*16 The Corporation does not pay remuneration under the phantom restricted stock plan to Directors who do not concurrently serve as Corporate Executive Officers.\n\n(2) Amounts of remuneration for Directors and Corporate Executive Officers on an individual basis\n\n \n\nName\n  \nPosition (*1)\n \nFixed\nRemuneration\n(*2)\n(Yen in millions)\n\n \nRemuneration\nlinked to\nbusiness results\n(*2) (*3)\n(Yen in millions)\n\n \nPhantom restricted\nstock plan\n\n(*2)\n\n(Yen in millions)\n\n \nTotal (*2)\n\n(Yen in millions)\n\n \nStock\nacquisition\nrights (*2)\n(*4)\n(Yen in\nmillions)\n\n \nRSUs (*2) (*5)\n\n(Yen in millions)\n\n \n\nTiming of vesting\n\n \n\n \n\nvested after\n\nthree years\n\n \nvested upon\nresignation\n\n Kenichiro Yoshida\n\n  \n\nDirector (*6), Chairman (*7)\n\n \n80\n \n124\n \n—\n \n204\n \n192\n \n288\n \n—\n\n Hiroki Totoki\n\n  \n\nDirector (*6), President and CEO, and Representative Corporate Executive Officer (*7)\n\n \n240\n \n371\n \n—\n \n611\n \n708\n \n1,062\n \n96\n\n Toshimoto Mitomo\n\n  \n\nCSO, and Representative Corporate Executive Officer (*7)\n\n \n66\n \n80\n \n—\n \n146\n \n112\n \n192\n \n—\n\n Tsuyoshi Kodera\n\n  \n\nCDO, and Corporate Executive Officer (*7)\n\n \n60\n\n(*8)\n\n \n74\n\n(*8)\n\n \n—\n \n134\n\n(*8)\n\n \n97\n \n145\n \n22\n\n Yasuhiro Ito\n\n  \n\nCPO, and Corporate Executive Officer (*7)\n\n \n50\n \n61\n \n—\n \n111\n \n74\n \n111\n \n18\n\n Lin Tao\n\n  \n\nCFO, and Corporate Executive Officer\n\n \n75\n \n88\n \n—\n \n163\n \n146\n \n219\n \n27\n\n*1 This chart shows remuneration for Directors and Corporate Executive Officers who received, or who became likely to receive, total remuneration exceeding 100 million yen from the Corporation and its subsidiaries during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026. Titles are as of the date of submission of this document.\n\n*2 Due to rounding, individual sums may not add up to the total shown.\n\n*3 For the metrics and actual financial results used to determine the amount of remuneration linked to business results, refer to “(5) Corporate Executive Officer remuneration linked to business results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026” below.\n\n*4 Indicates the grant criteria amount determined for each Corporate Executive Officer, and the number of stock acquisition rights actually granted was determined by dividing such grant criteria amount by the fair value per stock acquisition right, as estimated based on the Black-Scholes model, immediately prior to the date of the grant resolution on October 30, 2025. The number of shares of common stock of the Corporation (“Common Stock”) to be acquired based on the assumption that all such stock acquisition rights are exercised is 142,600 for Kenichiro Yoshida, 525,700 for Hiroki Totoki, 83,600 for Toshimoto Mitomo, 71,900 for Tsuyoshi Kodera,\n\n \n\n- 62 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\n55,000 for Yasuhiro Ito and 108,400 for Lin Tao, respectively. The compensation expense relating to these stock options is calculated based on the fair value of the stock acquisition rights as of the date of grant (November 25, 2025). The grant criteria amount does not indicate the actual value that would be realized by a Corporate Executive Officer upon the exercise of the above-mentioned stock acquisition rights. The actual value, if any, that is realized by a Corporate Executive Officer upon the exercise of any stock acquisition rights will depend on the extent to which the market value of Common Stock exceeds the exercise price of the stock acquisition rights on the date of exercise, and several other restrictions imposed on the exercise of the stock acquisition rights, including the period when a Corporate Executive Officer could exercise the stock acquisition rights. Accordingly, there is no assurance that the value realized or to be realized by a Corporate Executive Officer upon the exercise of the stock acquisition rights is or will be at or near the grant criteria amount.\n\n*5 Indicates the grant criteria amount determined for each Corporate Executive Officer, and the number of RSUs actually granted was determined by dividing such grant criteria amount by the simple average of the closing prices of Common Stock on the TSE during a certain period immediately prior to the date of the grant resolution on June 25, 2025. The number of RSUs actually granted was 76,950 units to Kenichiro Yoshida, 309,380 units to Hiroki Totoki, 50,520 units to Toshimoto Mitomo, 44,580 units to Tsuyoshi Kodera, 34,470 units to Yasuhiro Ito and 65,730 units to Lin Tao, respectively. The compensation expense relating to these RSUs is calculated based on the fair value per unit as of the date of grant (July 25, 2025). Of the units granted to Toshimoto Mitomo, only 5,440 units had a grant resolution date of October 30, 2025 and a grant date of November 25, 2025.\n\n*6 The Corporation does not pay any remuneration for services as a Director to Directors who concurrently serve as Corporate Executive Officers.\n\n*7 Apart from the remuneration contained in the table above, the Corporation also provided certain personal benefits and perquisites, including fringe benefits and in some instances amounts to pay income taxes related to perquisites, totaling 2 million yen to Kenichiro Yoshida, 2 million yen to Hiroki Totoki, 19 million yen to Toshimoto Mitomo, 1 million yen to Tsuyoshi Kodera, and 19 million yen to Yasuhiro Ito during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026.\n\n*8 Remuneration paid to Tsuyoshi Kodera includes 6 million yen in fixed remuneration and 7 million yen in remuneration linked to business results from Sony Research Inc.\n\n9 Apart from the remuneration contained in the table above, the Corporation recorded 593 million yen for Kenichiro Yoshida, 278 million yen for Hiroki Totoki, 96 million yen for Toshimoto Mitomo, 69 million yen for Tsuyoshi Kodera, 18 million yen for Yasuhiro Ito, and 28 million yen for Lin Tao, as a result of a value adjustment to previously granted stock-based compensation carried out in connection with the Partial Spin-off of the Financial Services business.\n\n(3) Basic policy regarding Director and Senior Executive remuneration\n\nThe basic policy regarding remuneration for respective Directors and Senior Executives including Corporate Executive Officers determined by the Compensation Committee is as follows:\n\n(a) Basic policy regarding Director remuneration\n\nThe primary duty of Directors is to supervise the performance of business operations of the Sony Group as a whole. In order to improve this supervisory function over the business operations of the Sony Group, which is a global company, the following two elements have been established as the basic policy for the determination of remuneration of Directors. No Director remuneration is paid to those Directors who concurrently serve as Corporate Executive Officers.\n\n \n\n \n•\n \n\nAttracting and retaining an adequate talent pool of Directors possessing the requisite abilities to excel in the global marketplace; and\n\n \n\n \n•\n \n\nEnsuring the effectiveness of the supervisory function of Directors.\n\n \n\n- 63 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\nBased on the above, Director remuneration shall consist of the following components. The amount of each component and its percentage of total remuneration shall be at an appropriate level determined in accordance with the basic policy above and based on research conducted by a third party regarding remuneration of directors of both Japanese and non-Japanese companies.\n\n \n\n \n \n\nType of remuneration\n \nDescription\n\n \n \n\nFixed remuneration\n \n\n•\n\nThe amount of fixed remuneration shall be at an appropriate level determined in accordance with the basic policy above and based on research conducted by a third party regarding remuneration of directors of both Japanese and non-Japanese companies.\n\n \n \n\nStock-based compensation\n \n\n•\n\nRestricted stock or RSUs are granted to further promote shared values between the shareholders and Directors and incentivize Directors to develop and maintain a sound and transparent management system.\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \nRestricted stock\n \n\n•\n\nAny Director to whom restricted stock is granted may not sell or transfer the granted shares during his/her tenure, and in principle, such restriction is to be released when such Director resigns.\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \nRestricted stock units\n \n\n•\n\nIn principle, all RSUs granted to the Directors will be vested at the time of resignation, and the Common Stock will be delivered to the Directors upon vesting.\n\n(b) Basic policy regarding Senior Executive remuneration\n\nSenior Executives are key members of management responsible for executing the operations of the Sony Group as a whole, or respective businesses of the Sony Group. In order to further improve the business results of the Sony Group, the following two elements have been established as the basic policy for the determination of remuneration of Senior Executives.\n\n \n\n \n•\n \n\nAttracting and retaining an adequate talent pool possessing the requisite abilities to excel in the global marketplace; and\n\n \n\n \n•\n \n\nProviding effective incentives to improve business results on a short-, mid- and long-term basis.\n\nBased on the above, Senior Executive remuneration shall basically consist of the following components. The amount of each component and its percentage of total remuneration shall be at an appropriate level determined in accordance with the above basic policy and the individual’s level of responsibility and based on research conducted by a third party regarding remuneration of management of both Japanese and non-Japanese companies, with an emphasis on linking Senior Executive remuneration to business results and shareholder value.\n\n \n\nType of remuneration\n \n\nDescription\n\nFixed remuneration\n\n \n\n•\n\nThe amount of fixed remuneration shall be at an appropriate level determined based on research conducted by a third party regarding remuneration of management of both Japanese and non-Japanese companies, according to his/her responsibility, and in order to maintain competitiveness in recruiting talent.\n\nRemuneration linked to business results\n \n\n•\n\nStructured appropriately and based on appropriate indicators to ensure that such remuneration effectively incentivizes Senior Executives to achieve financial targets for the mid- to long-term and financial targets for the corresponding fiscal year.\n\n \n\n•\n\nSpecifically, the amount to be paid to Senior Executives shall be determined based on the level of achievements of the two metrics below, and can fluctuate, in principle, from 0% to 200% of the standard payment amount (“Business Results Linked Standard Payment Amount”) depending on the level of achievement.\n\n \n\n(1)   Certain key performance indicators linked to the continuing operations or individual business results of the Sony Group during the corresponding fiscal year, such as operating\n\n \n\n- 64 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\nType of remuneration\n \n\nDescription\n\n \n \n\nincome and operating income margin (collectively, the “Financial Performance KPIs”), which are based on the areas for which each Senior Executive is responsible.\n\n \n\n(2)   Achievement of the Group Sustainability Evaluation.\n\n \n\n•\n\nThe Group Sustainability Evaluation is an evaluation of efforts by Senior Executives to enhance the mid- to long-term corporate value and sustainable growth of the Sony Group as a whole, not just their respective businesses and organizations, and includes management succession planning and investment in human capital, sustainability initiatives related to social value creation and ESG (environment, social and governance), value creation through collaborations among the businesses of the Sony Group, and engagement indicators based on employee surveys.\n\n \n\n•\n\nThe Business Results Linked Standard Payment Amount shall be determined so that such amount is within a certain percentage of the cash compensation (total of the fixed remuneration and the remuneration linked to business results), which percentage shall be determined in accordance with each individual’s level of responsibility.\n\n \n\n•\n\nThe Corporation adopted a clawback policy for the recoupment of compensation. (Please see below Reference: Clawback Policy.)\n\nStock-based compensation\n\n \n\n•\n\nStock acquisition rights, and restricted stock or RSUs are granted to incentivize Senior Executives to increase mid- to long-term shareholder value.\n\n \n\n•\n\nAs a general policy, remuneration for a Senior Executive who has greater management responsibility and influence over the Sony Group as a whole has a higher proportion of stock-based compensation, which is directly linked to the corporate value. (Please see below Reference: Executive Compensation Package Designed to Focus on Long-Term Management.)\n\n \n\n•\n\nThe amount of stock-based compensation shall be determined so that the amount is within a certain percentage of the total cash compensation (total of the fixed remuneration and the remuneration linked to business results) and stock-based compensation.\n\n \n \n\nStock acquisition rights\n\n \n\n•\n\nThe exercise of the stock acquisition rights is, in principle, restricted during a one-year period from the allotment date, and one-third of the total number of exercisable stock acquisition rights will be vested and be exercisable each year thereafter. (All of the allocated stock acquisition rights will be exercisable on and after three years from the allotment date.)\n\n \n \n\nRestricted stock\n\n \n\n•\n\nThe Senior Executives to whom restricted stock is granted, in principle, may not sell or transfer the granted stock before the third anniversary date of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the fiscal year when the subject restricted stock was granted.\n\n \n \n\nRestricted stock units\n\n(vested after three years)\n\n \n\n•\n\nIn principle, RSUs are granted to the Senior Executives every year during his/her tenure, and all RSUs granted to the Senior Executives will be vested after three years have passed since the date of grant of the RSUs, and the Common Stock will be delivered to the Senior Executives.\n\n \n \n\nRestricted stock units\n\n(vested upon resignation)\n\n \n\n•\n\nIn principle, RSUs are granted to the Senior Executives every year during his/her tenure, and all RSUs granted to the Senior Executives will be vested at the time of resignation and the Common Stock will be delivered to the Senior Executives.\n\n \n\n- 65 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\nType of remuneration\n \n\nDescription\n\nPhantom restricted stock plan\n\n \n\n•\n\nPoints determined every year by the Compensation Committee shall be granted to Senior\n\n \n\nExecutives every year during his/her tenure, and at the time of resignation, the remuneration amount shall be calculated by multiplying the Common Stock price (closing price) by the individual’s accumulated points.\n\n \n\n* Phantom restricted stock plan is being gradually replaced with RSUs vesting upon resignation.\n\n(Reference: Executive Compensation Package Designed to Focus on Long-Term Management)\n\nThe bar chart below shows the components of remuneration for Corporate Executive Officers for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026. For this chart, the remuneration linked to business results is based on the Business Results Linked Standard Payment Amount for each Corporate Executive Officer, and the stock-based compensation is based on the grant criteria amount for each Corporate Executive Officer. Accordingly, the components of remuneration based on the amounts actually paid will be different from the chart below.\n\n \n\n*1 Due to rounding, individual sums may not total 100%.\n\n*2 For “Other Corporate Executive Officers,” the components of remuneration are presented as the simple average of the remuneration mix ratios of the Chief Strategy Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief People Officer and Chief Financial Officer.\n\n(Reference: Stock-based Compensation)\n\nThe Corporation introduced stock acquisition rights, restricted stock and RSUs as forms of stock-based compensation, granted to the Directors and the Senior Executives including Corporate Executive Officers.\n\nThe purpose of the stock-based compensation for the outside Directors is to incentivize the outside Directors to develop and maintain a sound and transparent management system by further promoting shared values between the shareholders and the outside Directors. Furthermore, the purpose of the stock-based compensation for the Senior Executives including Corporate Executive Officers is to further reinforce management’s alignment with shareholder value, and to incentivize management to improve mid- to long-term performance and increase shareholder value.\n\nThe details of such stock-based compensation, including vesting conditions, recipients and number of grants, are determined or supervised by the Compensation Committee based on research conducted by a third party regarding stock-based compensation of both Japanese and non-Japanese companies. In addition, in determining the number of shares or units to be granted, the impact on dilution of the value of the shares of the Corporation is monitored.\n\n(Reference: Clawback Policy)\n\nIn 2022, the SEC adopted rules relating to the mandatory recovery of erroneously awarded incentive-based compensation received by certain current or former executive officers, and the NYSE has, in turn, adopted listing standards in connection with such rules. Accordingly, Sony Group Corporation’s Compensation Committee adopted a clawback policy, with an effective date of October 2, 2023 (the “Clawback Policy”). The Clawback Policy provides for the mandatory recovery of erroneously awarded incentive-based compensation received by each Executive Officer (as defined in the Clawback Policy) during the three-fiscal-year period prior to the date Sony Group Corporation is required to prepare an Accounting Restatement (as defined in the Clawback Policy), in accordance with the above rules and standards. The amount of erroneously awarded incentive compensation that the Executive Officers would be required to repay is the amount of incentive-based compensation paid to the\n\n \n\n- 66 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\nExecutive Officer that exceeds the amount the Executive Officer would have received had it been determined based on the restated amounts, computed without regard to any taxes paid. The recovery of such compensation applies regardless of whether an Executive Officer engaged in misconduct or otherwise caused or contributed to the requirement of an accounting restatement. For further details and full text of the Clawback Policy, please refer to Exhibit 97.1 attached to this report.\n\n(4) Procedures to determine remuneration of Directors and Senior Executives\n\nBased on the policy outlined above, the amount and content of the compensation for each Director and Senior Executive, including Corporate Executive Officers, are determined by the Compensation Committee or otherwise under the supervision of the Compensation Committee.\n\nSpecifically, in principle, as for Directors, each year at the meeting of the Compensation Committee held after the Ordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders, the amount of basic remuneration and the content of compensation for the corresponding fiscal year are determined. Thereafter, at the meeting of the Compensation Committee held after the corresponding fiscal year end, the final amount of compensation of each Director is determined. As for the Senior Executives, each year at the meeting of the Compensation Committee held at the end of the previous fiscal year, in principle, the amount of basic remuneration and the content of compensation for the corresponding fiscal year are determined or reviewed. Thereafter, at the meeting of the Compensation Committee held after the corresponding fiscal year end, the final amount of compensation for each Senior Executive is determined or supervised.\n\nFor determining the amount of the remuneration linked to business results for each Senior Executive, the Business Results Linked Standard Payment Amount, the targets for the Financial Performance KPIs and the targets for the Group Sustainability Evaluation are determined and thereafter, the amount of such remuneration is determined based on the level of achievement of such indicators and targets for the Financial Performance KPIs and the individual performance at the meeting of the Compensation Committee held after the corresponding fiscal year end for Corporate Executive Officers or otherwise under the supervision by the Compensation Committee for Senior Executives other than Corporate Executive Officers.\n\nThe amount of compensation of each Director and Senior Executive including Corporate Executive Officers for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 was also determined by the Compensation Committee or otherwise under the supervision by the Compensation Committee according to the procedure above. The Compensation Committee concluded that the amount and content of the compensation is in accordance with the policy set forth in section (3) above.\n\n(5) Corporate Executive Officer remuneration linked to business results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026\n\nThe Business Results Linked Standard Payment Amount for each Corporate Executive Officer for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 was determined to be in the range between 80% and 100% of the amount of the fixed remuneration of such Corporate Executive Officer according to his/her responsibility.\n\nThe formula to calculate the amount of the remuneration linked to business results to be paid to Corporate Executive Officers is as follows.\n\n \n\n* Business Results Linked Standard Payment Amount: Determined to be in the range between 80% and 100% of the amount of the fixed remuneration of each Corporate Executive Officer.\n\n** Payment rate of the remuneration linked to business results: Determined in principle, within the range from 0% to 200% based on (i) the achievement of Financial Performance KPIs based on the areas for which each Corporate Executive Officer is responsible and (ii) the achievement of the Group Sustainability Evaluation.\n\n \n\n- 67 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\nThe Financial Performance KPIs and the weighting of such Financial Performance KPIs used for Corporate Executive Officers in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 were as follows:\n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\nKPI\n \nWeight\n \nTarget Range to be achieved for the fiscal year ended\nMarch 31, 2026\n \nResult for the fiscal year ended\nMarch 31, 2026\n\n \n \n \n \n\n Compound Annual  Growth Rate  (“CAGR”) of  Operating Income\n\n (Continuing  Operations)\n\n \n70%\n \n\n10.0% ~ 11.2%\n\n(CAGR from the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 to the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026)\n\n \n18.2%\n\n \n \n\n \n\n Operating Income  Margin\n\n (Continuing  Operations)\n\n \n30%\n \n\n10.0% ~ 10.9%\n\n(the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026)\n\n \n11.6%\n\nCAGR of operating income (continuing operations) and operating income margin (continuing operations) were determined as the Financial Performance KPIs under the fifth mid-range plan of the Sony Group to place greater emphasis on profit-based growth.\n\nThe target range to be achieved for CAGR of operating income (continuing operations) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, was set between 10%, which is the target under the fifth mid-range plan, and 11.2%, which is the CAGR calculated based on the operating income of continuing operations of 1 trillion 35.3 billion yen for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, and the forecast for the operating income of continuing operations of 1 trillion 280 billion yen for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, which was disclosed in May 2025. (This range was set as the performance level at which the achievement rate of the KPI is deemed to be 100%.)\n\nThe target range to be achieved for operating income margin (continuing operations) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, was set between 10%, which is the target under the fifth mid-range plan, and 10.9%, which is the forecast for the operating income margin of continuing operations for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, which was disclosed in May 2025. (This range was set as the performance level at which the achievement rate of the KPI is deemed to be 100%.)\n\nThe results for the Financial Performance KPIs for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 were as follows: CAGR of operating income (continuing operations): 18.2%, operating income margin (continuing operations): 11.6%, each exceeding the targeted range.\n\nAs outlined above under “(3) Basic policy regarding Director and Senior Executive remuneration,” remuneration linked to business results for Senior Executives for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 was determined based on the level of achievement of the indicators which were selected based on the areas of responsibility of the relevant Senior Executive and the achievement of the Group Sustainability Evaluation. The amounts to be paid to the Senior Executives were, in principle, determined within the range from 0% to 200% of the Business Results Linked Standard Payment Amount. As a result, the ratio of remuneration linked to business results of Corporate Executive Officers for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 varied from 146.6% to 154.7% of the Business Results Linked Standard Payment Amount.\n\n \n\nC.\n\nBoard Practices\n\nGeneral\n\nSony Group Corporation continuously strives to strengthen its corporate governance system based on the understanding that corporate governance is an essential basis to promote our management in order to fulfill the company’s corporate social responsibility and increase corporate value over the mid- to long-term. To operate Sony effectively, Sony Group Corporation continues to approach its corporate governance through two basic precepts: (a) the Board of Directors (the “Board”), a majority of which is comprised of independent outside Directors, focuses on effective oversight of management’s operation of the business and maintains a sound and transparent governance framework by utilizing the Nominating Committee, the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee; and (b) the Board determines Sony’s fundamental management policies and other material matters and delegates to the Senior Executives (including Corporate Executive Officers), who assume important roles in the management of Sony, decision-making authority to conduct Sony’s business operations broadly in line with their respective responsibilities, as defined by the Board, with a view to promoting timely\n\n \n\n- 68 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\nand efficient decision-making within Sony. In furtherance of these efforts, Sony Group Corporation has adopted a “Company with Three Committees” corporate governance system under the Companies Act of Japan (Kaishaho) and related regulations (collectively the “Companies Act”). Under this system, Sony Group Corporation has introduced its own requirements to help improve and maintain the soundness and transparency of its governance by strengthening the separation of the Directors’ function from that of management; maintaining what the company believes is an appropriate Board size, which enables the members of the Board to actively contribute to discussion; and advancing the proper functioning of the statutory committees.\n\nSony Group Corporation is governed by the Board, the members of which are elected at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders. Under the Companies Act, a “Company with Three Committees” is required to have three committees: a Nominating Committee, an Audit Committee and a Compensation Committee, each consisting of Directors appointed by the Board. The Companies Act also requires the Board to appoint Corporate Executive Officers (Shikko-yaku), who make decisions regarding the execution of Sony’s business activities within the scope of the authority delegated to them by the Board. Sony Group Corporation has appointed its Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), who is responsible for Sony’s overall management, and other officers who are responsible for important and extensive headquarters functions as Corporate Executive Officers. Sony Group Corporation has also appointed Corporate Executive Officers, including the CEO and other executives, that assume important roles in the management of Sony as Senior Executives. In addition, Sony has designated management team members as Business CEOs, Chief Officers, or Corporate Executives in accordance with their respective roles and responsibilities.\n\nA summary of the governance system adopted by Sony Group Corporation is set forth below. For an explanation of the significant differences between the NYSE’s corporate governance standards and Sony’s corporate governance practices, refer to “Item 16G. Corporate Governance.”\n\nBoard of Directors\n\n(1) Members: 11 Directors including 9 outside Directors (as of the date of this report)\n\n \n\n \n \n\nName\n  \nPosition\n\n \n \n\nKenichiro Yoshida\n\n  \nDirector\n\n \n \n\nHiroki Totoki\n\n  \nDirector\n\n \n \n\nWendy Becker\n\n  \n\nChair of the Board\n\nOutside Director\n\n \n \n\nKeiko Kishigami\n\n  \nOutside Director\n\n \n \n\nJoseph A. Kraft Jr.\n\n  \nOutside Director\n\n \n \n\nNeil Hunt\n\n  \nOutside Director\n\n \n \n\nWilliam Morrow\n\n  \nOutside Director\n\n \n \n\nShingo Konomoto\n\n  \nOutside Director\n\n \n \n\nYoriko Goto\n\n  \nOutside Director\n\n \n \n\nNora Denzel\n\n  \nOutside Director\n\n \n \n\nMasayuki Hyodo\n\n  \nOutside Director\n\n* Sony Group Corporation has proposed “To elect 10 Directors” as an agenda item for the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 23, 2026. If the proposal is approved, the Board will consist of the following 10 members.\n\n \n\n- 69 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\nExpected members after the resolution of the Board immediately following the closing of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 23, 2026: 10 Directors including 8 outside Directors\n\n \n\n \n \n\nName\n  \nPosition\n\n \n \n\nHiroki Totoki\n\n  \nDirector\n\n \n \n\nLin Tao\n\n  \nDirector\n\n \n \n\nWendy Becker\n\n  \n\nChair of the Board\n\nOutside Director\n\n \n \n\nJoseph A. Kraft Jr.\n\n  \nOutside Director\n\n \n \n\nNeil Hunt\n\n  \nOutside Director\n\n \n \n\nWilliam Morrow\n\n  \nOutside Director\n\n \n \n\nShingo Konomoto\n\n  \nOutside Director\n\n \n \n\nYoriko Goto\n\n  \nOutside Director\n\n \n \n\nNora Denzel\n\n  \nOutside Director\n\n \n \n\nMasayuki Hyodo\n\n  \nOutside Director\n\n(2) Purpose/Authority\n\nThe primary roles of the Board are to: (a) determine Sony’s fundamental management policies; (b) oversee the management of Sony’s business operations as an entity independent from Sony’s management; (c) appoint and dismiss the statutory committee members; (d) appoint and dismiss Corporate Executive Officers and oversee the status of appointment/dismissal of Senior Executives other than Corporate Executive Officers; and (e) appoint and dismiss Representative Corporate Executive Officers.\n\nFor the matters to be decided by the Board and the matters to be reported to the Board, refer to Appendices 1 and 2 of the Charter of the Board of Directors (the “Board Charter”) attached as Exhibit 1.3 hereto.\n\n(3) Policy Regarding Composition of the Board\n\nWith a view toward securing effective input and oversight by the Board, the Nominating Committee reviews and selects candidates for the Board with the aim of assuring that a substantial part of the Board is comprised of qualified outside Directors that satisfy the independence requirements established by Sony and by law. The Nominating Committee selects candidates that it views as well-suited to be Directors in light of the Board’s purpose of enhancing Sony’s corporate value. The Nominating Committee broadly considers various relevant factors, including a candidate’s capabilities (such as the candidate’s work and other experience, achievements and expertise), availability, and independence, as well as diversity, including gender and internationality, in the boardroom, the appropriate size of the Board, and the knowledge, experience and talent needed for the role. Under the Board Charter, Sony Group Corporation also requires that the Board consist of not fewer than 8 Directors and not more than 14 Directors. In addition, since 2005 the majority of the members of the Board have been outside Directors.\n\n(4) Qualifications for Directors and Limitation of Re-election\n\nThe qualifications for Directors of Sony Group Corporation under the Board Charter are generally as summarized below. As of the date of this report, all Directors satisfy the qualifications for Directors as set forth below, and all outside Directors satisfy the additional qualifications for outside Directors and are also qualified and designated as Independent Directors under the Securities Listing Regulations of the TSE. It is expected that all Director candidates who will be appointed at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 23, 2026 satisfy the qualifications for Directors as set forth below, and that all outside Director candidates satisfy the additional qualifications for outside Directors and are also qualified and designated as Independent Directors under the Securities Listing Regulations of the TSE.\n\n \n\n- 70 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\nAll Directors must meet the qualifications below:\n\n \n\n \n(a)\n\nHe/she shall not be a director, a statutory auditor, a corporate executive officer, a general manager or other employee of any company in competition with Sony in any of Sony’s principal businesses (a “Competing Company”) or own 3% or more of the shares of any Competing Company.\n\n \n\n \n(b)\n\nHe/she shall not be or have been a representative partner or partner of Sony’s independent auditor the past three years before being nominated as a Director.\n\n \n\n \n(c)\n\nHe/she shall not have any connection with any matter that may cause a material conflict of interest in performing the duties of a Director.\n\n \n\n \nOutside\n\nDirectors must meet the additional qualifications below:\n\n \n\n \n(a)\n\nHe/she shall not have received directly from Sony, during any consecutive twelve-month period within the last three years, more than an amount equivalent to U.S. $120,000, other than Director and committee fees and pension or other forms of deferred compensation for prior service (provided such compensation is not contingent in any way on continued service).\n\n \n\n \n(b)\n\nHe/she shall not be an executive director, corporate executive officer, general manager or other employee of any company whose aggregate amount of transactions with Sony, in any of the last three fiscal years, exceeds the greater of an amount equivalent to U.S. $1,000,000, or 2% of the annual consolidated sales of such company.\n\nFor additional requirements for outside Directors under the Companies Act, refer to “Item 16G. Corporate Governance”.\n\nAlso, each outside Director may be nominated as a Director candidate for re-election up to five times (six years, in total), and thereafter by resolution of the Nominating Committee and by consent of all of the Directors. Even with the consent of all of the Directors, in no event may any outside Director be re-elected more than eight times (nine years, in total).\n\n(5) Matters related to Outside Directors\n\nSony Group Corporation expects that each outside Director plays an important role in ensuring proper business decisions by Sony and effective input and oversight by the Board through actively exchanging opinions and having discussions about Sony’s business based on his or her various and broad experience, knowledge and expertise. Considering these expectations, the policy and procedures on the election of Director candidates, including independent outside Director candidates, are set forth as described above. As of the date of this report, the Board has 11 Directors, nine of whom are outside Directors. The Chair of the Board, as well as all members of the Nominating Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee are outside Directors. After the closing of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 23, 2026, it is expected that the Board will have 10 Directors, eight of whom will be outside Directors, that the Chair of the Board will be an outside Director; and that all members of the Nominating Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee will be outside Directors.\n\nPursuant to the Articles of Incorporation, Sony Group Corporation has entered into a liability limitation agreement with all outside Directors. A summary of such liability limitation agreement is as follows:\n\n \n\n \n(i)\n\nIn a case where an outside Director is liable to the company after the execution of the liability limitation agreement for damages pursuant to Article 423, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, such liabilities shall be limited to the greater of either 30 million yen or an amount equal to the aggregate sum of the amounts prescribed in each item of Article 425, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, only where the outside Director acted in good faith without any gross negligence in performing his/her duties as a Director of the company.\n\n \n\n \n(ii)\n\nIn a case where an outside Director is re-elected as an outside Director of the company and re-assumes his/her office as such on the expiration of the term of his/her office as an outside Director of the company, the liability limitation agreement shall continue to be effective after the re-election and re-assumption without any action or formality.\n\nIn addition, Sony Group Corporation has a directors and officers liability insurance policy covering all Directors as insured parties. For an outline of the directors and officers liability insurance policy, refer to “Outline of the Terms of Executives Liability Insurance Policy”.\n\n \n\n- 71 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\n(6) Policy and Procedure for Selection and Dismissal of Senior Executives\n\nSony Group Corporation appoints Corporate Executive Officers including the CEO and other officers that assume important roles in the management of Sony as “Senior Executives.”\n\nThe Board has the authority to appoint and dismiss and assign the roles and responsibilities of, or to request a report regarding such matters for Senior Executives, including the CEO, and exercises such authority as necessary. In making decisions on the appointment of Corporate Executive Officers, including the CEO, the Board considers whether candidates for CEO meet certain qualifications for the CEO position which are set by the Nominating Committee and whether candidates for other Corporate Executive Officer positions have the necessary skills, capabilities, experiences and achievements that correspond to such Corporate Executive Officers’ expected roles and responsibilities. The Board also receives a report on the status of appointment and dismissal of Senior Executives other than Corporate Executive Officers.\n\nThe term of office of Senior Executives, including the CEO, is one year. The Board discusses, determines and/or oversees their re-appointment upon the expiration of each term considering the factors described above as well as their latest performance. The Board dismisses a Corporate Executive Officer, as necessary, in the event that the Board recognizes such Corporate Executive Officer is disqualified after discussions amongst the members of the Board or the Nominating Committee, even in the middle of the term for such Corporate Executive Officer.\n\nNominating Committee\n\n \n\n(1)\n\nMembers: 3 outside Directors (as of the date of this report)\n\n \n\n \n \n\nName\n  \nPosition\n\n \n \n\nWendy Becker\n\n  \n\nChair of the Nominating Committee\n\n(Outside Director)\n\n \n \n\nJoseph A. Kraft Jr.\n\n  \n\nNominating Committee Member\n\n(Outside Director)\n\n \n \n\nMasayuki Hyodo\n\n  \n\nNominating Committee Member\n\n(Outside Director)\n\n* It is expected that members of the Nominating Committee will be appointed as follows at a meeting of the Board immediately following the closing of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 23, 2026.\n\nMembers after the resolution of the Board immediately following the closing of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 23, 2026: 4 outside Directors\n\n \n\n \n \n\nName\n  \nPosition\n\n \n \n\nWendy Becker\n\n  \n\nChair of the Nominating Committee\n\n(Outside Director)\n\n \n \n\nJoseph A. Kraft Jr.\n\n  \n\nNominating Committee Member\n\n(Outside Director)\n\n \n \n\nMasayuki Hyodo\n\n  \n\nNominating Committee Member\n\n(Outside Director)\n\n \n \n\nWilliam Morrow\n\n  \n\nNominating Committee Member\n\n(Outside Director)\n\n \n\n- 72 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\n(2) Purpose/Authority\n\nThe primary roles of the Nominating Committee are to: (a) determine the content of proposals regarding the appointment/dismissal of Directors to be submitted for approval at a General Meeting of Shareholders and (b) evaluate management succession plans, which the CEO develops, for the CEO and other executives designated by the Nominating Committee.\n\nThe Nominating Committee determines the content of proposals regarding the appointment and dismissal of Directors, considering the policy on composition of the Board, the qualifications for Directors and the limitation of re-election of Directors described above.\n\n(3) Policy Regarding Composition of the Nominating Committee\n\nUnder the Companies Act, the Nominating Committee shall consist of at least three Directors, the majority of whom shall be outside Directors. Also, under the Board Charter, the chair is to be selected from among the outside Directors. In determining whether to appoint or remove a member of the Nominating Committee, continuity of the Nominating Committee shall be duly taken into account. After the resolution of the Board immediately following the closing of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 23, 2026, the Nominating Committee is expected to consist of four outside Directors.\n\n(4) Management Succession Plans\n\nThe Nominating Committee evaluates the succession plans, and the implementation of such plans, for the CEO and other executives designated by the Nominating Committee, and reports the results of its evaluation to the Board, as appropriate.\n\nEvaluations are conducted by having the CEO periodically submit draft succession plans to the Nominating Committee, which it reviews. As a part of such review, the Nominating Committee considers the development or promotion of the next generation of management and evaluates whether the succession plans have been prepared in a reasonable manner in light of Sony’s purpose to create sustainable social value and to enhance corporate value over the mid- to long-term.\n\nAudit Committee\n\n(1) Members: 4 outside Directors (as of the date of this report)\n\n \n\n \n \n\nName\n  \nPosition\n\n \n \n\nJoseph A. Kraft Jr.\n\n  \n\nChair of the Audit Committee \n\n(Outside Director)\n\n \n \n\nKeiko Kishigami\n\n  \n\nAudit Committee Member \n\n(Outside Director)\n\n \n \n\nShingo Konomoto\n\n  \n\nAudit Committee Member \n\n(Outside Director)\n\n \n \n\nYoriko Goto\n\n  \n\nAudit Committee Member \n\n(Outside Director)\n\n* It is expected that members of the Audit Committee will be appointed as follows at a meeting of the Board immediately following the closing of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 23, 2026.\n\n \n\n- 73 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\nMembers after the resolution of the Board immediately following the closing of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 23, 2026: 3 outside Directors\n\n \n\n \n \n\nName\n  \nPosition\n\n \n \n\nJoseph A. Kraft Jr.\n\n  \n\nChair of the Audit Committee \n\n(Outside Director)\n\n \n \n\nShingo Konomoto\n\n  \n\nAudit Committee Member \n\n(Outside Director)\n\n \n \n\nYoriko Goto\n\n  \n\nAudit Committee Member \n\n(Outside Director)\n\n(2) Purpose/Authority\n\nThe primary roles of the Audit Committee are to: (a) monitor the performance of duties by Directors and Corporate Executive Officers and (b) oversee and evaluate the independent auditor.\n\n(3) Policy Regarding Composition of the Audit Committee\n\nUnder the Companies Act, the Audit Committee shall consist of at least three Directors, the majority of whom shall be outside Directors. In addition, under the Board Charter, each member of the Audit Committee (“Audit Committee Member”) shall satisfy all of the following qualifications: (a) he/she shall not be a Director engaged in the business operations of Sony Group Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, a Corporate Executive Officer, an accounting counselor, a general manager or other employee of Sony and (b) he/she shall meet the independence requirements or such other equivalent requirements of the U.S. securities laws and regulations as may from time to time be applicable to Sony Group Corporation, and the chair is to be selected from among the outside Directors. The Audit Committee Members shall be selected from among the persons who possess appropriate experience and talent as well as the necessary finance, accounting and legal knowledge to serve on the Audit Committee. In determining whether to appoint or remove an Audit Committee Member, continuity of the Audit Committee shall be duly taken into account.\n\nMoreover, at least one Audit Committee Member shall meet the audit committee financial expert requirements or such other equivalent requirements of the U.S. securities laws and regulations as may from time to time be applicable to Sony Group Corporation. The Board makes a determination on whether or not such Audit Committee Members meet these requirements. As of the date of this report, Keiko Kishigami and Yoriko Goto are “audit committee financial experts” within the meaning of Item 16A of Form 20-F under the Exchange Act, as amended. After the resolution of the Board immediately following the closing of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 23, 2026, the Audit Committee is expected to consist of three outside Directors, one of whom (Yoriko Goto) is expected to be an “audit committee financial expert.” Yoriko Goto has auditing experience across various companies in Japan and overseas, as well as expertise on internal control and considerable knowledge of finance and accounting.\n\n(4) Policy on Selection of Independent Auditor Candidates and Independence of the Independent Auditor\n\nWith respect to the candidates for independent auditor nominated by the CEO and other Corporate Executive Officers, the Audit Committee evaluates the nomination, prior to making a decision on the candidates. The Audit Committee continues to evaluate the independence, the qualification and the reasonableness as well as the performance of the independent auditor so appointed.\n\n \n\n- 74 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\nCompensation Committee\n\n(1) Members: 3 outside Directors (as of the date of this report)\n\n \n\n \n \n\nName\n  \nPosition\n\n \n \n\nWilliam Morrow\n\n  \n\nChair of the Compensation Committee \n\n(Outside Director)\n\n \n \n\nNora Denzel\n\n  \n\nCompensation Committee Member \n\n(Outside Director)\n\n \n \n\nMasayuki Hyodo\n\n  \n\nCompensation Committee Member \n\n(Outside Director)\n\n* It is expected that members of the Compensation Committee described above will be reappointed at a meeting of the Board immediately following the closing of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 23, 2026.\n\n(2) Purpose/Authority\n\nThe primary roles of the Compensation Committee are to: (a) set policy on the content of individual compensation for Directors, Corporate Executive Officers and other officers and (b) determine the amount and content of individual compensation of Directors and Corporate Executive Officers in accordance with the policy, and oversee the determination regarding the amount and content of individual compensation of Senior Executives other than Corporate Executive Officers.\n\nFor the basic policy regarding remuneration for Directors and Corporate Executive Officers, refer to “Compensation” in Item 6.B.\n\n(3) Policy Regarding Composition of the Compensation Committee\n\nUnder the Companies Act, the Compensation Committee shall consist of at least three Directors, the majority of whom shall be outside Directors. In addition, under the Board Charter, a Director who is a CEO, a Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) or a Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of Sony Group Corporation or who holds any equivalent position shall not be a member of the Compensation Committee, and the chair is to be selected from among the outside Directors. In determining whether to appoint or remove a member of the Compensation Committee, continuity of the Compensation Committee shall be duly taken into account. After the resolution of the Board immediately following the closing of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 23, 2026, the Compensation Committee is expected to be comprised of three outside Directors.\n\nSenior Executives (Corporate Executive Officer, Business CEO and other officers that assume important roles in the management of Sony)\n\n(1) Total number of Senior Executives: 14 (including 5 Corporate Executive Officers) (as of the date of this report)\n\n(2) Purpose/Authority\n\nThe primary roles of Senior Executives are to determine and execute Sony’s business activities in accordance with their roles and responsibilities determined by the Board.\n\n(3) Delegation of Authority from the Board\n\nThe Board determines the fundamental management policies and other material matters related to the operation of Sony’s business. The Board assigns the duties of Corporate Executive Officers, including the CEO, by determining the areas over which each Corporate Executive Officer is in charge and by determining the scope of Senior Executives. Then, it delegates its decision-making authority to the CEO with a view to promoting timely and efficient decision-making within Sony. The CEO further subdelegates a part of such authority to other Senior Executives.\n\n \n\n- 75 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\nOther Officers (Corporate Executives)\n\n(1) Total number of other officers: 6 (as of the date of this report)\n\n(2) Purpose/Authority\n\nThe primary roles of other officers are to carry out their assignments within designated areas, such as headquarters functions and/or R&D, in accordance with the fundamental policies determined by the Board and Senior Executives.\n\nOutline of the Terms of Executives Liability Insurance Policy\n\nSony Group Corporation has, at its expense in respect of insurance premiums, entered into a directors and officers liability insurance policy for all Directors, Corporate Executive Officers, corporate auditors, and persons in equivalent positions (the “Executives”) of itself and its subsidiaries over which Sony Group Corporation has a direct or indirect ownership more than 50%. The outline of the terms of such liability insurance policy is as follows:\n\n \n\n \n(i)\n\nThe insurance policy covers compensation for damages, litigation costs (including attorney’s fees) and other costs that may be incurred by the Executives as a result of assuming responsibility for the execution of their duties or receiving claims related to such responsibility.\n\n \n\n \n(ii)\n\nAs a measure to ensure the appropriateness of the execution of duties by the Executives, there are certain exemptions, such as in the case of an act committed by the Executives with the knowledge that it constitutes a violation of laws or regulations.\n\nSupport for Activities of Directors, the Board and the Committees\n\nSony Group Corporation engages in various activities to enhance the oversight function of the Board over management’s operation of Sony’s business as follows:\n\n(1) Outside Director Initiatives\n\nThe Chair of the Board, who is an outside Director, leads the Board’s activities and secures the appropriate cooperation, communication and arrangement among outside Directors and Senior Executives. As an example of such initiatives, outside Directors’ meetings have been held, generally on the same day as each Board Meeting, for the purpose of exchanging information and sharing information with respect to recognized issues among outside Directors. The Board also conducted Directors’ strategic workshops with management, business site visits by Directors, and meetings with the Chair of the Board and the CEO. All of these activities were aimed at securing better understanding by outside Directors of Sony’s business and management’s challenges and encouraging strategic discussions among Directors. At a workshop held over two days in December 2025, through direct dialogue with the management team of Sony Group Corporation including the CEOs of each business segment, the Directors exchanged opinions about the business environment and challenges surrounding each business, as well as strategies to address them. At the workshop, Directors also intensively discussed Sony Group’s mid- to long-term strategies and challenges, including the business portfolio. In October 2025, the outside Directors first visited Sony’s External Relations office in Washington D.C., where they discussed geopolitical risks with local employees and engaged in dialogue with outside experts, and then they visited the offices of Sony Corporation of America and Sony Music Entertainment in New York, where they exchanged opinions with local management on the current status and strategies of the global music business.\n\n(2) Secretariat Offices for the Board and each Committee\n\nThe company has established secretariat offices of the Board and each Committee to support the activities of the members and encourage constructive and proactive discussion at the meetings of the Board and each Committee. Each secretariat office endeavors to distribute necessary materials for the meetings in advance and to provide other information such as accounting information, organizational charts, press releases, external analyst reports and credit rating reports, as appropriate. Each secretariat office explains the meeting agenda to the members and provides them with presentation materials in advance of each meeting date and facilitates deliberation in separate meetings or briefing sessions depending on the nature of matters to be discussed. Each secretariat office also provides the absent members with a follow up briefing, as appropriate. In addition, under supervision by the Chairs of the Board and each Committee, each secretariat office shares the annual schedule of the meetings and anticipated agenda items in advance with the members in order to appropriately set the frequency of meetings and the number of agenda items to be deliberated at each meeting.\n\n \n\n- 76 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\n(3) Provision of Necessary Information\n\nWhen the company is requested to provide additional information, each secretariat office endeavors to provide the members such information promptly. Also, each secretariat office verifies appropriately whether requested information is provided smoothly. In the event that the members consult with external specialists, participate in various seminars and so on to perform their duties, the costs and expenses in connection with such activities are borne by the company in accordance with applicable internal rules.\n\n(4) Audit Committee Aide\n\nWith the approval of the Board and with the Audit Committee’s consent, the company has established the Audit Committee Aide to support the activities of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee Aide does not concurrently hold positions related to the business operations of Sony and, upon instruction by each Audit Committee member, conducts investigations into and analyzes auditing matters and engages in physical inspections or visiting audits either by him/herself or by cooperating with relevant departments in order to support the Audit Committee.\n\n(5) Policy on Director Training\n\nNewly appointed Directors receive briefings by Senior Executives and outside experts regarding their expected roles and responsibilities, including their legal duties as a Director or as a member of the Committees, as well as briefings about the business, financial status, organization and governance structure of Sony. Also, throughout their tenure, each Director receives compliance-related training in accordance with internal protocols and briefings on matters relevant to each Director’s fulfillment of his/her roles and responsibilities including the current status of Sony’s business.\n\nEvaluation of the Board and the Committees’ Effectiveness\n\n(1) Policy for Evaluation\n\nSony Group Corporation believes that it is important to endeavor to improve the effectiveness of the Board and each Committee in order to support Sony’s business operations and enhance the corporate value of Sony. To achieve this goal, Sony Group Corporation conducts evaluations of the effectiveness of the Board and of each Committee (the “Evaluation”) annually, as a general rule.\n\n(2) Recent Evaluation\n\nFrom February through May 2026, the Board conducted the Evaluation mainly in respect of the Board and Committee activities in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 after confirming that actions proposed in response to the results of the previous Evaluation were appropriately taken. The recent Evaluation was conducted under the leadership of the Chair of the Board, with the support of a third-party evaluation by an outside counsel having expertise in Japanese and global corporate governance practices (the “Outside Counsel”) in order to ensure transparency and objectivity and to obtain professional advice.\n\n(3) Procedure of the Recent Evaluation\n\nFirst, the Board confirmed that the actions proposed to be taken in response to the results of the previous Evaluation were taken, and it discussed and confirmed the proposed procedures for the Evaluation for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026. Thereafter, the third-party evaluation was conducted by the Outside Counsel in accordance with the following steps:\n\n \n\n \n•\n \n\nReviewed relevant material, such as the minutes of Board meetings, and attended a Board meeting;\n\n \n\n \n•\n \n\nConfirmed with the Board secretariat office and each Committee’s secretariat office how meetings of the Board and Committees were conducted;\n\n \n\n \n•\n \n\nGathered responses to a questionnaire from each Director (including the Peer Review*) about the current status and practices of the Board and each Committee, such as the composition of the Board, operation of the Board, commitments of each Director, activities of each Committee and procedures of the previous Evaluation;\n\n \n\n \n•\n \n\nInterviewed the Chair of the Board and the Chair of each Committee, newly appointed Directors (including the Peer Review*), and some of the Corporate Executive Officers; and\n\n \n\n- 77 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\n \n•\n \n\nResearched other global companies’ practices in Japan and the U.S., and compared them with the company’s practices.\n\n \n\n \n*\n\nPeer Review: A mutual evaluation among Directors. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, it was conducted through a questionnaire responded to by all Directors.\n\nThe Board then received, reviewed and discussed the Outside Counsel’s report on the results of its evaluation. The Board confirmed the effectiveness of the Board and the Committees.\n\n(4) Summary of the Results of the Recent Evaluation\n\nBased on the following findings, the Outside Counsel reported that, as assessed in the previous Evaluation, the Board is established and operated in a manner sufficient to be highly evaluated:\n\n \n\n \n•\n \n\nThe results of the questionnaire and interviews show that all Directors rate the effectiveness of the Board, including each Committee, highly.\n\n \n\n \n•\n \n\nThe roles played by the newly appointed Chair of the Board and CEO on the Board were also highly evaluated by the Directors.\n\n \n\n \n•\n \n\nThe Board played an appropriate role in the preparation and execution of the Partial Spin-off of the Financial Services business.\n\n \n\n \n•\n \n\nWith the addition of three new Directors, the composition of the Board has shifted toward a structure that the capital markets highly value.\n\n \n\n \n•\n \n\nInitiatives to improve effectiveness of the Board continue to be implemented.\n\n \n\n \n•\n \n\nThe process for sharing Board meeting materials with the Directors has been streamlined through the introduction of a dedicated application.\n\n \n\n \n•\n \n\nThe newly appointed Directors commented that the orientation program was well conducted and evaluated it highly.\n\n \n\n \n•\n \n\nIn terms of the Board’s composition and other various aspects, the Board has characteristics that are highly evaluated in many respects in comparison with the boards of listed companies in the U.S. as well as in Japan.\n\nFollowing discussion and analysis based on the Outside Counsel’s report, the Board re-affirmed that the Board and each Committee were functioning effectively as of May 2026.\n\nThe Outside Counsel also suggested several ideas on possible options for the Board and Committees to further improve their own effectiveness.\n\n(5) Actions in Response to the Results of the Evaluation\n\nIn order to increase the corporate value of Sony, Sony Group Corporation will take appropriate actions to further enhance functions of the Board and the Committees in response to the results of the Evaluation, as well as various comments and opinions given by Directors and the Outside Counsel during the Evaluation process.\n\nIn addition, since the previous Evaluation conducted in 2025, the following major efforts have been implemented to improve the effectiveness of the Board.\n\n \n\n \n•\n \n\nMonitoring the progress of the business portfolio review and capital allocation;\n\n \n\n \n•\n \n\nDeepening discussions on and supervision over initiatives toward realizing the “Creative Entertainment Vision”; and\n\n \n\n \n•\n \n\nOverseeing policies and the status of responses to risks that could affect Sony’s management, including cybersecurity, economic security and geopolitical risks.\n\n \n\n- 78 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\nInternal Control and Governance Framework\n\nAt a Board meeting held on April 26, 2006, the Board reaffirmed the internal control and governance framework in effect as of the date of determination and determined to continue to evaluate and improve such framework going forward, as appropriate. At Board meetings held on May 13, 2009 and April 30, 2015, the Board amended and updated the internal control and governance framework, and as of May 8, 2026, the Board reaffirmed that such framework was in effect and determined to continue to evaluate and improve such framework going forward, as appropriate. These determinations were required by and met the requirements of the Companies Act.\n\nA summary of the principal framework of the internal control and governance framework based on the Board determination above is as follows:\n\n(1) Disclosure Control Framework\n\nThe securities of Sony Group Corporation are listed for trading on exchanges in Japan and the U.S. As a result, Sony is obligated to make various disclosures to the public in accordance with applicable securities laws, regulations and rules in those countries and listing standards of the stock exchanges on which Sony Group Corporation’s shares are listed. Sony is committed to full compliance with all requirements applicable to its public disclosures. Sony Group Corporation’s policy on investor relations activities is to aim to disclose accurate information in a timely and fair manner, as well as to endeavor to promote constructive dialogue with shareholders and investors, with a view to maximizing the corporate value by building a relationship of trust with shareholders and investors. Sony Group Corporation has established disclosure controls and procedures as an approach to implement this policy. All personnel responsible for the preparation of submissions to and filings with the TSE, the SEC and other regulatory entities, or for other public communications made on behalf of Sony, or who provide information as part of that process, have a responsibility to ensure that such disclosures and information are full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable, and in compliance with the established disclosure controls and procedures.\n\nSony Group Corporation has established “Disclosure Controls and Procedures” outlining the process through which potentially material information is reported from important business units, subsidiaries, affiliated companies and corporate divisions and is reviewed and considered for disclosure in light of its materiality to Sony. As a body to assist the CEO and the CFO of Sony Group Corporation in designing, implementing and evaluating the Disclosure Controls and Procedures, Sony Group Corporation has established the “Disclosure Committee,” which is comprised of members of senior management who are in charge of a part of Sony’s headquarters functions. In order to assure appropriate and timely disclosure, the Disclosure Committee shall evaluate events that are reported from the important business units, subsidiaries, affiliated companies and corporate divisions in accordance with Sony’s internal rules in light of their materiality to Sony. Based on such evaluation, the Disclosure Committee shall review the necessity of disclosure in accordance with applicable securities laws, regulations and rules, as well as the listing standards of the relevant stock exchanges, and report to the CEO and CFO for their determination.\n\n(2) Risk Management Framework\n\nEach business unit, subsidiary/affiliated company and corporate division of Sony periodically reviews and assesses risks and establishes and maintains necessary risk management systems (such as detection, communication, evaluation and response) for the area for which they are responsible. In addition, Senior Executives, including the Corporate Executive Officers, of Sony Group Corporation have established and currently maintain a system to identify and control risks that may cause losses to Sony regarding the areas for which they are responsible. The Corporate Executive Officer in charge of group risk control shall comprehensively promote and manage the establishment and maintenance of the systems as stated above.\n\n \n\n- 79 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\nDetails of Actions Taken by the Board and the Committees\n\n(1) Details of Actions Taken by the Board\n\nDuring the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, the Board convened 8 times. The attendance records of respective Directors are as follows.\n\n \n\n \n \n \n\nName\n  \nMeeting Records*1\n  \nAttendance Records*1\n\n \n \n \n\nKenichiro Yoshida\n\n  \n8 Times\n  \n8 Times (100%)\n\n \n \n \n\nHiroki Totoki\n\n  \n8 Times\n  \n8 Times (100%)\n\n \n \n \n\nWendy Becker\n\n  \n8 Times\n  \n8 Times (100%)\n\n \n \n \n\nKeiko Kishigami\n\n  \n8 Times\n  \n8 Times (100%)\n\n \n \n \n\nJoseph A. Kraft Jr.\n\n  \n8 Times\n  \n8 Times (100%)\n\n \n \n \n\nNeil Hunt\n\n  \n8 Times\n  \n8 Times (100%)\n\n \n \n \n\nWilliam Morrow\n\n  \n8 Times\n  \n8 Times (100%)\n\n \n \n \n\nShingo Konomoto\n\n  \n8 Times\n  \n8 Times (100%)\n\n \n \n \n\nYoriko Goto*2\n\n  \n7 Times\n  \n7 Times (100%)\n\n \n \n \n\nNora Denzel*2\n\n  \n7 Times\n  \n7 Times (100%)\n\n \n \n \n\nMasayuki Hyodo*2\n\n  \n7 Times\n  \n7 Times (100%)\n\n*1 The numbers of the Meeting Records and the Attendance Records are those applicable to the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026.\n\n*2 Because Yoriko Goto, Nora Denzel and Masayuki Hyodo were newly appointed as Directors at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on June 24, 2025, the numbers of their Meeting Records and Attendance Records differ from those of other outside Directors.\n\nNote: Mr. Yoshihiko Hatanaka and Ms. Sakie Akiyama, who retired as Directors in June 2025, attended the one Board meeting held prior to their retirements.\n\nDuring the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, the Board discussed a variety of matters, such as a review of Sony’s business performance on a quarterly basis, Sony’s business portfolio including the Partial Spin-off of the Financial Services business, progress and reviews of the results of the fifth mid-range plan, formation of a business plan for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027, strategically important M&A, initiatives toward realizing the “Creative Entertainment Vision” as Sony’s long-term vision, Group-wide AI initiatives, effectiveness of internal control and governance framework (including the ethics and compliance program) and risk management (including cybersecurity risks and geopolitical risks), as well as Sony’s initiatives and strategies related to sustainability.\n\n(2) Details of Actions Taken by the Nominating Committee\n\nDuring the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, the Nominating Committee convened 5 times. The attendance records of respective Directors are as follows.\n\n \n\n \n \n \n\nName\n  \nMeeting Records *1\n  \nAttendance Records *1\n\n \n \n \n\nWendy Becker\n\n  \n5 Times\n  \n5 Times (100%)\n\n \n \n \n\nJoseph A. Kraft Jr.\n\n  \n5 Times\n  \n5 Times (100%)\n\n \n \n \n\nMasayuki Hyodo*2\n\n  \n4 Times\n  \n4 Times (100%)\n\n*1 The numbers of the Meeting Records and the Attendance Records are those applicable to the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026.\n\n*2 Because Masayuki Hyodo was newly appointed as a member of the Nominating Committee pursuant to the resolution at the meeting of the Board held on June 24, 2025, the numbers of his Meeting Records and Attendance Records differ from those of other members of the Nominating Committee.\n\nNote: Mr. Yoshihiko Hatanaka, who retired as a member of the Nominating Committee in June 2025, attended the one Nominating Committee meeting held prior to his retirement.\n\n \n\n- 80 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\nThe matters given consideration by the Nominating Committee include policies on selecting Director candidates, exploring Director prospects, and CEO succession. In addition, the Nominating Committee assesses succession plans for the Senior Executives with key management responsibilities for individual business units and headquarters functions, based on management, including CEO, reports. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, with respect to the selection of Director candidates, as a priority item for the fiscal year, the Nominating Committee confirmed the policy that the candidates for Directors should be selected by considering the size of the Board, and the expertise and diversity of each Director, and held discussions based on such policy. As a result, Lin Tao, CFO, was appointed as a candidate for new Director while concurrently serving as a Corporate Executive Officer. The Nominating Committee also reviewed and decided to continue discussions on candidates for new outside Directors for the next fiscal year and beyond. Regarding the change in the Senior Executives, the Nominating Committee reviewed and assessed the proposed retirement of Kenichiro Yoshida from the position of Representative Corporate Executive Officer and for him to continue to serve as Chairman, as well as succession plans for the Senior Executives.\n\n(3) Details of Actions Taken by the Audit Committee\n\nDuring the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, the Audit Committee convened 7 times. The attendance records of respective Directors are as follows.\n\n \n\n \n \n \n\nName\n  \nMeeting Records *1\n  \nAttendance Records *1\n\n \n \n \n\nJoseph A. Kraft Jr.\n\n  \n7 Times\n  \n7 Times (100%)\n\n \n \n \n\nKeiko Kishigami\n\n  \n7 Times\n  \n7 Times (100%)\n\n \n \n \n\nShingo Konomoto\n\n  \n7 Times\n  \n7 Times (100%)\n\n \n \n \n\nYoriko Goto*2\n\n  \n4 Times\n  \n4 Times (100%)\n\n*1 The numbers of the Meeting Records and the Attendance Records are those applicable to the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026.\n\n*2 Because Yoriko Goto was newly appointed as a member of the Audit Committee pursuant to the resolution at the meeting of the Board held on June 24, 2025, the numbers of her Meeting Records and Attendance Records differ from those of other members of the Audit Committee.\n\nThe Audit Committee conducts audits of the performance of duties by Directors and Corporate Executive Officers pursuant to applicable laws and regulations and the Charter of the Audit Committee established by the Board, through deliberation at seven Audit Committee meetings, activities of Audit Committee Members (for example, reviewing reports relating to the execution of duties by the Corporate Executive Officers and employees of Sony Group Corporation, or directors, statutory auditors and employees of major subsidiaries of Sony Group Corporation, and visiting audits at business sites), and activities of the Audit Committee Aide (including attendance at meetings relating to important management execution matters, review of meeting materials, and review of approval documents and other materials concerning the Senior Executives). In addition, the Audit Committee conducts the “organizational audit” in cooperation with divisions in charge of internal audit and divisions in charge of internal control of Sony. Through the process, the Audit Committee receives periodical reports from these divisions at the Audit Committee meetings or other meetings to be held from time to time, requests that they conduct necessary investigations, and receives reports on the process and result of such investigations. Furthermore, the meetings with divisions in charge of internal control of Sony were held seven times and the meetings with and written reports from the independent auditor were held and received, in total, eight times during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026.\n\nSpecific considerations by the Audit Committee include review of audit plans in three-way audits, identification and audit of priority audit items for each fiscal year, review of financial results and disclosure documents related to financial results, review of development and operation of internal control systems, audit of financial reports and SOX 404-related activities, audit of internal audit activities, review of the content and process for determining the compensation of the independent auditors, audit of the appropriateness of audit by the independent auditors and evaluation of the independent auditors. In addition to these, the Audit Committee held interviews with the Senior Executives and other officers to receive reports on matters such as the recognition of issues and the status of risk management in the respective areas of responsibility of each business and headquarter function, and engaged in dialogue.\n\nThe priority audit items for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 were the focus areas and governance framework under the new management structure, responses to changes in the business portfolio, and responses to\n\n \n\n- 81 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\nnew accounting standards and disclosure standards not yet adopted. Through the organizational audit described above, the following audit activities were conducted.\n\n \n\n \ni)\n\nFocus areas and governance under the new management structure\n\nThe Audit Committee engaged in dialogue with the newly appointed Chief Officers, whose roles were effective April 1, 2025, regarding their focus areas under the new management structure and the status of progress. In meetings with the Business CEOs, in light of the rapidly increasing uncertainty in the business environment, the Audit Committee discussed opportunities and risks identified as particularly significant within their respective areas of responsibility and confirmed that prompt responses to risks and initiatives to strengthen the profitability of each business were being advanced.\n\n \n\n \nii)\n\nResponses to changes in the business portfolio\n\nWith respect to the Partial Spin-off of the Financial Services business, the Audit Committee held in-depth discussions with the internal control department and the independent auditor regarding the appropriateness and sufficiency of the phased accounting treatments and related disclosures. In addition, the Audit Committee reviewed the policies and details regarding accounting treatments and disclosures in connection with the establishment of a joint venture through a strategic partnership in the home entertainment field between Sony Corporation and TCL.\n\n \n\n \niii)\n\nResponses to new accounting standards and disclosure standards not yet adopted\n\nThe Audit Committee received reports on preparations for sustainability disclosures in accordance with the sustainability disclosure standards published by the Sustainability Standards Board of Japan, which will be effective from the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027, and reviewed the disclosure policy options available to Sony, Sony’s status of collecting such information for disclosure, and related challenges.\n\n(4) Details of Actions Taken by the Compensation Committee\n\nDuring the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, the Compensation Committee convened 6 times. The attendance records of respective Directors are as follows.\n\n \n\n \n \n \n\nName\n  \nMeeting Records *1\n  \nAttendance Records *1\n\n \n \n \n\nWilliam Morrow\n\n  \n6 Times\n  \n6 Times (100%)\n\n \n \n \n\nNora Denzel*2\n\n  \n4 Times\n  \n4 Times (100%)\n\n \n \n \n\nMasayuki Hyodo*2\n\n  \n4 Times\n  \n4 Times (100%)\n\n*1 The numbers of the Meeting Records and the Attendance Records are those applicable to the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026.\n\n*2 Because Nora Denzel and Masayuki Hyodo were newly appointed as members of the Compensation Committee pursuant to the resolution at the meeting of the Board held on June 24, 2025, the numbers of their Meeting Records and Attendance Records differ from those of the other member of the Compensation Committee.\n\nNote: Wendy Becker and Ms. Sakie Akiyama, who retired as members of the Compensation Committee in June 2025, attended the two Compensation Committee meetings held prior to their retirement.\n\nThe specific matters given consideration by the Compensation Committee include the Corporation’s policy regarding the determination of individual remuneration for Directors and Senior Executives, including Corporate Executive Officers, for each fiscal year, and the amount and content of such remuneration. The Committee also considers the total number of stock acquisition rights to be issued for the purpose of granting stock options to Corporate Executive Officers and employees of the Corporation and directors, other officers and employees of the Corporation’s subsidiaries, other stock-based compensation utilizing shares of the Corporation’s stock such as restricted stock units, and the determination of officers subject to the clawback policy. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, the Compensation Committee discussed and determined a review of the percentage of the Business Results Linked Standard Payment Amount relative to fixed remuneration for the Senior Executives, the introduction of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) vesting upon resignation to gradually replace the phantom restricted stock plan, and the value adjustment to previously granted stock-based compensation carried out in connection with the Partial Spin-off of the Financial Services business. The Committee also conducted a\n\n \n\n- 82 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\ncomprehensive review of and discussion on the types and composition of stock-based compensation for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027 and beyond, with consideration of other companies’ trends in Japan and other countries.\n\n \n\nD.\n\nEmployees\n\nAs of March 31, 2026, Sony had approximately 94,900 employees, a decrease of approximately 17,400 employees from March 31, 2025. This decrease was mainly attributable to the deconsolidation of SFGI following the Partial Spin-off of the Financial Services business, as well as headcount reductions resulting from structural reforms in the ET&S segment (in Japan) and business divestitures in the I&SS segment (outside of Japan). Approximately 8% of the total number of employees were members of labor unions.\n\nAs of March 31, 2025, Sony had approximately 112,300 employees, a decrease of approximately 700 employees from March 31, 2024. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, although there was an increase of employees in the Pictures segment (outside of Japan) due to the expansion of the business, including through mergers and acquisitions, as well as in the Financial Services segment, there was a decrease of employees in the ET&S and G&NS (outside of Japan) segments and All Other (in Japan) mainly due to restructuring, and in the I&SS segment (outside of Japan) mainly due to the closure of a manufacturing site in China. Approximately 7% of the total number of employees were members of labor unions.\n\nAs of March 31, 2024, Sony had approximately 113,000 employees, essentially unchanged from March 31, 2023. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, although there was a decrease of employees mainly at manufacturing sites in China in the I&SS segment, there was an increase of employees primarily in the Pictures segment (outside of Japan). Approximately 8% of the total number of employees were members of labor unions.\n\nThe following table shows the number of employees of Sony by segment and region as of March 31, 2024, 2025 and 2026.\n\nNumber of Employees by Segment and Region\n\n \n\n \n  \nMarch 31\n \n\n \n  \n2024\n \n  \n2025\n \n  \n2026\n \n\nBy segment:\n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n\nG&NS\n\n  \n \n12,700\n \n  \n \n12,100\n \n  \n \n12,300\n \n\nMusic\n\n  \n \n11,300\n \n  \n \n11,300\n \n  \n \n11,400\n \n\nPictures\n\n  \n \n9,500\n \n  \n \n11,500\n \n  \n \n11,300\n \n\nET&S\n\n  \n \n38,700\n \n  \n \n36,700\n \n  \n \n33,100\n \n\nI&SS\n\n  \n \n19,700\n \n  \n \n19,200\n \n  \n \n18,800\n \n\nFinancial Services\n\n  \n \n13,600\n \n  \n \n14,300\n \n  \n \n— \n \n\nAll Other\n\n  \n \n2,000\n \n  \n \n1,700\n \n  \n \n1,600\n \n\nUnallocated — Corporate employees\n\n  \n \n5,500\n \n  \n \n5,500\n \n  \n \n6,400\n \n\nBy region:\n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n\nJapan\n\n  \n \n57,200\n \n  \n \n57,500\n \n  \n \n42,300\n \n\nOutside of Japan\n\n  \n \n55,800\n \n  \n \n54,800\n \n  \n \n52,600\n \n\n  \n\n \n\n \n\n \n  \n\n \n\n \n\n \n  \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nTotal\n\n  \n \n113,000\n \n  \n \n112,300\n \n  \n \n94,900\n \n\n  \n\n \n\n \n\n \n  \n\n \n\n \n\n \n  \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nIn addition, the average number of employees for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024, 2025 and 2026, calculated by averaging the total number of employees at the end of each quarter, was approximately 113,900, 113,300 and 103,600, respectively.\n\nSony generally considers its labor relations to be good.\n\nIn Japan, Sony Group Corporation and several subsidiaries have labor unions.\n\nIn the G&NS, ET&S and I&SS segments, Sony owns many manufacturing sites, particularly in Asia, where a few sites have labor unions that have union contracts. In China, most employees are members of labor unions. Sony has generally maintained good relationships with these labor unions. In Europe, Sony also maintains good labor relations with the European Works Council and the local Unions and Works Councils.\n\nIn the Music segment, Sony has a labor union and generally considers its labor relations to be good.\n\n \n\n- 83 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\nIn the Pictures segment, Sony also generally considers its labor relations to be good. A number of Pictures’ subsidiaries are signatories to union contracts. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, negotiations were conducted and agreements were reached with a number of unions. Negotiations were completed with Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (“SAG-AFTRA”) for the Network Code agreement and for the first Intimacy Coordinators agreement. Negotiations were also completed with the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees for an agreement with The Animation Guild. Negotiations were also completed on April 5, 2026 with the Writers Guild of America for a new agreement for a four-year term. Negotiations were also completed on May 2, 2026 with SAG-AFTRA for the Codified Basic Agreement and the Television Basic Agreement, each with a new four-year term. A tentative agreement was reached with the Directors Guild of America (“DGA”) on June 9, 2026 for the Basic Agreement and the Film Live Tape Television Agreement. These agreements, which also have four-year terms, are still subject to ratification in June 2026 by the DGA membership. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is in negotiations for collective bargaining agreements with the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Local 2179 covering employees at two theaters and with the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO covering employees at four theaters.\n\nSony continuously strives to provide competitive wages and benefits and good working conditions for all of its employees.\n\n \n\nE.\n\nShare Ownership\n\nThe following table sets forth information with respect to the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Directors and Corporate Executive Officers listed in “Compensation” in “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees.” as of March 31, 2026.\n\n \n\nDirectors and Corporate Executive Officers\n  \nShares Beneficially Owned\n \n\n \n  \nNumber*1\n \n \n\nPercentage of Total\n\nShares Outstanding\n\n \n\nKenichiro Yoshida\n\n  \n \n2,510,115\n*2 \n \n \n—\n*8 \n\nHiroki Totoki\n\n  \n \n1,480,250\n*3 \n \n \n—\n*8 \n\nWendy Becker\n\n  \n \n24,500\n \n \n \n—\n*8 \n\nKeiko Kishigami\n\n  \n \n20,000\n \n \n \n—\n*8 \n\nJoseph A. Kraft Jr.\n\n  \n \n20,000\n \n \n \n—\n*8 \n\nNeil Hunt\n\n  \n \n5,000\n \n \n \n—\n*8 \n\nWilliam Morrow\n\n  \n \n5,000\n \n \n \n—\n*8 \n\nShingo Konomoto\n\n  \n \n1,000\n \n \n \n—\n*8 \n\nYoriko Goto\n\n  \n \n—\n \n \n \n—\n*8 \n\nNora Denzel\n\n  \n \n—\n \n \n \n—\n*8 \n\nMasayuki Hyodo\n\n  \n \n—\n \n \n \n—\n*8 \n\nLin Tao\n\n  \n \n198,503\n*4 \n \n \n—\n*8 \n\nToshimoto Mitomo\n\n  \n \n651,700\n*5 \n \n \n—\n*8 \n\nTsuyoshi Kodera\n\n  \n \n666,578\n*6 \n \n \n—\n*8 \n\nYasuhiro Ito\n\n  \n \n99,989\n*7 \n \n \n—\n*8 \n\n*1 The number of the Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned represents the total number of the shares of Common Stock, ADSs evidenced by ADRs, each ADS representing one share of Common Stock, Restricted Stock and stock acquisition rights.\n\n*2 Includes (a) 682,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 1,288 yen per share, which will expire on October 30, 2028; (b) 600,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 2,278 yen per share, which will expire on November 15, 2032; and (c) 566,500 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 2,589 yen per share, which will expire on November 26, 2033.\n\n*3 Includes (a) 132,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 1,288 yen per share, which will expire on October 30, 2028; (b) 150,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 1,848 yen per share, which will expire on October 28, 2030; (c) 250,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 2,870 yen per share, which will expire on October 28, 2031; (d) 250,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 2,278 yen per share, which will expire on November 1, 2032; and (e) 300,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 2,589 yen per share, which will expire on November 9, 2033.\n\n \n\n- 84 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\n*4 Includes (a) 35,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 2,870 yen per share, which will expire on November 17, 2031; (b) 65,500 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 2,278 yen per share, which will expire on November 1, 2032; and (c) 20,500 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 2,589 yen per share, which will expire on November 9, 2033.\n\n*5 Includes (a) 44,500 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 1,288 yen per share, which will expire on October 30, 2028; (b) 100,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 1,341 yen per share, which will expire on October 30, 2029; (c) 100,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 1,848 yen per share, which will expire on October 28, 2030; (d) 100,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 2,870 yen per share, which will expire on October 28, 2031; (e) 100,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 2,278 yen per share, which will expire on November 1, 2032; and (f) 66,500 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 2,589 yen per share, which will expire on November 9, 2033.\n\n*6 Includes (a) 68,500 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 673 yen per share, which will expire on November 1, 2026; (b) 100,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 1,047 yen per share, which will expire on October 31, 2027; (c) 33,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 10.42 U.S. dollars per share, which will expire on November 19, 2028; (d) 66,500 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 11.37 U.S. dollars per share, which will expire on November 19, 2029; (e) 100,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 16.67 U.S. dollars per share, which will expire on November 17, 2030; (f) 100,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 2,870 yen per share, which will expire on October 28, 2031; (g) 100,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 2,278 yen per share, which will expire on November 1, 2032; and (h) 46,500 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 2,589 yen per share, which will expire on November 9, 2033.\n\n*7 Includes (a) 13,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 1,288 yen per share, which will expire on October 30, 2028; (b) 15,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 1,341 yen per share, which will expire on October 30, 2029; (c) 20,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 1,848 yen per share, which will expire on October 28, 2030; (d) 20,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 2,870 yen per share, which will expire on October 28, 2031; (e) 20,000 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 2,278 yen per share, which will expire on November 1, 2032; and (f) 5,500 shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights at an exercise price of 2,589 yen per share, which will expire on November 9, 2033.\n\n*8 Less than 1%.\n\n \n\n- 85 -\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\nDuring the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, Sony Group Corporation granted stock acquisition rights, which represent rights to subscribe for shares of Common Stock, to Corporate Executive Officers and employees of Sony Group Corporation as well as directors, officers and employees of its subsidiaries. The stock acquisition rights cannot be exercised for one year from the date of grant and generally vest ratably up to three years from the date of grant and are generally exercisable up to ten years from the date of grant. The following table shows the portion of those stock acquisition rights which were granted by Sony Group Corporation to Directors and Corporate Executive Officers as of March 31, 2026 and which were outstanding as of the same date.\n\n \n\nYear granted\n\n(Fiscal year ended March 31)\n\n  \nTotal number of\nshares subject to stock\nacquisition rights*1\n \n  \nExercise price per share\n\n \n  \n(in thousands)\n \n  \n \n\n2026\n\n  \n \n987\n \n  \n4,512 yen\n\n2025\n\n  \n \n1,520\n \n  \n2,948 yen\n\n2024\n\n  \n \n1,510\n \n  \n2,589 yen\n\n2023\n\n  \n \n1,136\n \n  \n2,278 yen\n\n2022\n\n  \n \n505\n \n  \n2,870 yen\n\n2021\n\n  \n \n100\n \n  \n16.67 U.S. dollars*2\n\n2021\n\n  \n \n270\n \n  \n1,848 yen\n\n2020\n\n  \n \n67\n \n  \n11.37 U.S. dollars*2\n\n2020\n\n  \n \n115\n \n  \n1,341 yen\n\n2019\n\n  \n \n33\n \n  \n10.42 U.S. dollars*2\n\n2019\n\n  \n \n872\n \n  \n1,288 yen\n\n2018\n\n  \n \n100\n \n  \n1,047 yen\n\n2017\n\n  \n \n69\n \n  \n673 yen\n\n*1 Total numbers of shares subject to stock acquisition rights and the exercise prices per share of stock acquisition rights granted from the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017 to the fiscal year March 31, 2024 are figures taking into account the five-for-one stock split effective October 1, 2024.\n\n*2 In connection with the Partial Spin-off of the Financial Services business, the execution of which was completed on October 1, 2025, the exercise prices per share of stock acquisition rights have been adjusted in accordance with the provisions of the terms and conditions governing the issuance of such stock acquisition rights.\n\nRegarding the above compensation plans, refer to Note 21 of the consolidated financial statements.\n\n \n\nF.\n\nDisclosure of a Registrant’s Action to Recover Erroneously Awarded Compensation\n\nNot applicable\n\n \n\n- 86 -\n\n##### Table of Contents"}