Sony said on Apr 30, 2025 there were no such plans as reported for a partial spin-off of its semiconductor business

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Sony Group said on Apr 30, 2025 that media reports of a partial spin-off of its semiconductor business, the Imaging & Sensing Solutions business, were not based on any announcement by Sony and that there were no such plans as reported at that time. The reports had been published from Apr 28, 2025 to the day of the statement, Japan time. Sony added that it was always considering the business's mid- to long-term growth strategy from various aspects, but that nothing had been determined at that time. The statement was attached to a Form 6-K, the report a foreign company files with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, signed on Apr 30, 2025 by Chief Financial Officer Lin Tao.1^,2^,3^,4^,5