On May 14, 2025, Sony set out a plan to give its shareholders slightly more than 80% of Sony Financial Group Inc.

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On May 14, 2025, Sony Group set out its plan for a partial spin-off of its Financial Services business: it would give its shareholders slightly more than 80% of the shares of Sony Financial Group Inc. (SFGI), one SFGI share for each Sony share. Sony said it planned to keep slightly less than 20% of SFGI and to submit the resolution to carry out the spin-off to its board in early September 2025. The schedule set a record date of Sep 30, 2025 and a distribution date of Oct 1, 2025, subject to Tokyo Stock Exchange approval of the listing of SFGI shares. The announcement was attached to a Form 6-K, the report a foreign company files with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, signed on May 14, 2025.1^,2^,3^,4^,5^,6^,7^,8