Sony raised its share buyback ceiling from 100 billion to 150 billion yen

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Sony Group's board resolved on Feb 5, 2026 to raise the maximum amount of its share repurchase from 100 billion yen to 150 billion yen, and the maximum number of shares from 35 million to 55 million. Sony gave as its reason a wish to repurchase its own shares more flexibly, given factors such as opportunities for strategic investment, its financial condition and its share price. As of Jan 31, 2026, it had repurchased 12,100,400 shares for 49,999,906,295 yen under the resolution of Nov 11, 2025. The notice is in Sony's Form 6-K, the report a foreign company files with the SEC, filed on Feb 5, 2026.1^,2^,3^,4^,5^,6^,7