Sony Group Corporation filed a Form 6-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 30, 2026, disclosing the planned grant of two series of restricted stock units to a combined 4,189 recipients under its stock compensation plan, with a scheduled grant date of November 25, 2026.

Key Highlights

  • Twenty-Fourth Series: According to the filing, 13 recipients - comprising 2 directors and other officers of subsidiaries and 11 subsidiary employees - will receive RSUs corresponding to up to 265,270 shares in total.
  • Twenty-Fifth Series: The filing discloses 4,176 recipients - including 408 Corporation employees, 59 subsidiary directors and officers, and 3,709 subsidiary employees - will receive RSUs corresponding to up to 6,149,818 shares.
  • Scheduled grant date: November 25, 2026, as stated in the filing.
  • Vesting schedule (Twenty-Fifth Series): RSUs vest in three equal installments at the first, second, and third anniversaries of the grant date, with any fractional units rounded down at the first two vesting dates.
  • Vesting schedule (Twenty-Fourth Series): All RSUs vest on the first day of the month following the third anniversary of the grant date, subject to continued service.
  • Delivery method: The filing states that shares will be delivered by transferring treasury shares, funded through contribution in kind of monetary compensation receivables.
  • Plan origin: The filing notes the stock compensation plan was introduced in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023.

Sony Group's Twenty-Fourth and Twenty-Fifth RSU Series: Grant Terms and Recipient Details

Sony Group Corporation (NYSE:SONY) disclosed via a Form 6-K, signed by Chief Financial Officer Lin Tao and dated October 30, 2026, that it has decided to grant two new series of restricted stock units under the stock compensation plan it introduced in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023. The Twenty-Fourth Series covers 13 recipients at subsidiary level only, with RSUs corresponding to up to 265,270 shares. The Twenty-Fifth Series is substantially larger, covering 4,176 recipients across the Corporation itself and its subsidiaries, with RSUs corresponding to up to 6,149,818 shares.

The filing explains that the Twenty-Fourth Series follows a cliff-vesting structure: all RSUs vest at once on the first day of the month following the month of the third anniversary of the grant date, provided the recipient maintains a qualifying position throughout that period. The Twenty-Fifth Series uses a graded schedule, with one-third of units vesting at each of the first and second anniversaries and the remaining units vesting at the third anniversary. In both series, early termination due to death results in full vesting of outstanding RSUs, while termination for other justifiable reasons - subject to approval by the Compensation Committee or the Senior Executive in charge of Human Resources - may result in pro-rata vesting.

According to the filing, shares will be delivered promptly after vesting by transferring treasury shares, structured through contribution in kind of monetary compensation receivables provided by Group Companies to recipients. The filing also notes that the RSU count will be adjusted if the total number of issued shares changes due to stock consolidation, stock split, or free distribution of shares. The filing includes a note that some Twenty-Fifth Series recipients have not yet joined the Corporation or its subsidiaries as of the filing date but are scheduled to do so by the grant date; only those who have joined by then will receive RSUs.

What Was Disclosed

Sony Group Corporation reported the planned grant of its Twenty-Fourth and Twenty-Fifth Series RSUs to a total of 4,189 individuals across the Corporation and its subsidiaries, covering up to 6,415,088 shares combined, with a scheduled grant date of November 25, 2026.