#SonyFinancialGroup

For the fiscal year ending March 2026, treasury stock acquisitions were 0 shares at an acquisition cost of 0 yen. The cumulative number of shares acquired is 440,907,300 shares with a total acquisition cost of 69,849,621,475 yen.

Resolved to voluntarily adopt IFRS accounting standards for consolidated financial statements from fiscal 2026 (fiscal year ending March 2027), transitioning from Japanese GAAP.

379,000,000 shares (approximately 5.30%) of treasury stock are scheduled to be canceled on March 31, 2026. The total number of issued shares after cancellation will be 6,770,358,214 shares.

From February 1 to February 28, 2026, 32,812,900 shares of common stock were acquired for a total of 5,136,377,439 yen, bringing the cumulative acquired shares to 440,907,300 shares and the total acquisition value to 69,849,621,475 yen.

For the third quarter of FY2026, consolidated ordinary income was JPY 2,559.6 billion (10.0% YoY increase), ordinary profit was JPY 98.6 billion (82.6% YoY increase), and net income attributable to owners of parent for the quarter was JPY 67.1 billion (83.9% YoY increase).

Ordinary income for the fiscal year ending March 2026 has been significantly downward revised from 122 billion yen to 79 billion yen, a 35.2% decrease, and net income attributable to owners of the parent has been sharply lowered from 82 billion yen to 50 billion yen, a 39.0% decline.

Revised the year-end dividend forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2026 from ¥3.50 to ¥3.80 per share. The total dividend amount is planned to be ¥25 billion (equivalent to ¥50 billion annually).

Sony Financial Group announced on February 13, 2026, the introduction of a performance-linked stock compensation plan (PSU) and a post-grant stock compensation plan (RSU) for officers.

Introduced a stock compensation plan granting up to 1,430,500 PSUs and 974,500 RSUs to eligible officers on March 2, 2026.

Plan to introduce an employee stock grant plan using 30,978,900 shares of treasury stock (totaling ¥4,999,994,460) through an ESOP trust from February 25, 2026.

On March 2, 2026, 30,978,900 common shares will be disposed of by third-party allotment to The Master Trust Bank of Japan at 161.4 yen per share, totaling 4,999,994,460 yen, introducing an ESOP trust for the employee share delivery plan.

Acquired 47,120,800 common shares from January 1 to January 31, 2026, totaling 7,673,181,401 yen. Cumulative acquired shares amount to 408,094,400 shares, with a total acquisition cost of 64,713,244,036 yen.