{"id":14468,"date":"2026-01-06T16:31:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T07:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/ir\/8729-20260106-01_wp_share_buyback\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T16:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T07:31:16","slug":"8729-20260106-01_wp_share_buyback","status":"publish","type":"ir_release","link":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-8729\/ir\/8729-20260106-01_wp_share_buyback\/","title":{"rendered":"Notice Regarding Status of Treasury Stock Acquisition\n(Based on the Provisions of Article 459, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act and the Articles of Incorporation)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From December 1 to December 31, 2025, Sony Financial Group Inc. conducted a treasury stock acquisition of 59,790,600 common shares totaling 9,316,048,387 yen, resulting in a cumulative acquisition of 360,973,600 shares totaling 57,040,062,635 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The acquisition targeted common shares, with 59,790,600 shares acquired during the period from December 1 to December 31, 2025, at a total acquisition price of 9,316,048,387 yen. The Board resolution set an upper limit of 1 billion shares (13.99% of the total issued shares) for possible acquisitions, a maximum acquisition price of 100 billion yen, and an acquisition period from September 29, 2025, to August 8, 2026. The method of acquisition includes purchases on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and off-auction purchases through ToSTNeT-3. Depending on market conditions and other factors, acquisitions may be partially or wholly unexecuted.\n\n### Impact on Shareholders and Future Outlook\nAs of December 31, 2025, the cumulative number of treasury shares acquired reached 360,973,600 shares, with a total acquisition price of 57,040,062,635 yen, indicating a certain level of treasury stock holding relative to the total issued shares. The treasury stock acquisition is part of shareholder return measures aimed at improving capital efficiency and is expected to continue within the scope of the Board resolution while considering market conditions and legal regulations. Investors should pay attention to the effects of suppressing share dilution and improvements in per-share indicators resulting from the treasury stock acquisitions.","jir_financial_highlights":"Total Number of Shares Acquired: 59,790,600 shares (Unknown)\nTotal Acquisition Price of Shares: 9,316,048,387 yen (Unknown)\nCumulative Number of Treasury Shares Acquired (as of December 31, 2025): 360,973,600 shares (Unknown)\nCumulative Acquisition Price of Treasury Shares (as of December 31, 2025): 57,040,062,635 yen (Unknown)","jir_category":"","jir_hashtags":"#SonyFinancialGroupInc, #TreasuryStockAcquisition, #JapaneseStocks","jir_key_figures":"Total Number of Shares Acquired: 59,790,600 shares (December 1 to December 31, 2025)\nTotal Acquisition Price of Shares: 9,316,048,387 yen (December 1 to December 31, 2025)\nCumulative Number of Treasury Shares Acquired: 360,973,600 shares (as of December 31, 2025)","jir_meta_title":"Sony Financial Group Executes Approximately 59.8 Million Shares and 9.3 Billion Yen Treasury Stock Acquisition in December 2025","jir_meta_description":"Sony Financial Group Inc. completed a treasury stock acquisition of 59,790,600 common shares valued at 9,316,048,387 yen in December 2025. 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