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This plan is an employee incentive scheme modeled after the U.S. ESOP system, allocating 30,978,900 shares of treasury stock (totaling \u00a54,999,994,460) to the ESOP trust for distribution and benefit to eligible employees. The trust period is planned from February 25, 2026, to the end of September 2029.\n\n### Impact on Shareholders and Future Outlook\nThe introduction of this plan provides economic benefits linked to stock price appreciation to eligible employees, promoting medium- to long-term corporate value enhancement. Shares held within the trust do not exercise voting rights and thus do not affect shareholder rights. Residual shares in the trust at the end of the trust period are scheduled to be transferred without compensation and retired, thereby suppressing shareholder value dilution. Going forward, appropriate measures will be taken depending on whether the ESOP trust is continued or terminated.","jir_financial_highlights":"Number of Treasury Shares: 30,978,900 shares (New Introduction)\nTrust Amount: \u00a55,002,994,460 (New Setup)\nTrust Period: February 25, 2026 \u2013 End of September 2029 (planned) (New Setup)","jir_category":"","jir_hashtags":"#SonyFinancialGroup, #CapitalPolicy, #ESOP","jir_key_figures":"Number of Treasury Shares: 30,978,900 shares (allocated to ESOP trust)\nTrust Amount: \u00a55,002,994,460 (trust establishment amount)\nTrust Period: February 25, 2026 \u2013 End of September 2029 (planned)","jir_meta_title":"Sony Financial Group to Introduce Employee Stock Grant Plan Using 30,978,900 Treasury Shares","jir_meta_description":"On February 13, 2026, Sony Financial Group announced the introduction of an employee stock grant plan utilizing 30,978,900 treasury shares (approx. \u00a55 billion) through an ESOP trust aiming to enhance medium- to long-term corporate value.","jir_og_title":"Sony Financial Group Establishes Employee Stock Grant Plan","jir_og_description":"Starting February 25, 2026, an ESOP trust utilizing 30,978,900 treasury shares will be launched to strengthen employee incentives.","jir_og_image_url":"\/assets\/og\/company-general_ir.jpg","jir_chart_data_collection":"[]","ir_related_company":7518,"ir_release_date":"","ir_type":"","ir_is_new":false,"ir_document_url":"","jir_ir_type":"capital_policy","footnotes":""},"sector":[],"importance":[],"class_list":["post-28774","ir_release","type-ir_release","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n