Sony (SONY) Exec Sashida Shinji Exercises Stock Options

What Happened

• Sashida Shinji, Business CEO in charge of Imaging & Sensing Solutions at Sony Group Corp (SONY), exercised stock options on 2026-08-17 (transaction code M). He acquired 3,000 shares at $8.42 ($25,260) and 4,000 shares at $11.61 ($46,440), for a total outlay of $71,700. The filing also reports dispositions of 3,000 and 4,000 shares at $0.00 (reported as derivative dispositions).

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-08-17; filing date: 2026-08-19 (filed timely).
• Acquisitions: 3,000 shares @ $8.42 = $25,260; 4,000 shares @ $11.61 = $46,440 (total acquired = 7,000 shares; total purchase cost ≈ $71,700).
• Dispositions: 3,000 and 4,000 shares reported disposed at $0.00 (total disposed = 7,000 shares; reported as derivative dispositions).
• Shares owned after transaction: Not disclosed in this filing.
• Footnotes: USD conversion rate used = $0.00628 per JPY 1.00. Option grants and vesting schedules referenced: grant dates Nov 20, 2019 (vested in three installments in 2021–2022) and Nov 18, 2020 (vested in three installments in 2022–2023).

Context

• Code M = exercise/conversion of a derivative (stock option). The paired acquisition and $0.00 dispositions are commonly how exercises are reported when shares are withheld or surrendered to cover exercise costs or tax withholding; the filing records these as derivative dispositions. This is an exercise of previously granted options rather than an open-market purchase or sale.