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Q2 FY2021 Consolidated Financial Results

(Three months ended September 30, 2021)

October 28, 2021

Sony Group Corporation

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• Q2 FY2021 Consolidated Financial Results and

FY2021 Consolidated Results Forecast

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• Segments Outlook

• Today, I will discuss the following topics.

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Q2 FY2021 Consolidated Results

			(Bln Yen)
	Q2 FY20	Q2 FY21	Change
Sales*	2,105.1	2,369.4	+264.2 bln yen
			（+13%）
Operating income	315.2	318.5	+3.2 bln yen
Income before income taxes			（+1%）
303.7	283.1	-20.6 bln yen
			（-7%）
Net income attributable to	458.6	213.1	-245.5bln yen
Sony Group Corporationʼs stockholders
			（-54%）
Net income attributable to Sony Group Corporationʼs	367.08 yen	170.26 yen	-196.82yen
stockholders per share of common stock (diluted)
Average Rate
1 US dollar	106.2 yen	110.1 yen
1 Euro	124.1 yen	129.8 yen

* "Sales" is used to mean "sales and financial services revenue" in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") (applies to all following pages).

• FY21 Q2 consolidated sales increased 13% compared to the same quarter of the previous fiscal year ("year-on-year") to 2 trillion 369.4 billion yen and consolidated operating income increased 3.2 billion yen year-on-year to 318.5 billion yen, both record highs for the second quarter.
• Income before income taxes decreased 20.6 billion yen year-on-year to 283.1 billion yen, primarily due to a deterioration of valuation gains and losses on securities investments.
• Net income attributable to Sony Group Corporation's shareholders was 213.1 billion yen, a decrease of 245.5 billion yen compared to the same quarter of the previous fiscal year which included the recording of a 214.3 billion yen reversal of valuation allowances recorded against deferred tax assets.
• See pages 3 to 6 of the presentation materials for a depiction of each profit metric adjusted to exclude one-time items.

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Q2 FY2021 Results by Segment

							(Bln Yen)
				Q2 FY20	Q2 FY21	Change	FX Impact
		Game & Network Services (G&NS)	Sales	506.6	645.4	+138.8	+20.7
		Operating income	105.4	82.7	-22.7	+3.4
		Music	Sales	230.9	271.6	+40.7	+6.3
		Operating income	54.3	50.6	-3.7
		Pictures	Sales	186.6	260.7	+74.2	+9.1
		Operating income	32.8	31.6	-1.2
		Electronics Products & Solutions	Sales	533.4	581.9	+48.5	+20.0
		(EP&S)	Operating income	53.4	72.7	+19.3	+7.6
		Imaging & Sensing Solutions (I&SS)	Sales	307.1	278.3	-28.8	+8.7
		Operating income	50.8	49.7	-1.0	-0.3
		Financial Services	Revenue	371.1	368.4	-2.7
		Operating income	37.0	43.1	+6.0
		All Other	Sales	22.9	24.5	+1.6
		Operating income	1.5	8.6	+7.1
		Corporate and elimination	Sales	-53.5	-61.4	-8.0
		Operating income	-19.9	-20.5	-0.6
		Consolidated total	Sales	2,105.1	2,369.4	+264.2
		Operating income	315.2	318.5	+3.2

Due to organizational changes as of April 1, 2021, from Q1 FY21, Sony transferred some of the businesses and functions previously included within All Other and Corporate and elimination to the EP&S segment. Sales and operating income (loss) of each segment for FY20 are presented to conform to the organizational structure for FY21 (applies to all following pages).

Sales in each business segment represents sales and revenue recorded before intersegment transactions are eliminated. Operating income in each business segment represents operating income reported before intersegment transactions are eliminated and excludes unallocated corporate expenses (applies to all following pages).

• This slide shows the results by segment for FY21 Q2.

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FY2021 Consolidated Results Forecast

			(Bln Yen)
FY20	FY21	FY21	Change from
August FCT	October FCT	August FCT

Sales	8,998.7		9,700	9,900		+200 bln yen
							（+2%）
Operating income	955.3		980	1,040		+60 bln yen
			（+6%）
Income before income taxes	998.0		955	990		+35 bln yen
			（+4%）
Net income attributable to Sony Group	1,029.6	v	700	730		+30 bln yen
Corporationʼs stockholders			（+4%）
Operating Cash Flow	1,150.3		890	890			-
(Sony without Financial Services)
Average rate	Actual		Assumption	Assumption		Dividend per Share
	(Q2-Q4 FY21)	(Q3-Q4 FY21)
1 US dollar	106.1 yen		Approx.	Approx.
		Interim	30 yen
	110 yen	111 yen
1 Euro	123.7 yen		Approx.	Approx.
		Year-end	Undecided
	131 yen	130 yen

Consolidated Operating Cash Flow (Sony without Financial Services) is not a measure in accordance with IFRS. However, Sony believes that this disclosure may be useful information to investors.

• Next, I will show the consolidated results forecast for FY21.
• Consolidated sales are expected to increase 200 billion yen compared to our previous forecast to 9 trillion 900 billion yen and operating income is expected to increase 60 billion yen to 1 trillion 40 billion yen.
• We have also upwardly revised our forecast for income before income taxes to 990 billion yen and our forecast for net income attributable to Sony Group Corporation's shareholders to 730 billion yen.
• Our forecast for consolidated operating cash flow excluding the Financial Services segment is unchanged at 890 billion yen.

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