Form 20-F
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The amount included in the Music segment primarily consists of minimum royalty guarantees or fixed fees in contracts related to license revenue for ongoing access to an evolving library of content.For Motion Pictures and Television Productions in the Pictures segment, Sony has included all contracts regardless of duration.Contract liabilities are included in the consolidated statements of financial position as “Other current liabilities” and “Other non-current liabilities.”Contract assets are included in the consolidated statements of financial position as “Trade and other receivables, and contract assets” and “Other non-current assets.”Receivables from contracts with customers are included in the consolidated statements of financial position as “Trade and other receivables, and contract assets” and “Other financial assets,” non-current.Foreign exchange loss, net includes gains or losses from foreign exchange contracts.Foreign corporate bonds include repackaged bonds.Other investments include investment funds.Certain subsidiaries have entered into master netting agreements or other similar agreements, which are mainly International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Master Agreements. An ISDA Master Agreement is an agreement between two counterparties that may have multiple derivative contracts with each other, and such ISDA Master Agreement may provide for the net settlement of all or a specified group of these derivative contracts, through a single payment, in a single currency, in the event of a default on or affecting any one derivative contract, or a termination event affecting all or a specified group of derivative contracts. Master netting agreements create a right of set off, but the master netting agreements do not automatically provide for such set off.Short-term borrowings relate to repurchase agreements.Curtailments and settlements of the foreign plans for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 relate mainly to the termination of the defined benefit pension plan at certain U.S. subsidiaries. Expected volatility was based on the historical volatilities of Sony Group Corporation’s common stock over the expected life of the stock acquisition rights.The amounts of trade and other receivables exclude contract assets within trade and other receivables, and contract assets in the consolidated statements of financial position.Deposits from customers in the banking business include the non-current portion that is recorded within other financial liabilities in the consolidated statements of financial position.Mainly includes interests credited to reserves, expenses and mortality charges.bp = basis pointOther mainly consists of exchange differences on translating foreign operations.For liability items, gains are presented as negative and losses are presented as positive.Gains (losses) recognized in net income are included in financial services revenue, financial income and financial expenses in the consolidated statements of income.Gains (losses) recognized in other comprehensive income are included in changes in equity instruments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income, changes in debt instruments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income and exchange differences on translating foreign operations in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income.Certain debt and equity securities were transferred from Level 3 because observable market data became available.Certain debt and equity securities were transferred to Level 3 because differences between the fair value determined by indicative quotes from dealers and the fair value determined by internally developed prices became significant and the observability of the inputs used decreased.Major investments included Nichia Corporation.Major investments included were as follows: April 1, 2020: Crackle Plus, LLC March 31, 2021: Epic Games, Inc. March 31, 2022: Epic Games, Inc. and Scopely, Inc.The cumulative amount recognized in other comprehensive income, net of tax was transferred to retained earnings upon derecognition of the equity instruments.Major investments included MBS Media Holdings, Inc.The additions and disposals of content assets Under U.S. GAAP, Sony classified the cash flows from the additions and disposals of film costs as cash flows from operating activities, and classified the cash flows from the additions and disposals of music catalogs, artist contracts, music distribution rights and other content assets as cash flows from investing activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows based on the nature of such transactions as additions and disposals of intangible assets. Under IFRS, Sony defines these intangible assets as content assets, and classifies the cash flows from the additions and disposals of content assets as cash flows from operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows except for additions and disposals of content assets from business combinations or business divestitures, because the additions and disposals of content assets are derived from the principal revenue-producing activities of Sony.The principal payments for operating lease liabilities Under U.S. GAAP, lessees classify leases as either operating leases or finance leases, and the principal payments for the operating lease liabilities are classified as cash flows from operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows. Under IFRS, the distinction between operating leases and finance leases no longer exists for lessees, and all of the principal payments for lease liabilities are classified as cash flows from financing activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows.Shares of Spotify Technology S.A. (“Spotify”) held by Sony are classified as equity securities required to be measured at fair value through profit or loss. The revaluation of the Spotify shares owned as of March 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022 resulted in unrealized gain, net of costs to be paid to Sony’s artists and distributed labels, of 51,310 million yen (480 million U.S. dollars) and unrealized loss, net of a decrease in costs to be paid to Sony’s artists and distributed labels, of 45,017 million yen (395 million U.S. dollars) respectively.The current portion of future insurance policy benefits and other is included in other current liabilities in the consolidated statements of financial position.The current portion of deferred insurance acquisition costs is included in other current assets in the consolidated statements of financial position.For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2021 and 2022, hedge ineffectiveness recognized in profit or loss was not material.In the consolidated statements of income, the amount reclassified to profit (loss) is included in sales for hedges of foreign exchange contracts and in financial expenses for 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