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Wed May 9, 2012 6:00am EDT

Executive Appointments

Sony Corporation
1-7-1 Konan, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075

No.12-065E
May 9, 2012

Executive Appointments

Tokyo, Japan – At the meeting of the Nominating Committee held on May 9, 2012, Sony Corporation named candidates for election to the position of Member of the Board. The selections are subject to the approval at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 27, 2012.

Members of the Board

The candidates for election to the position of Member of the Board are as follows.

Kazuo Hirai (**)         Representative Corporate Executive Officer, President and CEO
 
Ryoji Chubachi Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Vice Chairman
 
Masaru Kato (**) Corporate Executive Officer, EVP and CFO
 
Howard Stringer Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Chairman
Mr. Stringer to be appointed Chairman of the Board, subject to approval at
the Board of Directors meeting to be held on June 27, 2012.
 
Peter Bonfield (*) Chairman of the Board, NXP Semiconductors N.V.
 
Ryuji Yasuda (*) Professor, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy,
Hitotsubashi University
 
Yukako Uchinaga (*) Director and Executive Vice President, Benesse Holdings, Inc.
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President,
Berlitz Corporation
 
Mitsuaki Yahagi (*) Representative Director, Chairman of the Board,
The Japan Research Institute, Ltd.
 
Tsun-Yan Hsieh (*) Founder & Chairman, LinHart Group
 
Roland A. Hernandez (*) Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,

 

Telemundo Group, Inc.

 
Kanemitsu Anraku (*) Director, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
 
Yorihiko Kojima (*) Chairman of the Board, Mitsubishi Corporation
 
Osamu Nagayama (*) Representative Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
 
Takaaki Nimura(*)(**) Certified Public Accountant
 

(*) An Outside Director who satisfies the requirements under Item 15, Article 2 of the Companies Act of Japan

(**) A new candidate for Member of the Board
 

Retired Members of the Board

 
Yotaro Kobayashi Former Chairman of the Board, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
 
Yoshiaki Yamauchi Former Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
 
Fujio Cho Chairman of the Board, Toyota Motor Corporation
 
Yuichiro Anzai President, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Sony Corporation

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