Determination of Final Terms of Stock Acquisition Rights for the Purpose of Granting Stock Options

 
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Sony Corporation1-7-1 Konan, Minato-kuTokyo, 108-0075 Japan

Determination of Final Terms of Stock Acquisition Rights for the Purpose of Granting Stock Options

November 18, 2010--Sony Corporation (the "Corporation") announced today that the final terms of stock acquisition rights ("Stock Acquisition Rights") for the purpose of granting stock options, which issues were resolved at the meeting of its Board of Directors held on October 28, 2010, have been fixed as set forth below.

The Twentieth Series of Stock Acquisition Rights

1. Aggregate number of Stock Acquisition Rights:

8,026

2. Persons to whom Stock Acquisition Rights will be allocated and number of Stock Acquisition Rights to be allocated:

 
 
                               Number of persons 
                               (Number of Stock Acquisition Rights) 
Directors of the Corporation   12          ( 216) 
Corporate executive officers   5           (1,900) 
of the Corporation 
Employees of the Corporation   178         (3,450) 
Directors of subsidiaries      75          (1,141) 
of the Corporation 
Employees of subsidiaries      114         (1,319) 
of the Corporation 
                               total: 384  (total: 8,026) 
 
 

3. Payment in exchange for Stock Acquisition Rights:

Stock Acquisition Rights are issued without payment of any consideration to the Corporation.

4. Class and number of shares to be issued or transferred upon exercise of Stock Acquisition Rights:

802,600 shares of common stock of the CorporationThe number of shares to be issued or transferred upon exercise of each Stock Acquisition Right shall be 100 shares.

5. Amount of assets to be contributed upon exercise of Stock Acquisition Rights:

294,500 yen per Stock Acquisition Right(2,945 yen per share) (Exercise Price)

The Twenty-first Series of Stock Acquisition Rights

1. Aggregate number of Stock Acquisition Rights:

15,320

2. Persons to whom Stock Acquisition Rights will be allocated and number of Stock Acquisition Rights to be allocated:

 
 
                               Number of persons 
                               (Number of Stock Acquisition Rights) 
Corporate executive officers   3           (5,800) 
of the Corporation 
Employees of the Corporation   1           (300) 
Directors of subsidiaries      33          (2,276) 
of the Corporation 
Employees of subsidiaries      625         (6,944) 
of the Corporation 
                               total: 662  (total: 15,320) 
 
 

3. Payment in exchange for Stock Acquisition Rights:

Stock Acquisition Rights are issued without payment of any consideration to the Corporation.

4. Class and number of shares to be issued or transferred upon exercise of Stock Acquisition Rights:

1,532,000 shares of common stock of the CorporationThe number of shares to be issued or transferred upon exercise of each Stock Acquisition Right shall be 100 shares.

5. Amount of assets to be contributed upon exercise of Stock Acquisition Rights:

3,548.00 U.S. dollars per Stock Acquisition Right(35.48 U.S. dollars per share) (Exercise Price)