Executive Appointments

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

  May 12, 2010No. 10-062E 
 

  Executive Appointments 
 

  Tokyo, Japan - At the meeting of the Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors held on May 12, 2010, Sony Corporation named candidates for election to the position of Member of the Board. The selections are subject to the approval of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 18, 2010. 
 

  Members of the Board 
 

  The candidates for election to the position of Member of the Board are as follows. 
 
Howard Stringer             Representative Corporate Executive 
                            Officer, Chairman, 
                            Chief  Executive Officer and President 
Ryoji Chubachi              Representative Corporate Executive 
                            Officer, Vice Chairman 
Yotaro Kobayashi (*)        Former Chairman of the Board, 
                            Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. 
Yoshiaki Yamauchi (*)       Former Director, Sumitomo Mitsui 
                            Financial Group, Inc. 
Peter Bonfield (*)          Chairman of the Supervisory Board, NXP B.V. 
Fujio Cho (*)               Chairman of the Board, Toyota Motor Corporation 
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 International, Inc. 
Mitsuaki Yahagi (*)         Chairman of the Board, The Japan 
                            Research Institute, Limited 
Tsun-Yan Hsieh (*)          Director Emeritus, McKinsey & Company 
Roland A. Hernandez (*)     Retired Chairman and Chief Executive 
                            Officer, Telemundo Group, Inc. 
Kanemitsu Anraku (*)(**)    Director, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 
Yorihiko Kojima (*)(**)     Member of the Board, President, Chief Executive 
                            Officer, Mitsubishi  Corporation 
Osamu Nagayama (*)(**)      Chairman of the Board, President 
                            and Chief Executive Officer, 
                            Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 
 
 

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

  (**) A new candidate for election to the position of Member of the Board 
 

  Retired Members of the Board 
 
Nobuyuki Oneda(***)    Representative Corporate Executive Officer, 
                       Executive Deputy  President and 
                       Chief Financial Officer 
Sakie T. Fukushima     Representative Director & Chairman, 
                       Korn/Ferry International - Japan 
Yoshihiko Miyauchi     Director, Representative Executive Officer, 
                       Chairman and Chief  Executive Officer, 
                       ORIX Corporation 
Fueo Sumita            Chief of Sumita Accounting Office 
 
 

  (***) Effective June 18, 2010, Nobuyuki Oneda will retire as Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Deputy President and Chief Financial Officer, and it is intended that in his place, Masaru Kato, current Deputy CFO, will assume a newly appointed role as Chief Financial Officer. 
 

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