Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation today announced the appointment of new members to its Board of Directors, following approval at the 82nd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders that took place today, along with the company's new Corporate Executive Officers appointed at a Meeting of the Board of Directors held after the above mentioned General Meeting of Shareholders.

Board of Directors

• * = newly appointed

Norio Ohga

Chairman and Representative Director

Nobuyuki Idei

President and Representative Director, CEO

Minoru Morio

Executive Deputy President and Representative Director
Executive Representative, Technology

Tamotsu Iba

Executive Deputy President and Representative Director
Oversees Financial business, Broadcasting business and
Computer Entertainment business

Teruhisa Tokunaka^*

Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer

Teruo Masaki^*

Senior Managing Director
Oversees Legal matters and Telecommunications business

Howard Stringer^*

Director (Chairman and CEO, Sony Corporation of America)

Peter G. Peterson

Director (Chairman of The Blackstone Group)

Kenichi Suematsu

Director (Counsellor of The Sakura Bank, Limited)

Iwao Nakatani^*

Director ( Part-time Lecturer, Hitotsubashi University)

Statutory Auditor

• *= newly appointed

Takashi Hayashi^*

Standing Statutory Auditor

In addition to the above individual, current Standing Statutory Auditors Akihisa Ohnishi and Yoshisuke Mohri, and Statutory Auditor Kazuaki Morita continue with their present positions.

Corporate Executive Officers

• *= newly appointed

(new job responsibilities are underlined)

• NoteHNC, PNC and CNC mentioned below represent Home Network Company, Personal IT Network Company and Core Technology & Network Company respectively.

Junichi Kodera^*

Executive Deputy President
Oversees Area & Network business strategy

Akiyoshi Kawashima

Corporate Senior Executive Vice President
Oversees Area & Network business strategy

Suehiro Nakamura

Corporate Senior Executive Vice President
President and COO, Core Technology & Network Co.

Kenichi Oyama

Corporate Senior Executive Vice President
Oversees Corporate Human Resources and General Affairs

Masayoshi Morimoto

Corporate Senior Executive Vice President
Oversees Public Relations and Investor Relations

Shizuo Takashino

Corporate Senior Executive Vice President
President and COO, Home Network Co.

Kunitake Ando

Corporate Senior Executive Vice President
President & COO, Personal IT Network Co.

Masayuki Takano

Corporate Executive Vice President
Deputy President, Home Network Co.

Yasumasa Mizushima

Corporate Executive Vice President
Oversees Technical Support Center and Logistics & Procurement Center

Mario Tokoro

Corporate Executive Vice President
President, Information & Network Technologies Laboratories
Company Chief Technology Officer, Digital Network Solutions

Sunobu Horigome

Corporate Executive Vice President
President and COO, Digital Network Solutions

Mitsuyuki Watanabe

Corporate Executive Vice President
President, Electronic Devices Marketing Group, CNC

Toshitada Doi

Corporate Senior Vice President
President, Digital Creatures Laboratory

Seiichi Watanabe

Corporate Senior Vice President
President, Frontier Science Laboratories

Katsuaki Tsurushima

Corporate Senior Vice President
President, Magnetic System Company, CNC
President, CT Development Center, CNC
President, Super Audio CD Business Center, HNC

Takeo Eguchi

Corporate Senior Vice President
President, EP Laboratories, Personal IT Network Co.

Shigeyuki Ochi

Corporate Senior Vice President
President, Home Net Laboratories, Home Network Co.

Nobuyuki Watanabe

Corporate Senior Vice President
Oversees Corporate Environmental Affairs

Tadasu Kawai

Corporate Senior Vice President
Oversees Customer Service Center

Mitsuru Ohki

Corporate Senior Vice President
President, Broadcasting & Professional Systems Co.

Yoshio Nishi

Corporate Senior Vice President
Corporate Research Fellow, Core Technology & Network Co.

Yutaka Nakagawa

Corporate Senior Vice President
President, Mobile Electronics Company, Home Network Co.

Yukio Kubota

Corporate Senior Vice President
Deputy President, Home Display Company, Home Network Co.

Katsumi Ihara

Corporate Senior Vice President
President, Digital Telecommunication Company, PNC

Tadakatsu Hasebe

Corporate Senior Vice President
President, Display Device Company, Home Network Co.

Kenichiro Yonezawa

Corporate Senior Vice President
Oversees Legal and Intellectual Property

Yoshihide Nakamura

Corporate Senior Vice President
Oversees business strategy for Core Technology & Network Co.

Akira Kubota

Corporate Senior Vice President
President, Corporate IS Solutions

Takeo Minomiya

Corporate Senior Vice President
President, Semiconductor Company, CNC

Mitsuo Kurobe

Corporate Senior Vice President
Oversees New Business Development

Tsutomu Yamashita^*

Corporate Vice President
President, Home TV. 1. Division Company, Home Display Co., HNC

Ryoji Chubachi^*

Corporate Vice President
President, Recording Media Company, CNC

Tetsujiro Kondo^*

Corporate Vice President
President, Algorithm Research Center

Kiyoshi Nishitani^*

Corporate Vice President
President, Home Video Company, Home Network Co.

Yoshiyuki Kamon^*

Corporate Vice President
President, Personal Audio Company, Home Network Co.

Tsutomu Niimura^*

Corporate Vice President
President, Personal Video Co., Personal IT Network Co.

Directors resigned

Effective June 29, 1999, the following individuals resigned from the Board of Directors and were named to the new positions below:

Ex-Executive Deputy Presidents:

Kozo Ohsone

Advisor for Manufacturing Operations, Sony Corporation

Yoshiyuki Kaneda

Advisor, Sony Corporation
(Also, continues with current position as Executive Representative, Western Japan)

Ex-Senior Managing Director:

Akiyoshi Kawashima

Corporate Senior Executive Vice President, Sony Corporation
(Oversees Area & Network business strategy)

Statutory Auditor resigned

Effective June 29, 1999, the following individual resigned as Statutory Auditor and was named to the new position below:

Nobuo Kanoi

Advisor, Sony Corporation

Corporate Executive Officers resigned

Effective June 29, 1999, the following individuals resigned as Corporate Executive Officers and were named to the new positions below:

Ex-Corporate Executive Vice President:

Kiyoshi Yamakawa

Advisor for Corporate External Relations, Sony Corporation

Ex-Corporate Senior Vice President:

Hideo Nakamura

Advisor, Sony Corporation
Advisor, Sony Technoworks Corporation

Ex-Corporate Vice President:

Kenji Hori

Advisor, Sony Corporation
President, Sony IP Corporation (to be renamed Sony Techno
Research Corporation, effective July 1, 1999)