Tokyo, Japan - The following executive appointments have been made effective November 1, 2003.

Corporate Executive Officers (* denotes new appointment)

• Vice Chairman
  Howard Stringer
  Sony Group Americas Representative,
  COO* in charge of Entertainment Business Group,
  Chairman and CEO of Sony Corporation of America
• Executive Deputy President
  Shizuo Takashino
  COO* in charge of IT & Mobile Solutions Network Company, Chairman, Sony EMCS Corporation*
• Executive Deputy President
  Ken Kutaragi
  COO* in charge of Home Network Company*, Game Business Group and Broadband Network Company,
  NC President, Semiconductor Solutions Network Company*,
  President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.

Executive Officer

• Yoshihide Nakamura
  Senior Vice President(new appointment)
  Presently Group Executive Officer,
  Senior General Manager, Intellectual Property Division (continues),
  Chairman, Sony Chemicals Corporation

Reference: Responsibilities of Corporate Executive Officers from November 1 are as follows:

Representative Corporate Executive Officers

• Nobuyuki Idei
  Chairman
  Group CEO
• Kunitake Ando
  President
  Group COO
• Teruhisa Tokunaka
  Executive Deputy President
  Group CSO, In charge of Personal Solutions Business Group and Network Application and Content Service Sector (NACS)

Corporate Executive Officers

• Minoru Morio
  Vice Chairman
  Sony Group East Asia Representative, Group CPO
• Howard Stringer
  Vice Chairman
  Sony Group Americas Representative,
  COO in charge of Entertainment Business Group,
  Chairman and CEO of Sony Corporation of America
• Shizuo Takashino
  Executive Deputy President
  COO in charge of IT & Mobile Solutions Network Company,
  Chairman, Sony EMCS Corporation
• Ken Kutaragi
  Executive Deputy President
  COO in charge of Home Network Company,
  Game Business Group and Broadband Network Company, NC President, Semiconductor Solutions Network Company,
  President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.
• Teruo Masaki
  Corporate Senior Executive Vice President
  Group General Counsel
• Akira Kondoh
  Corporate Senior Executive Vice President
  Group CIO
• Takao Yuhara
  Corporate Senior Vice President Group CFO
• Göran Lindahl
  Sony Group Europe Representative, Chairman of Sony Group in Europe
• Nicole Seligman
  Group Deputy General Counsel