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April 27, 2004
Tokyo, Japan - At its Board of Directors Meeting held on April 26, 2004, Sony Corporation decided candidates for the positions of Member of the Board, Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Officer and Group Executive Officer.
The selections are subject to the approval of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 22, 2004 (for Member of the Board candidates) and to the approval of the Board of Directors Meeting to be held on the same day (for Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Officer and Group Executive Officer candidates).
The candidates for Board Members are as follows.
| Nobuyuki Idei | |
| Kunitake Ando | |
| Teruo Masaki | |
| Howard Stringer | |
| Ken Kutaragi | |
| Teruhisa Tokunaka | |
| Göran Lindahl | |
| Akihisa Ohnishi | |
| Iwao Nakatani* | Director of Research, UFJ Institute Ltd., President, Tama University |
| Akishige Okada* | Chairman of the Board (Representative Director), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.,Chairman of the Board (Representative Director), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation |
| Hirobumi Kawano* | Executive Advisor, The Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. |
| Yotaro Kobayashi* | Chairman of the Board, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. |
| Carlos Ghosn* | President and Chief Executive Officer, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd |
| Sakie T. Fukushima* | Representative Director & Regional Managing Director-Japan, Korn/Ferry International Member, Board of Directors, Korn/Ferry International, U.S.A |
| Yoshihiko Miyauchi* | Director, Representative Executive Officer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ORIX Corporation |
| Yoshiaki Yamauchi* | Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. |
Minoru Morio
The candidates for Representative Corporate Executive Officer and Corporate Executive Officer are as follows. Seven new Corporate Executive Officers have been selected (***).
| Representative Corporate Executive Officers | ||
| Chairman | Nobuyuki Idei** | Group CEO |
| President | Kunitake Ando** | Global Hub President, Officer in charge of Personal Solutions Business Group |
| Corporate Executive Officers | ||
| Vice Chairman | Howard Stringer** | COO (in charge of Entertainment Business Group), Sony Group Americas Representative |
| Executive Deputy President | Shizuo Takashino | COO(in charge of IT & Mobile Solutions Network Company and Professional Solutions Network Company) |
| Executive Deputy President | Ken Kutaragi** | COO (in charge of Game Business Group, Home Electronics Network Company,Semiconductor Solutions Network Company (SSNC)),NC President, SSNC |
| Executive Deputy President | Teruo Masaki** | Group General Counsel |
| Executive Deputy President | Katsumi Ihara*** | Group CSO&CFO |
| Executive Deputy President | Ryoji Chubachi*** | COO (in charge of Micro Systems Network Company(MSNC) and EMCS),NC President, MSNC |
| Corporate Senior Executive Vice President | Keiji Kimura*** | NC President, IT & Mobile Solutions Network Company |
| Corporate Executive Vice President | Tsutomu Niimura*** | NC President, Home Electronics Network Company |
| Corporate Executive Vice President | Fujio Nishida*** | Officer in charge of Marketing and Corporate Communications |
| Corporate Senior Vice President | Takao Yuhara | Officer in charge of Finance and Investor Relations |
| Corporate Senior Vice President | Nobuyuki Oneda*** | Officer in charge of Corporate Planning & Control and Accounting |
| Corporate Senior Vice President | Yasunori Kirihara*** | Officer in charge of Corporate Human Resources |
| Corporate Executive Officer | Nicole Seligman | Group Deputy General Counsel |
| As of June 22 | |
| Teruhisa Tokunaka | Scheduled to be appointed as President, Representative Director, Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (Currently Executive Deputy President and Group CSO, Representative Corporate Executive Officer) |
| Minoru Morio | Scheduled to be appointed as Advisor (Currently Vice Chairman and Sony Group East Asia Representative, Group CPO, Corporate Executive Officer) |
| Akira Kondoh | (Currently Corporate Senior Executive Vice President and Group CIO, Corporate Executive Officer) |
| Göran Lindahl | (Currently Sony Group Europe Representative and Chairman of Sony Group in Europe, Corporate Executive Officer) |
| As of June 22, 2004 the number of Executive Officers is scheduled to be 34. | |
| New Executive Officers Appointments as of June 22 |
|
| Senior Vice President Kenshi Manabe |
(Currently CTO of Semiconductor Technology) |
| Vice President Masataka Kawashima |
(Currently General Manager, Accounting Department) |
| Vice President Tadashi Saito |
(Currently CFO of Sony Electronics Inc., in charge of Corporate Development in Global Hub) |
| Vice President Tomoyuki Suzuki |
(Currently President, Imaging Device Company, Semiconductor Solutions Network Company) |
| Vice President Masaaki Tsuruta |
(Currently Deputy President of Semiconductor Solutions Network Company (SSNC), President of SoC Solution Center, SSNC) |
| Promoted Executive Officers Appointments as of June 22 |
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| Executive Vice President Yoshihide Nakamura |
(Currently Senior Vice President, Senior General Manager, Intellectual Property Division) |
| Senior Vice President Norihisa Shirota |
(Currently Vice President, CTO of Home Electronics,President, Research & Development Group, Semiconductor Solutions Network Company) |
| Senior Vice President Yoshihiro Taya |
(Currently Vice President, CFO of IT & Mobile Solutions Network Company,CFO of Professional Solutions Network Company) |
| Senior Vice President Takashi Fukushima |
(Currently Vice President, Deputy President, IT & Mobile Solutions Network Company (IMNC), President, Personal Audio Company of IMNC) |
| As of June 22 | |
| Kazutomo Enomoto | (Currently Representative Director, Sony Culture Entertainment Inc.) |
| Keiji Nakazawa | (Currently Representative Director and CFO, S-LCD Corporation) |
| Michael Lynton | (Currently Chairman and CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.) |
| As of June 22 | |
| Executive Vice President Eiji Kishi |
(Currently Group Executive Officer, President of Personal Solutions Business Group) |
| Senior Vice President Masao Morita |
(Currently Group Executive Officer, Representative Director, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.) |
| As of June 22 | |
| Mario Tokoro | Scheduled to be appointed as Counselor (Currently Executive Vice President, Co-President, Institute of Strategy) |
| Toshitada Doi | Scheduled to be appointed as Counselor(Currently Executive Vice President, General Manager, Life Dynamics Laboratories Preparation Office) |
| Tadao Yoshida | Scheduled to be appointed as Counselor (Currently Vice President, Creative Center) |
| Seiichi Watanabe | Scheduled to be appointed as Advisor (Currently Executive Vice President, Officer in charge of Environmental Affairs) |
| Tadasu Kawai | Scheduled to be appointed as Advisor (Currently Executive Vice President, Officer in charge of Global Audit) |
| Takeo Kaji | Scheduled to be appointed as Advisor (Currently Vice President, Officer in charge of External Relations, Global Professional Solutions) |
| As of June 22 | ||
| Tadakatsu Hasebe | Scheduled to be appointed as Advisor (Currently President, Representative Director, Sony Supply Chain Solutions, Inc.) |
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| As of April 30 | ||
| Kenji Kitatani | (Currently Executive Vice President, Sony Corporation of America) | |
