Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation announced the appointment of members to its Board of Directors following approval at the 88th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders that took place today, along with the company's Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, Chairmen and Members of the Nominating, Compensation and Audit Committees, Representative Corporate Executive Officers, Corporate Executive Officers, Corporate Executives, and Group Executives appointed at a Meeting of the Board of Directors held after the above mentioned General Meeting of Shareholders.

‹Members of the Board› (*Independent Director)

The Board Members are as follows. Four new Board Members have been selected (**).

• Howard Stringer
• Ryoji Chubachi(**)
• Katsumi Ihara(**)
• 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*
  Senior Vice President, JFE Steel Corporation
• Yotaro Kobayashi*
  Chairman of the Board, Fuji Xerox 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.
• Peter Bonfield* (**)
  Member of the Board, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Fueo Sumita* (**)
  Chief of Sumita Accounting Office
• Göran Lindahl

‹Chairman of the Board and Vice Chairman of the Board ›

• Chairman of the Board
  Yotaro Kobayashi
• Vice Chairman of the Board
  Hirobumi Kawano

‹Chairmen and Members of the Committees ›

• Nominating Committee
  Yotaro Kobayashi (Chairman) Hirobumi Kawano,Akishige Okada,Howard Stringer,Ryoji Chubachi
• Compensation Committee
  Akishige Okada (Chairman) Yoshihiko Miyauchi,Göran Lindahl
• Audit Committee
  Yoshiaki Yamauchi (Chairman) Sakie T. Fukushima,Fueo Sumita

• Howard Stringer*
  Chairman and CEO
• Ryoji Chubachi*
  President and Electronics CEO
• Katsumi Ihara*
  Executive Deputy President,
  NC President of Home Electronics Network Company

Corporate Executive Officers(** Newly Appointed)

• Nobuyuki Oneda
  EVP and CFO
• Keiji Kimura
  EVP,
  Officer in charge of Technology Strategies,
  NC President of Information Technology &Communications Network Company
• Nicole Seligman
  EVP and General Counsel
• Yutaka Nakagawa**
  EVP,
  NC President of Personal Audio Visual Network Company

• Shizuo Takashino
  Sony Group China Representative
  

Executive Vice President

• Mitsuru Ohki
  NC President of Professional Solutions Network Company (PSNC)
• Eiji Kishi
  President of Personal Solutions Business Group (PSBG)
• Akira Kubota
  NC President of Micro Systems Network Company (MSNC)
• Katsuaki Tsurushima
  Corporate Laboratories
• Fujio Nishida
  Electronics Marketing
• Kenshi Manabe
  NC President of Semiconductor Solutions Network Company (SSNC)

Senior Vice President

• Akira Iga
  President of Information Technologies Laboratories
• Hiromu Inoue
  President of Energy Company, MSNC
• Takeo Eguchi
  Environmental Affairs
  In charge of Printer Business of PSNC
• Hiromasa Otsuka
  Deputy President of PSBG
• Yoshinori Onoue
  Deputy President of PSNC
• Hidenosuke Kanai**
  Senior Vice President of Planning & Control Division,
  Home Electronics Network Company (HENC)
• Masataka Kawashima
  Internal Audit
• Yasunori Kirihara
  Electronics Human Resources and Corporate Workplace Solutions
• Shigeo Kubota
  President of Core Technology Development Group, MSNC
• Osamu Kumagai
  President of Device Solutions Company, MSNC
• Makoto Kogure
  President of TV Group, HENC
• Tetsujiro Kondoh
  President of A-cubed Research Center, PSNC
• Tadashi Saito
  Deputy President of SSNC
• Norihisa Shirota
  President of Research & Development Group, SSNC
• Tomoyuki Suzuki
  President of Imaging Device Business Group, SSNC
• Masaaki Tsuruta
  President of SoC Business Group, SSNC
• Masao Tomioka
  Production Strategy
• Yoshihide Nakamura
  Intellectual Property
• Kiyoshi Nishitani
  Deputy President of HENC
• Shoji Nemoto
  President of Digital Imaging Business Group,
  Personal Audio Visual Network Company
• Shinji Hanatani**
  Deputy President of PSNC
• Naofumi Hara**
  Corporate Communications and External Relations
• Takashi Fukushima
  Deputy President of Information Technology & Communications
  Network Company
• Kunitaka Fujita**
  Group Human Resources
• Masao Morita
  Brand and Creative Center
• Yoshinori Yamamoto
  President of Audio Group, HENC
• Takao Yuhara
  Investor Relations

‹New Group Executives›

• Robert Wiesenthal
  EVP and CFO, Sony Corporation of America,
  In charge of Corporate Development and M&A, Sony Corporation
• Hiroshi Yoshioka
  Corporate Vice President, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB

‹Corporate Executive Officers and Executive Officers Retired›

• Nobuyuki Idei
  Chief Corporate Advisor
  (Currently Chairman and Group CEO,
  Representative Corporate Executive Officer)
• Kunitake Ando
  Advisor
  (Currently President, Representative Corporate Executive Officer)
• Teruo Masaki
  Advisor
  (Currently Executive Deputy President and Group General Counsel, Corporate Executive Officer)
• Teruaki Aoki
  Advisor
  (Currently Senior Executive Vice President, Executive Officer, In charge of Technology Alliance, Intellectual Property)
• Kenichiro Yonezawa
  Advisor
  (Currently Senior Executive Vice President, Executive Officer, In charge of Corporate General Affairs, External Relations)
• Takeo Minomiya
  Advisor
  (Currently Executive Vice President, Executive Officer,
  In charge of Global Professional Solutions)
• Masayuki Nozoe
  Advisor
  (Currently Executive Vice President, Executive Officer,
  Deputy President of PSBG,
  President of Sony Broadband Entertainment Japan, PSBG)
• Yoshio Nishi
  Advisor
  (Currently Executive Vice President, Executive Officer,
  CTO of Materials Technology)
• Kazuo Yamagiwa
  Advisor
  (Currently Vice President, Executive Officer,
  President of Semiconductor Development Group, SSNC)
• Takeshi Matsunobu
  Advisor
  (Currently Group Executive Officer,President and Representative Director, Sony Finance International)
• Yoshihiro Taya
  Counselor
  (Currently Senior Vice President, Executive Officer,
  In charge of Procurement and Logistics)
• Kozo Kaminaga
  Counselor
  (Currently Vice President, Executive Officer,
  In charge of External Relations of Global Professional Solutions)
• Takao Hiramoto
  Counselor
  (Currently Vice President, Executive Officer,
  Deputy President of Home Electronics Development Group, HENC)