Tokyo, Japan- Sony Corporation announced the appointment of members to its Board of Directors following approval at the 90th 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 and Corporate Executive Officers 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. One new Board Member has been selected(^**).

Howard Stringer

Ryoji Chubachi

Katsumi Ihara

Akishige Okada^*

Advisor, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Hirobumi Kawano^*

Senior Vice President, JFE Steel Corporation

Yotaro Kobayashi^*

Chief Corporate Advisor, 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

Fujio Cho^*

Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation

Ned Lautenbach^*

Operating Partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc.

Ryuji Yasuda(^**)

Professor, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University

<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, Peter Bonfield, Fujio Cho,
Howard Stringer, Ryoji Chubachi

Compensation Committee

Akishige Okada (Chairman)

Yoshihiko Miyauchi, Sakie T. Fukushima

Audit Committee

Yoshiaki Yamauchi (Chairman)

Fueo Sumita, Ryuji Yasuda

<Corporate Executive Officers>

Representative Corporate Executive Officers (^* concurrent with Director)

Howard Stringer^*

Chairman and CEO

Ryoji Chubachi^*

President and Electronics CEO

Katsumi Ihara^*

Executive Deputy President

Officer in charge of Consumer Products Group

Corporate Executive Officers

Yutaka Nakagawa

Executive Deputy President
Officer in charge of Semiconductor & Component Group

Nobuyuki Oneda

EVP and CFO

Keiji Kimura

EVP
Officer in charge of Technology Strategies, Intellectual Property and Electronics Business Strategies

Nicole Seligman

EVP and General Counsel