Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation has decided candidates for the positions of Representative Corporate Executive Officers and Corporate Executive Officers, and has announced the appointment of Corporate Executives and Group Executives. The selections of Representative Corporate Executive Officers and Corporate Executive Officers are subject to the approval of the Board of Directors Meeting to be held on June 20, 2008.

<Corporate Executive Officers>

The candidates for Representative Corporate Executive Officers and Corporate Executive Officers are as follows.

Representative Corporate Executive Officers (* to be concurrent with Director)

As of June 20

• 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

As of June 20

• Yutaka Nakagawa
  Executive Deputy President
  Officer in charge of Semiconductor & Component Group,
  Production Strategy, Procurement and Supply Chain
• Nobuyuki Oneda
  EVP and CFO
• Keiji Kimura
  EVP
  Officer in charge of Technology Strategies, Intellectual Property,
  Information Systems and Electronics Business Strategies
• Nicole Seligman
  EVP and General Counsel

<Corporate Executives> (** Promoted, *** Newly Appointed)

As of June 20

Executive Deputy President

• Shizuo Takashino
  Sony Group China Representative

Executive Vice President (EVP)

• Kyung-soo Ahn
  President of B2B Solutions Business Group
• Akira Kubota
  Procurement
• Tadashi Saito^**
  President of Semiconductor Business Group
• Masayoshi Sugiyama^**
  Energy Business Group and Chemical Device Business Group
• Hiroshi Yoshioka^**
  President of TV Business Group

Senior Vice President (SVP)

• Yoshihisa Ishida
  President of VAIO Business Group
• Shigeki Ishizuka
  President of Digital Imaging Business Group
• Tetsuo Urabe^***
  President of Display Device Development Group
• Hiromasa Otsuka
  Deputy President of B2B Solutions Business Group
• Yoshinori Onoue
  Deputy President of B2B Solutions Business Group
• Hidenosuke Kanai
  Photonic Device & Module Business Group,
  Mobile Display Business Group and Memory Stick Business Center
• Yukio Kubota
  Technology Policy and Relations
• Osamu Kumagai
  President of Advanced Materials Laboratories
• Makoto Kogure
  Products Quality & Safety
• Tetsujiro Kondo
  Corporate Fellow
• Kiyoshi Shikano^***
  Senior General Manager of Global Marketing Department
• Keiichiro Shimada
  President of Technology Development Group
• Norihisa Shirota
  Senior General Manager of Research & Development Division
  Semiconductor Business Group
• Tomoyuki Suzuki
  Deputy President of Semiconductor Business Group
• Masaaki Tsuruta
  Deputy President of Semiconductor Business Group,
  Corporate Technology Planning
• Kiyoshi Nishitani
  Corporate Workplace Solutions, Environment and Disc Manufacturing Business
• Shoji Nemoto^***
  Audio Business Group and Video Business Group
  (As of July 1^st. Currently Corporate VP, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB)
• Shinji Hasejima^***
  Senior General Manager of Business Transformation / IS Center
• Shinji Hanatani
  Deputy President of B2B Solutions Business Group
• Naofumi Hara
  Corporate Communications, External Relations,
  Corporate Social Responsibility and Kansai Region
• Kunitaka Fujita
  Human Resources
• Masao Morita
  Brand and Creative Center

<New Group Executives>

As of June 20

• Shinichi Tanemo
  Group Executive
  (President, Sony Semiconductor Kyushu Corporation)

<Corporate Executives Retired >

As of June 20

• Akira Iga
  (Currently SVP, Corporate Fellow)
• Yasunori Kirihara
  (Currently SVP, Corporate Workplace Solutions and Environment)
• Mario Tokoro
  (Currently SVP, Technology Policy and Relations)
• Takashi Fukuda
  (Currently SVP)
• Yoshinori Yamamoto
  (Currently SVP)