Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation has decided candidates for the positions of Representative Corporate Executive Officers, Corporate Executive Officers, 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 18, 2010. The selections of Corporate Executives and Group Executives are to be submitted for internal approval following the appointment of Representative Corporate Executive Officers and Corporate Executive Officers.

‹Corporate Executive Officers›
The candidates for Representative Corporate Executive Officers and Corporate Executive Officers are as follows (as of June 18, 2010):

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

• Howard Stringer^*
  Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
• Ryoji Chubachi^*
  Vice Chairman
  Officer in charge of Product Quality & Safety and Environmental Affairs

Corporate Executive Officers

• Yutaka Nakagawa
  Executive Deputy President
  Officer in charge of Manufacturing, Logistics, Procurement and CS Platform
• Hiroshi Yoshioka
  Executive Deputy President
  Officer in charge of the Consumer Products, Professional Solutions, and Device businesses
• Keiji Kimura
  Executive Vice President
  Officer in charge of Intellectual Property and the Disc Manufacturing business
• Nicole Seligman
  Executive Vice President
  General Counsel
• Kazuo Hirai
  Executive Vice President
  Officer in charge of the Networked Products and Services businesses
• Masaru Kato
  (Promoted)
  Executive Vice President
  Chief Financial Officer

‹Corporate Executives›
The candidates for Corporate Executives are as follows (as of June 18, 2010):

Executive Vice President (EVP)

• Akira Kubota
  Sony Group China Representative
• Tadashi Saito
  Deputy President of Consumer, Professional & Devices Group,
  President of Semiconductor Business Group and Professional Solutions Group
• Kunitaka Fujita
  In charge of Human Resources and Corporate Workplace Solutions

Senior Vice President (SVP)

• Kiyoshi Nishitani
  In charge of Environment and Technology Policy and Relations
• Norihisa Shirota
  In charge of Technology (System), Semiconductor Business Group,
  Consumer, Professional & Devices Group
• Shoji Nemoto
  Deputy President of Professional Solutions Group,
  Consumer, Professional & Devices Group
• Hiromasa Otsuka
  In charge of New Business, Professional Solutions Group,
  Consumer, Professional & Devices Group
• Tsugie Miyashita
  In charge of External Relations and Kansai Region
  In charge of Device Sales, Consumer, Professional & Devices Group
• Makoto Kogure
  In charge of Products Quality & Safety
• Osamu Kumagai
  President of Advanced Materials Laboratories and President of Core Device Development Group,
  R&D, Common Software Platform
• Tomoyuki Suzuki
  Deputy President of Semiconductor Business Group,
  Consumer, Professional & Devices Group
• Masaaki Tsuruta
  In charge of Technologies, Networked Products & Services Group
• Shinji Hanatani
  In charge of Japan Sales, Professional Solutions Group,
  Consumer, Professional & Devices Group
• Hidenosuke Kanai
  Deputy President of Device Solutions Business Group,
  Consumer, Professional & Devices Group
• Yoshihisa Ishida
  President of Home Entertainment Business Group,
  Consumer, Professional & Devices Group
• Shigeki Ishizuka
  President of Device Solutions Business Group,
  Consumer, Professional & Devices Group
• Keiichiro Shimada
  In charge of R&D, Common Software Platform and
  President of Technology Development Group
• Shinji Hasejima
  Senior General Manager of Business Transformation / IS Center
• Kiyoshi Shikano
  Global Sales & Marketing Officer
• Tetsuo Urabe
  Deputy President of Core Device Development Group,
  R&D, Common Software Platform
• Kunimasa Suzuki
  Deputy President of Networked Products & Services Group, President of VAIO Business Group
• George Bailey
  Chief Transformation Officer
• Masashi Imamura
  President of Personal Imaging&Sound Business Group,
  Consumer, Professional & Devices Group
• Yasuhiro Ueda
  (Promoted)
  Senior General Manager of Image Sensor Business Division,
  Semiconductor Business Group, Consumer, Professional & Devices Group
• Shigeru Ganse
  (Promoted)
  President of Software Design Group, R&D, Common Software Platform
• Shiro Kambe
  (Promoted)
  In charge of Corporate Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility
• Kazuaki Takanose
  (Promoted)
  President of Procurement Group,
  Manufacturing, Logistics, Procurement and CS Platform
• Takemi Nagasaka
  (Promoted)
  Senior General Manager of Accounting Division
• Keiji Nakazawa
  (Promoted)
  In charge of Group Risk Office, CICR, and
  Statutory Auditors' Office of the Affiliated Companies

‹New Group Executives› (As of June 18, 2010)

• Bert Nordberg
  President, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB

‹Corporate Executive Officer, Corporate Executive and Group Executives Retired› (As of June 18, 2010)

• Nobuyuki Oneda
  Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Deputy President
  and Chief Financial Officer
• Kyung-soo Ahn
  Corporate Executive, Executive Vice President,
  Chairman of Sony Korea Corporation
• Makoto Yashiki
  Group Executive,
  President of Sony Supply Chain Solutions, Inc.