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June 28, 2011
Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation announced the appointment of members to its Board of Directors following approval at the 94th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders that took place today, along with the company's 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› (*Outside Director)
The Board Members are as follows. One new Board Member has been selected (**).
| Howard Stringer | Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President |
| Ryoji Chubachi | Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Vice Chairman |
| Yotaro Kobayashi (*) | Former Chairman of the Board, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. |
| Yoshiaki Yamauchi (*) | Former Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. |
| Peter Bonfield (*) | Chairman of the Board, NXP Semiconductors N.V. |
| Fujio Cho (*) | Chairman of the Board, Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Ryuji Yasuda (*) | Professor, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University |
| Yukako Uchinaga (*) | Director and Executive Vice President, Benesse Holdings, Inc. |
| Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President, Berlitz Corporation | |
| Mitsuaki Yahagi (*) | Chairman of the Board, The Japan Research Institute, Limited |
| Tsun-Yan Hsieh (*) | Chairman, LinHart Group |
| Roland A. Hernandez (*) | Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Telemundo Group, Inc. |
| Kanemitsu Anraku (*) | Director, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. |
| Yorihiko Kojima (*) | Chairman of the Board, Mitsubishi Corporation |
| Osamu Nagayama (*) | Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, |
| Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | |
| Yuichiro Anzai (*)(**) | Executive Academic Advisor for Keio University |
| Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University |
‹Chairman of the Board›
| Chairman of the Board | Yotaro Kobayashi |
‹Chair and Members of the Committees›
| Nominating Committee | |
| Chair | Yotaro Kobayashi |
| Members | Peter Bonfield, Fujio Cho, Roland A. Hernandez Yorihiko Kojima, Yuichiro Anzai , Howard Stringer, Ryoji Chubachi |
| Compensation Committee | |
| Chair | Ryuji Yasuda |
| Members | Tsun-Yan Hsieh, Osamu Nagayama |
| Audit Committee | |
| Chair | Yoshiaki Yamauchi |
| Members | Mitsuaki Yahagi, Kanemitsu Anraku |
‹Corporate Executive Officers›
| Representative Corporate Executive Officers (* concurrent with Director) | |
| Howard Stringer* | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President |
| Ryoji Chubachi* | Vice Chairman |
| Kazuo Hirai | Executive Deputy President |
| Corporate Executive Officers | |
| Hiroshi Yoshioka | Executive Deputy President Officer in charge of Professional, Device & Solutions businesses |
| Keiji Kimura | Executive Vice President Officer in charge of Intellectual Property and the Disc Manufacturing business |
| Nicole Seligman | Executive Vice President General Counsel |
| Masaru Kato | Executive Vice President Chief Financial Officer |
