TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corporation has announced the following executive appointments, effective from April 1, 2012.

• Howard Stringer
  Director, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Chairman
  (Currently, Director, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Chairman, CEO and President)
• Kazuo Hirai
  Representative Corporate Executive Officer, President and CEO
  (Currently, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Deputy President, Officer in
  charge of Consumer Products & Services businesses)
• Hiroshi Yoshioka
  Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Deputy President
  Officer in charge of Medical Business and innovation
  (Currently, Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Deputy President,
  Officer in charge of Professional, Device & Solutions businesses)
• Tadashi Saito
  EVP and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)
  (Currently, EVP, Deputy President of Professional, Device & Solutions Group, President of
  Semiconductor Business Group)