Tokyo, Japan – Sony Corporation has decided candidates for the positions of Representative Corporate Executive Officers, Corporate Executive Officers and Corporate 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 27, 2012. The selections of Corporate Executives are to be submitted for internal approval following the appointment of Representative Corporate Executive Officers and Corporate Executive Officers.
(Changes are underline)

＜Corporate Executive Officers＞ (*concurrently a Director)
The candidates for Representative Corporate Executive Officers and Corporate Executive Officers are as follows (as of June 27, 2012):

Representative Corporate Executive Officers

Kazuo Hirai*

President and Chief Executive Officer

Ryoji Chubachi*

Vice Chairman

Corporate Executive Officers

Hiroshi Yoshioka

Executive Deputy President
Officer in charge of Medical business

Keiji Kimura

Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Intellectual Property

Nicole Seligman

Executive Vice President
General Counsel

Masaru Kato*

Executive Vice President
Chief Financial Officer

Tadashi Saito

Executive Vice President
Chief Strategy Officer

Shoji Nemoto

Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Professional Solutions Business,
Digital Imaging Business, Disk Manufacturing Business, System & Software Technology Platform and Corporate R&D
President of Professional Solutions Group

Tomoyuki Suzuki

Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Semiconductor Business, Device Solutions Business and Advanced Device Technology Platform
President of Semiconductor Business Group
President of Device Solutions Business Group
President of Core Device Development Group, Advanced Device Technology Platform
Mr. Suzuki to be appointed President of Device Solutions Business Group on July 1, 2012.

Kunimasa Suzuki

Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of PC Business, Mobile Business and UX, Product Strategy and Creative Platform
President of UX & Product Strategy Group, UX, Product Strategy and Creative Platform

＜Corporate Executives＞
The candidates for Corporate Executives are as follows (as of June 27, 2012):

Executive Vice President (EVP)

Akira Kubota

Sony Group China Representative

Kunitaka Fujita

In charge of Human Resources and General Affairs

Senior Vice President (SVP)

Hiromasa Otsuka

In charge of Life Science Business, Medical Business Unit

Makoto Kogure

In charge of Environment
In charge of Product Quality & Safety,
Manufacturing, Logistics, Procurement and Quality Platform

Osamu Kumagai

In charge of Medical Regulatory Affairs Management,
Medical Business Unit
Mr. Kumagai scheduled to retire as President of Advanced Materials Laboratories, Advanced Device Technology
Platform as of end of June

Haruyasu Nagata

In charge of Global Sales & Marketing
President of Global Sales & Marketing Group

Masaaki Tsuruta

In charge of Technology Policy and Relations

Shinji Hanatani

In charge of Japan Sales, Professional Solutions Group

Hidenosuke Kanai

Deputy President of Device Solutions Business Group

Shigeki Ishizuka

President of Digital Imaging Business Group
Senior General Manager of Products Development Center, UX & Product Strategy Group, UX,
Product Strategy and Creative Platform
Mr. Ishizuka scheduled to retire as President of Device Solutions Business Group as of end of June.

Keiichiro Shimada

In charge of Mid-to-Long term Technology,
System & Software Technology Platform and Corporate R&D

Kiyoshi Shikano

In charge of External Relations and Kansai Region

Masashi Imamura

President of Home Entertainment & Sound Business Group

Yasuhiro Ueda

Senior General Manager of Image Sensor Business Division,
Semiconductor Business Group

Shigeru Ganse

President of Software Design Group,
System & Software Technology Platform

Shiro Kambe

In charge of Corporate Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility

Kazuaki Takanose

President of Procurement Group,
Manufacturing, Logistics, Procurement and Quality Platform

Takemi Nagasaka

Senior General Manager of Accounting Division

Keiji Nakazawa

In charge of Group Risk Office, CICR(Corporate Internal Control Review),
and Statutory Auditors’ Office of Affiliated Companies in Japan

Yutaka Okamoto

Senior General Manager of System LSI Business Division,
Semiconductor Business Group

Ichiro Takagi

Deputy President of Home Entertainment & Sound Business Group

Philip Reitinger

Chief Information Security Officer

Ryosuke Akahane (Promoted)

President of VAIO&Mobile Business Group

Yoshito Ezure (Promoted)

President of Logistics Group,
Manufacturing, Logistics, Procurement and Quality Platform

Fumiaki Sakai (Promoted)

Chief Information Officer,
Senior General Manager of Business Transformation / IS Center

＜Corporate Executives Retired＞ (as of June 27, 2012)

Yutaka Nakagawa

Vice Chairman, Corporate Executive,
In charge of Manufacturing, Logistics, Procurement and Quality Platform

Norihisa Shirota

Senior Vice President, Corporate Executive,
In charge of Technology (System), Semiconductor Business Group

Tsugie Miyashita

Senior Vice President, Corporate Executive,
In charge of Special Assignments

George Bailey

Senior Vice President, Corporate Executive,
Chief Transformation Officer and in charge of Information Systems
Mr. Bailey to be appointed Senior Advisor, Sony Corporation of America on June 27, 2012.

• In addition, Sony Corporation plans to make the following Group Executives changes, effective June 27, 2012.

＜New Group Executives＞ (as of June 27, 2012)

Hiroshi Kawano

President, Corporate Executive, Representative Director,
Sony Marketing of Japan
President, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan
A division of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., overseeing the business in Japan

Masaru Tamagawa

President, Sony Europe
Mr. Tamagawa to be appointed President, Sony Europe on July 1, 2012.

Martin Bandier

Chairman & CEO, Sony / ATV Music Publishing

Tim Schaaff

President, Sony Network Entertainment

＜Group Executive Retired＞ (as of June 27, 2012)

Robert Wiesenthal

Group Executive,
Executive Vice President, Sony Corporation of America
In charge of Corporate Development and M&A, Sony Corporation
Mr. Wiesenthal to be appointed President International, Sony / ATV Music Publishing on June 27, 2012.