Tokyo, Japan – Sony Corporation announced the appointment of members to its Board of Directors following approval at the 95^th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders that took place today, along with the company's Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, Chairman 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

*The candidates are not changed at the announcement on May, 9.

Kazuo Hirai (**)

Representative Corporate Executive Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer

Ryoji Chubachi

Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Vice Chairman

Masaru Kato (**)

Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Howard Stringer

Chairman of the Board

Peter Bonfield (*)

Chairman of the Board, NXP Semiconductors N.V.

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 (*)

Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, The Japan Research Institute, Ltd.*
*Mr. Yahagi to be appointed Special Advisor, The Japan Research Institute. Ltd. on June 28, 2012.

Tsun-Yan Hsieh (*)

Founder & 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 (*)

Representative Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Takaaki Nimura (*)(**)

Certified Public Accountant

• (*) An Outside Director who satisfies the requirements under Item 15, Article 2 of the Companies Act of Japan
• (**) New Members of the Board

Chairman of the Board and Vice Chairman of the Board

Chairman of the Board

Howard Stringer

Vice Chairman of the Board

Osamu Nagayama

Chairman and Members of the Committees

Nominating Committee

Chair

Peter Bonfield

Members

Osamu Nagayama, Roland A. Hernandez, Yorihiko Kojima
Howard Stringer, Kazuo Hirai, Ryoji Chubachi

Compensation Committee

Chair

Ryuji Yasuda

Members

Tsun-Yan Hsieh, Masaru Kato

Audit Committee

Chair

Takaaki Nimura

Members

Mitsuaki Yahagi, Kanemitsu Anraku

Corporate Executive Officers (*concurrently a Director)

• *The candidate are not changed at the announcement on July 19.

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