Sony Corporation today announced changes in Representative Corporate Executive Officers as follows.

1. Reason for Changes

Change of management

2. Newly appointed and retiring Representative Corporate Executive Officers

Newly appointed Representative Corporate Executive Officer

• Name:
  Kenichiro Yoshida
• New Title:
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer
• Current Title:
  Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer and Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Executive Officer

Retiring Representative Corporate Executive Officer

• Name:
  Masaru Kato
• Current Title:
  Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer

• *While retiring from the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Mr. Kato will remain a Director of Sony Corporation and become Vice Chairman as of April 1, 2014.

3. Brief personal history and other information about the newly appointed Representative Corporate Executive Officer

Date of Birth: October 20, 1959

Brief Personal History

　April 1983　Joined Sony Corporation
　May 2001　Senior Vice President, So-net Corporation
　April 2005　President and Representative Director, So-net Corporation
　December 2013　Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer and Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Corporate
　　　　　　　　　 Executive Officer, Sony Corporation (Present)

Number of Sony Corporation’s Shares Held: 17,200 shares

4. Effective Date of Changes

April 1, 2014

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