Tokyo, Japan - At the meeting of the Nominating Committee held on May 13, 2014, Sony Corporation named candidates for election to the position of Member of the Board. The selections are subject to the approval at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 19, 2014.

Members of the Board

Kazuo Hirai

Representative Corporate Executive Officer, President and CEO

Kenichiro Yoshida(**)

Representative Corporate Executive Officer, EVP and CFO

Kanemitsu Anraku(*)

Director, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

Osamu Nagayama(*)

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

Takaaki Nimura(*)

Certified Public Accountant

Eikoh Harada(*)

Chairman, Director,
McDonald's Holdings Company (Japan), Ltd.
McDonald's Company (Japan), Ltd

Joichi Ito(*)

Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab

Tim Schaaff

Retired President, Sony Network Entertainment International LLC
Independent Startup Advisor

Kazuo Matsunaga(*)(**)

Retired Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

Koichi Miyata(*)(**)

President, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

John V. Roos(*)(**)

Former United States Ambassador to Japan

Eriko Sakurai(*)(**)

Chairman and CEO, Dow Corning Toray Co., Ltd

• (*)An Outside Director who satisfies the requirements under Item 15, Article 2 of the Companies Act of Japan
• (**)A new candidate for Member of the Board

Members of the Board scheduled to retire

Masaru Kato

Vice Chairman

Peter Bonfield

Chairman of the Board, NXP Semiconductors N.V.

Ryuji Yasuda

Professor, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy,
Hitotsubashi University

Yukako Uchinaga

President & CEO, Globalization Research Institute Co.,Ltd

Mitsuaki Yahagi

Special Advisor, The Japan Research Institute, Ltd.

Yorihiko Kojima

Chairman of the Board, Mitsubishi Corporation