Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation today announced candidates for the positions of Representative Corporate Executive Officers, Corporate Executive Officers, Corporate Executives and Group Executives to be appointed effective June 19, 2014. The selections of Corporate Executive Officers are subject to the approval of the Board of Directors Meeting to be held on June 19, 2014. The selections of Corporate Executives and Group Executives are to be submitted for internal approval following the appointment of Representative Corporate Executive Officers and Corporate Executive Officers.

Corporate Executive Officers (*concurrently a Director)

The candidates for Representative Corporate Executive Officers and Corporate Executive Officers are as follows (as of June 19, 2014):

Representative Corporate Executive Officers

Kazuo Hirai*

President and Chief Executive Officer

Kenichiro Yoshida*

Executive Vice President
Chief Financial Officer

Corporate Executive Officers

Tadashi Saito

Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Medical Business Unit
President of Medical Business Unit

Shoji Nemoto

Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Professional Solutions Business, Digital Imaging Business
and Disk Manufacturing Business
President of Imaging Products & Solutions Sector
President of Professional Solutions Group

Tomoyuki Suzuki

Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Device Solutions Business, RDS Platform

Kunimasa Suzuki

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

Kunitaka Fujita

Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Human Resources and General Affairs

Shiro Kambe

(Promoted)

Executive Vice President
Officer in charge of Legal, Compliance, Corporate Communications,
CSR, External Relations and Brand

Corporate Executives

The candidates for Corporate Executives are as follows (as of June 19, 2014):

Vice Chairman

Masaru Kato

Sony Group China Representative, in charge of External Relations

Senior Vice President (SVP)

Shigeki Ishizuka

Deputy President of Imaging Products and Solutions Sector
President of Digital Imaging Business Group

Keiichiro Shimada

In charge of Mid-to-Long term Technology, RDS Platform
In charge of Technology Policy and Relations

Masashi Imamura

President of Home Entertainment & Sound Business Group
Mr. Imamura to be appointed Representative Director and President of Sony Visual
Products Inc. on July 1st.

Yasuhiro Ueda

Senior General Manager of Image Sensor Business Division,
Device Solutions Business Group

Kazuaki Takanose

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

Takemi Nagasaka

In charge of Accounting

Keiji Nakazawa

In charge of Group Risk Office,
Corporate Internal Control Review Management Section,
and Affiliate Statutory Auditors Section

Yutaka Okamoto

President of Device Solutions Business Group

Ichiro Takagi

Deputy President of Home Entertainment & Sound Business Group

Philip Reitinger

Chief Information Security Officer

Yoshito Ezure

Senior General Manager of Energy Division, Device Solutions
Business Group

Fumiaki Sakai

Chief Information Officer

Toru Katsumoto

Deputy President, Medical Business Unit

Shigeru Kato

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

Hideyuki Furumi

President of UX & Product Strategy Group, UX, Product Strategy and
Creative Platform

Masayuki Hattori

President of System R&D Group, RDS Platform

Teruo Hirayama

President of Device & Material R&D Group, RDS Platform

Toshimoto Mitomo

In charge of Intellectual Property

Toshihiko Ohnishi

Deputy President of Imaging Products and Solutions Sector
Deputy President of Professional Solutions Group

Terushi Shimizu

Deputy President of Device Solutions Business Group

Natsuko Takei

Senior General Manager of Legal & Compliance Department

Hiroki Totoki

In charge of Corporate Planning, Finance
In charge of Business Design and Innovation Laboratory, RDS Platform

Izumi Kawanishi

(Promoted)

Senior General Manager of System Solutions Business Division,
Professional Solutions Group, Imaging Products and Solutions Sector

Hiroichi Kawahira

(Promoted)

Senior General Manager of Advanced Materials Laboratories,
Device & Material R&D Group, RDS Platform

Corporate Executives to Retire (as of June 19, 2014)

Executive Vice President (EVP)

Akira Kubota

Sony Group China Representative

Senior Vice President (SVP)

Shinji Hanatani

In charge of Japan Sales, Professional Solutions Group

Kiyoshi Shikano

In charge of External Relations Special Assignments

Ryosuke Akahane

President of VAIO & Mobile Business Group

New Group Executive (as of June 19, 2014)

Nicole Seligman

President, Sony Corporation of America
President, Sony Entertainment, Inc.
Senior Legal Counsel, Sony Group
*Appointed from EVP and General Counsel, Corporate Executive Officer