Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation announced the appointment of members to its Board of Directors following approval at the 97^th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders that took place today, along with the company's 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 have not changed since the announcement on May 13.

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
• (**)New Members of the Board

Chairman of the Board

Chairman of the Board

Osamu Nagayama

Chairman and Members of the Committees

Nominating Committee

Chair

Osamu Nagayama

Members

Joichi Ito, Tim Schaaff, Koichi Miyata, John V. Roos
Kazuo Hirai, Kenichiro Yoshida

Compensation Committee

Chair

Eikoh Harada

Members

Eriko Sakurai, Kenichiro Yoshida

Audit Committee

Chair

Takaaki Nimura

Members

Kanemitsu Anraku, Kazuo Matsunaga

Corporate Executive Officers (*concurrently a Director)

^*The candidates have not changed since the announcement on May 30.

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 and 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