Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation announced the appointment of members to its Board of Directors following approval at the 99^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.

• Kazuo Hirai
  Representative Corporate Executive Officer, President and CEO
• Kenichiro Yoshida
  Representative Corporate Executive Officer,
  Executive Deputy President and CFO
• Osamu Nagayama(*)
  Representative Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
  Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
• Takaaki Nimura(*)
  Certified Public Accountant
• Eikoh Harada(*)
  Representative Director, Chairman and CEO,
  Benesse Holdings, Inc.
  Representative Director and CEO, Benesse Corporation
• Joichi Ito(*)
  Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab
• Tim Schaaff
  Chief Product Officer, Intertrust Technologies Corporation
  Independent Startup Advisor
  Former President, Sony Network Entertainment International LLC
• Kazuo Matsunaga(*)
  Vice Chairman of the Board,
  Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corporation
  Former Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
• Koichi Miyata(*)
  President, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
• John V. Roos(*)
  Former United States Ambassador to Japan
  Founding Partner, Geodesic Capital
• 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

Chairman of the Board

• Chairman of the Board
  Osamu Nagayama

Chairman and Members of the Committees

Nominating Committee

• Chair
  Osamu Nagayama
• Members
  Koichi Miyata, John V. Roos, Kazuo Hirai

Compensation Committee

• Chair
  Eikoh Harada
• Members
  John V. Roos, Kenichiro Yoshida

Audit Committee

• Chair
  Takaaki Nimura
• Members
  Kazuo Matsunaga, Eriko Sakurai

Representative Corporate Executive Officers

• Kazuo Hirai^*
  President and Chief Executive Officer
• Kenichiro Yoshida^*
  Executive Deputy President and Chief Financial Officer

Corporate Executive Officers (EVPs listed in order of appointment)

• Tomoyuki Suzuki
  Executive Deputy President
  Officer in charge of R&D Platform
  In charge of Energy Business and Storage Media Business
• Shiro Kambe
  Executive Vice President
  Officer in charge of Legal, Compliance, Corporate Communications,
  CSR and External Relations
• Masashi Imamura
  Executive Vice President
  Officer in charge of Manufacturing, Logistics, Procurement,
  Quality & Environment
  In charge of Engineering Platform
• Shigeki Ishizuka
  Executive Vice President
  Officer in charge of Imaging Products and Solutions Business
  President of Digital Imaging Group
  President of Professional Solutions and Services Group
• Andrew House
  Executive Vice President
  Officer in charge of Game & Network Services Business
  President and Global CEO, Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
• Michael Lynton
  Executive Vice President
  Officer in charge of Pictures and Music Businesses
  CEO, Sony Entertainment Inc.
  Chairman & CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
  CEO, Sony Corporation of America
• Ichiro Takagi
  Executive Vice President
  Officer in charge of Home Entertainment & Sound Business and Consumer AV Sales & Marketing
  Representative Director and President, Sony Visual Products Inc.
  Representative Director and President, Sony Video & Sound Products Inc.
• Hiroki Totoki
  Executive Vice President
  Officer in charge of Mobile Communications Business
  In charge of New Business Platform (Strategy)
  President & CEO, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
  President and Representative Director, So-net Corporation
• Kazushi Ambe
  (Newly appointed)
  Executive Vice President
  Officer in charge of Human Resources and General Affairs