Sony Global - Dividend

Dividend

Notice Regarding Year-End Dividend

Sony Corporation approved, at the meeting of its Board of Directors held on May 9, 2012, the year-end dividend on shares of common stock for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 as follows.

1. Year-End Dividend:

¥12.50 (before withholding any applicable tax thereon) per share to shareholders or registered share pledgees whose names appear on the register of shareholders as of the close of March 31, 2012, Tokyo time (the “Record Date”) for the semi-annual period ended on the Record Date.

*This payment, combined with the interim dividend in the amount of ¥12.50 per share paid in December 2011, will bring the total annual dividend for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 to ¥25 per share.

2. Dividend Payment Starting Date:

June 6, 2012 (Wednesday)