Sony Corporation approved, at the meeting of its Board of Directors held on October 29, 2009, the interim cash dividends on shares of common stock for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010 (from April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010) as follows.
¥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 September 30, 2009, Tokyo time (the "Record Date") for the semi-annual period ended on the Record Date.
Commencing on December 1, 2009 (Tuesday) in Japan.