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Corporate Bonds & Ratings
Bonds with Stock Acquisition Rights
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Bonds with Stock Acquisition Rights
As of March 31, 2008
Name
(Date of issuance)
Exercise period
Total number of SARs issued
Number of shares to be issued or transferred
Exercise price
Percentage of SARs exercised
Bonds with Stock Acquisition Rights
(December 18, 2003)
1/28/2004
~12/4/2008
50,000 44,603,033 ¥ 5,605 0%
(Note) Bonds with Stock Acquisition Rights (total amount of issue being ¥ 250 billion) were issued in overseas markets mainly in Europe in order to raise funds for the development of and equipment expenditures for the next-generation semiconductors and key devices in Sony Group.
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Convertible Bonds
As of March 31, 2008
Name
(Date of issuance)
Conversion period
Interest rate
Total amount of issue
Conversion price
Outstanding balance
(Percentage of bonds converted)
U.S. Dollar convertible bonds
(April 17, 2000)
4/1/2001
~3/31/2010
0% U.S.$ 57,331 thousand ¥ 13,220 U.S.$ 45,550 thousand
(0%)
U.S. Dollar convertible bonds
(April 16, 2001)
4/17/2001
~3/31/2011
0% U.S.$ 77,056 thousand ¥ 8,814 U.S.$ 46,112 thousand
(0%)
U.S. Dollar convertible bonds
(April 15, 2002)
4/16/2002
~4/2/2012
0% U.S.$ 67,297 thousand ¥ 6,931 U.S.$ 33,295 thousand
(6.2%)
(Note) All convertible bonds were issued to provide equity-based compensation to certain executives in Sony's U.S. subsidiary companies. The outstanding balance of each series is not equal to the total amount of issue of such series since Sony Corporation repurchased and canceled certain portion of each series which were not used for such purpose.
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Straight Bonds
As of March 31, 2008
Name
(Date of issue)
Years
Interest rate
Total amount of issue
Outstanding balance
The eighth (2) series of unsecured bonds
(July 26, 2000)
10 (Note 2) ¥ 5,000 million ¥ 4,900 million
The ninth series of unsecured bonds
(September 13, 2000)
10 2.04% ¥ 50,000 million ¥ 50,000 million
The twelfth series of unsecured bonds
(September 17, 2001)
10 1.52% ¥ 50,000 million ¥ 50,000 million
The fifteenth series of unsecured bonds
(September 8, 2005)
5 0.80% ¥ 50,000 million ¥ 50,000 million
The sixteenth series of unsecured bonds
(September 8, 2005)
7 1.16% ¥ 40,000 million ¥ 40,000 million
The seventeenth series of unsecured bonds
(September 8, 2005)
10 1.57% ¥ 30,000 million ¥ 30,000 million
The eighteenth series of unsecured bonds
(February 28, 2006)
4 1.01% ¥ 40,000 million ¥ 40,000 million
The nineteenth series of unsecured bonds
(February 28, 2006)
7 1.52% ¥ 35,000 million ¥ 35,000 million
The twentieth series of unsecured bonds
(February 28, 2006)
10 1.75% ¥ 25,000 million ¥ 25,000 million
(Note 1) Sony Corporation assumed responsibility for the eighth (2) series of unsecured bonds as a result of its merger with AIWA Corporation. Sony Corporation repurchased and canceled one hundred million yen of the eighth (2) series of unsecured bonds.
(Note 2) The interest rate of the eighth (2) series of unsecured bonds is calculated by subtracting 2-year interest rate swap from 20-year interest rate swap and then adding 1.00%. (If the result of this calculation is negative, the interest rate is 0%.)
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Corporate Ratings
Rating Agency
Rating
Standard & Poor's A-
Moody's A2
Rating and Investment Information, Inc. AA-
(Note) Ratings above are Sony's long-term debt ratings.
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