Tokyo, Japan – Sony Corporation announced the appointment of members to its Board of Directors following approval at the 95^th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders that took place today, along with the company's Chairman of the Board, Vice 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 are not changed at the announcement on May, 9.

Kazuo Hirai (**)	Representative Corporate Executive Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer
Ryoji Chubachi	Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Vice Chairman
Masaru Kato (**)	Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Howard Stringer	Chairman of the Board
Peter Bonfield (*)	Chairman of the Board, NXP Semiconductors N.V.
Ryuji Yasuda (*)	Professor, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University
Yukako Uchinaga (*)	Director and Executive Vice President, Benesse Holdings, Inc. Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President, Berlitz Corporation
Mitsuaki Yahagi (*)	Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, The Japan Research Institute, Ltd.* *Mr. Yahagi to be appointed Special Advisor, The Japan Research Institute. Ltd. on June 28, 2012.
Tsun-Yan Hsieh (*)	Founder & Chairman, LinHart Group
Roland A. Hernandez (*)	Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Telemundo Group, Inc.
Kanemitsu Anraku (*)	Director, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
Yorihiko Kojima (*)	Chairman of the Board, Mitsubishi Corporation
Osamu Nagayama (*)	Representative Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Takaaki Nimura (*)(**)	Certified Public Accountant

(*) 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 and Vice Chairman of the Board

Chairman of the Board	Howard Stringer
Vice Chairman of the Board	Osamu Nagayama

Chairman and Members of the Committees
Nominating Committee

Chair	Peter Bonfield
Members	Osamu Nagayama, Roland A. Hernandez, Yorihiko Kojima Howard Stringer, Kazuo Hirai, Ryoji Chubachi

Compensation Committee

Chair	Ryuji Yasuda
Members	Tsun-Yan Hsieh, Masaru Kato

Audit Committee

Chair	Takaaki Nimura
Members	Mitsuaki Yahagi, Kanemitsu Anraku

Corporate Executive Officers (*concurrently a Director)
*The candidate are not changed at the announcement on July 19.
Representative Corporate Executive Officers

Kazuo Hirai*	President and Chief Executive Officer
Ryoji Chubachi*	Vice Chairman

Corporate Executive Officers

Hiroshi Yoshioka	Executive Deputy President Officer in charge of Medical business
Keiji Kimura	Executive Vice President Officer in charge of Intellectual Property
Nicole Seligman	Executive Vice President General Counsel
Masaru Kato*	Executive Vice President Chief Financial Officer
Tadashi Saito	Executive Vice President Chief Strategy Officer
Shoji Nemoto	Executive Vice President Officer in charge of Professional Solutions Business, Digital Imaging Business, Disk Manufacturing Business, System & Software Technology Platform and Corporate R&D President of Professional Solutions Group
Tomoyuki Suzuki	Executive Vice President Officer in charge of Semiconductor Business, Device Solutions Business and Advanced Device Technology Platform President of Semiconductor Business Group President of Device Solutions Business Group* President of Core Device Development Group, Advanced Device Technology Platform *Mr. Suzuki to be appointed President of Device Solutions Business Group on July 1, 2012.
Kunimasa Suzuki	Executive Vice President Officer in charge of PC Business, Mobile Business and UX, Product Strategy and Creative Platform President of UX & Product Strategy Group, UX, Product Strategy and Creative Platform