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Tokyo, Japan - At the meeting of the Nominating Committee held on May 8, 2013, Sony Corporation named candidates for election to the position of Member of the Board. The selections are subject to the approval at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 20, 2013.
Members of the Board
 The candidates for election to the position of Member of the Board are as follows. 
Kazuo Hirai Representative Corporate Executive Officer, President and CEO
Masaru Kato Corporate Executive Officer, EVP and CFO
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.
Honorary Chairman, Berlitz Corporation
Mitsuaki Yahagi (*) Special Advisor, The Japan Research Institute, Ltd.
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
Eikoh Harada(*)(**) Chairman, President and CEO, Representative Director,
McDonald's Company (Japan), Ltd.
McDonald's Holdings Company (Japan), Ltd.
Joichi Ito(*)(**) Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab
Tim Schaaff(**) Retired President, Sony Network Entertainment International LLC

(*) An Outside Director who satisfies the requirements under Item 15, Article 2 of the Companies Act of Japan
(**) A new candidate for Member of the Board


Members of the Board scheduled to retire
Howard Stringer Chairman of the Board
Ryoji Chubachi President of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Retired Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Vice Chairman
Tsun-Yan Hsieh Chairman and Lead Counselor, LinHart Group
Roland A. Hernandez Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Telemundo Group, Inc.