Sony Corporation Executive Appointments

Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation today announced candidates for the positions of Representative Corporate Executive Officers, Corporate Executive Officers, Business Executives and Corporate Executives to be appointed effective June 17, 2016. The appointments of Representative Corporate Executive Officers and Corporate Executive Officers are subject to the approval of the Board of Directors Meeting to be held on June 17, 2016. The appointments of Business Executives and Corporate Executives are to be submitted for internal approval following the appointment of Representative Corporate Executive Officers and Corporate Executive Officers. Corporate Executive Officers (*concurrently a Director) The candidates for Representative Corporate Executive Officers and Corporate Executive Officers are as follows (as of June 17, 2016): Representative Corporate Executive Officers Kazuo Hirai* President and Chief Executive Officer Kenichiro Yoshida* Executive Deputy President and Chief Financial Officer Corporate Executive Officers (EVPs listed in order of appointment) Tomoyuki Suzuki Executive Deputy President Officer in charge of R&D Platform In charge of Energy Business and Storage Media Business Shiro Kambe Executive Vice President Officer in charge of Legal, Compliance, Corporate Communications, CSR and External Relations Masashi Imamura Executive Vice President Officer in charge of Manufacturing, Logistics, Procurement, Quality & Environment In charge of Engineering Platform Shigeki Ishizuka Executive Vice President Officer in charge of Imaging Products and Solutions Business President of Digital Imaging Group President of Professional Solutions and Services Group Andrew House Executive Vice President Officer in charge of Game & Network Services Business President and Global CEO, Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC Michael Lynton Executive Vice President Officer in charge of Pictures and Music Businesses CEO, Sony Entertainment Inc. Chairman & CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. CEO, Sony Corporation of America Ichiro Takagi Executive Vice President Officer in charge of Home Entertainment & Sound Business and Consumer AV Sales & Marketing Representative Director and President, Sony Visual Products Inc. Representative Director and President, Sony Video & Sound Products Inc. Hiroki Totoki Executive Vice President Officer in charge of Mobile Communications Business In charge of New Business Platform (Strategy) President & CEO, Sony Mobile Communications Inc. President and Representative Director, So-net Corporation Kazushi Ambe (Newly appointed) Executive Vice President Officer in charge of Human Resources and General Affairs Business Executives (listed in order of appointment) The candidates for Business Executives are as follows (as of June 17, 2016): Katsumi Ihara Chairman, Director, Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (**) Chairman, Director, Sony Life Insurance Co., Ltd. Doug Morris CEO, Sony Music Entertainment Martin Bandier Chairman & CEO, Sony / ATV Music Publishing LLC Hiroshi Kawano President and Representative Director, Sony Marketing Inc. President and Corporate Executive, Sony Marketing Japan Inc. Masaru Tamagawa Chairman, Representative Director and Global Sales & Marketing Officer, Sony Marketing Inc. Kunimasa Suzuki Executive Vice President, Sony Entertainment Inc. Izumi Kawanishi Director, EVP, Product Business Group, Sony Mobile Communications Inc. Yasuhiro Ueda President, Representative Director, Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation Michael Fasulo President and COO, Sony Electronics Inc. Tomoo Hagimoto President, Representative Director, Sony Life Insurance Co., Ltd. Michinori Mizuno Representative Director and CEO, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. Hidehiko Teshirogi EVP, Deputy Head of Product Business Group, Sony Mobile Communications Inc. In charge of TS Business, Sony Corporation Yoshito Ezure Representative Director and President, Sony Energy Devices Corporation Toru Katsumoto Deputy President of Imaging Products and Solutions Sector President of Professional Products Group President of Medical Business Unit Hideyuki Furumi EVP, Global Sales & Marketing, Sony Mobile Communications Inc. Director, So-net Corporation Toshihiko Ohnishi Deputy President of Professional Solutions and Services Group, Imaging Products and Solutions Sector Terushi Shimizu Representative Director and President, Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation Shigeru Ishii (Promoted) President, Representative Director, Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (**) Mitsuya Kishida (Promoted) Representative Director and President, Sony Global Manufacturing & Operations Corporation Tsuyoshi Kodera (Promoted) Deputy President, Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC ** The appointments are subject to the approval at Sony Financial Holdings Inc.'s Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders as well as the Board of Directors' meeting both to be held on June 23, 2016. Corporate Executives (listed in order of appointment) The candidates for Corporate Executives are as follows (as of June 17, 2016): Shoji Nemoto Sony Group China Representative In charge of Disc Manufacturing Business Keiichiro Shimada In charge of Mid-to-Long Term Technology, R&D Platform In charge of Technology Policy and Relations Fumiaki Sakai Chief Information Officer Masayuki Hattori President of System R&D Group, R&D Platform Teruo Hirayama President of Device & Material R&D Group, R&D Platform Toshimoto Mitomo In charge of Intellectual Property and Mid-to-Long Term Business Development Natsuko Takei Senior General Manager of Legal & Compliance Department Hiroichi Kawahira President of Advanced Materials Laboratories, Device & Material R&D Group, R&D Platform Hiroyuki Sato In charge of Quality & Environment Deputy President of Digital Imaging Group, Imaging Products and Solutions Sector Kazuhiko Takeda In charge of Corporate Planning & Control and Accounting Senior General Manager of Corporate Planning & Control Department Hiroaki Kitano (Promoted) President & Chief Executive Officer, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc. Atsuko Murakami (Promoted) Senior General Manager of Finance Department Business Executive to Retire (as of June 17, 2016) Nobuki Kurita Chairman, Sony (China) Co., Ltd