Determination of Final Terms of Stock Acquisition Rights for the Purpose of Granting Stock Options

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Sony Corporation
1-7-1 Konan, Minato-ku
Tokyo, 108-0075 Japan

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December 4, 2012

Determination of Final Terms of Stock Acquisition Rights
for the Purpose of Granting Stock Options

Sony Corporation (the “Corporation”) announced today that the final terms of stock acquisition rights (“Stock Acquisition Rights”) for the purpose of granting stock options, which issues were determined on November 14, 2012, have been fixed as set forth below.

The Twenty-Fourth Series of Stock Acquisition Rights

1. Aggregate number of Stock Acquisition Rights:

7,387

2. Persons to whom Stock Acquisition Rights will be allocated and number of Stock Acquisition Rights to be allocated:

	Number of persons
	(Number of Stock Acquisition Rights)
Corporate executive officers of the Corporation	8	(2,300)
Employees of the Corporation	182	(2,964)
Directors of the subsidiaries of the Corporation	49	(1,034)
Employees of the subsidiaries of the Corporation	130	(1,089)
	Total: 369	(Total: 7,387)

3. Payment in exchange for Stock Acquisition Rights:

Stock Acquisition Rights are issued without payment of any consideration to the Corporation.

4. Class and number of shares to be issued or transferred upon exercise of Stock Acquisition Rights:

738,700 shares of common stock of the Corporation
The number of shares to be issued or transferred upon exercise of each Stock Acquisition Right shall be 100 shares.

5. Amount of assets to be contributed upon exercise of Stock Acquisition Rights:

93,200 yen per Stock Acquisition Right
(932 yen per share) (Exercise Price)

The Twenty-Fifth Series of Stock Acquisition Rights

1. Aggregate number of Stock Acquisition Rights:

11,763

2. Persons to whom Stock Acquisition Rights will be allocated and number of Stock Acquisition Rights to be allocated:

	Number of persons
	(Number of Stock Acquisition Rights)
Corporate executive officers of the Corporation	2	(2,300)
Employees of the Corporation	4	(237)
Directors of the subsidiaries of the Corporation	48	(3,070)
Employees of the subsidiaries of the Corporation	620	(6,156)
	Total: 674	(Total: 11,763)

3. Payment in exchange for Stock Acquisition Rights:

Stock Acquisition Rights are issued without payment of any consideration to the Corporation.

4. Class and number of shares to be issued or transferred upon exercise of Stock Acquisition Rights:

1,176,300 shares of common stock of the Corporation
The number of shares to be issued or transferred upon exercise of each Stock Acquisition Right shall be 100 shares.

5. Amount of assets to be contributed upon exercise of Stock Acquisition Rights:

1,123.00 U.S. dollars per Stock Acquisition Right
(11.23 U.S. dollars per share) (Exercise Price)