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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
 
FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of May 2010
Commission File Number: 001-06439

SONY CORPORATION
(Translation of registrant's name into English)

1-7-1 KONAN, MINATO-KU, TOKYO, 108-0075, JAPAN
(Address of principal executive offices)

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
SONY CORPORATION
 
(Registrant)
   
   
 
By:  /s/  Nobuyuki Oneda
 
                (Signature)
 
Nobuyuki Oneda
 
Executive Deputy President and
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
Date: May 12, 2010

List of materials

Documents attached hereto:
 
i) Press release entitled "Executive Appointments"
 
 

 
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 News & Information
1-7-1 Konan, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075
     
 
           May 12, 2010
No. 10-062E
 
 
Executive Appointments
 
 
Tokyo, Japan – At the meeting of the Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors held on May 12, 2010, Sony Corporation named candidates for election to the position of Member of the Board. The selections are subject to the approval of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 18, 2010.
 
Members of the Board

The candidates for election to the position of Member of the Board are as follows.
 
Howard Stringer
Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
   
Ryoji Chubachi
Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Vice Chairman
   
Yotaro Kobayashi (*)
Former Chairman of the Board, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
   
Yoshiaki Yamauchi (*)
Former Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
   
Peter Bonfield (*)
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, NXP B.V.
   
Fujio Cho (*)
Chairman of the Board, Toyota Motor Corporation
   
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 International, Inc.
   
Mitsuaki Yahagi (*)
Chairman of the Board, The Japan Research Institute, Limited
   
Tsun-Yan Hsieh (*)
Director Emeritus, McKinsey & Company
   
Roland A. Hernandez (*)
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Telemundo Group, Inc.
   
Kanemitsu Anraku (*)(**)
Director, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
   
Yorihiko Kojima (*)(**)
Member of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Corporation
   
Osamu Nagayama (*)(**)
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
 
(*)     An Outside Director who satisfies the requirements under Item 15, Article 2 of the Companies Act of Japan

(**)  A new candidate for election to the position of Member of the Board
 
 
 

 
 
 
Retired Members of the Board
   
Nobuyuki Oneda(***)
Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Deputy President and
 
Chief Financial Officer
   
Sakie T. Fukushima
Representative Director & Chairman, Korn/Ferry International – Japan
   
Yoshihiko Miyauchi
Director, Representative Executive Officer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
 
ORIX Corporation
   
Fueo Sumita
Chief of Sumita Accounting Office
 
(***)
Effective June 18, 2010, Nobuyuki Oneda will retire as Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Deputy President and Chief Financial Officer, and it is intended that in his place, Masaru Kato, current Deputy CFO, will assume a newly appointed role as Chief Financial Officer.
 
 
 

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