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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 2014
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/  Kenichiro Yoshida
 
                (Signature)
 
Kenichiro Yoshida
 
Executive Vice President and
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
Date: May 13, 2014

List of materials

Documents attached hereto:
 
i) Press Release Announcing Selection of Board Member Candidates.

 
 

 
 
 
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News & Information
1-7-1 Konan, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075
   
 
                                                                                  No.14-048E
May 13, 2014


Selection of Board Member Candidates


Tokyo, Japan – At the meeting of the Nominating Committee held on May 13, 2014, 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 19, 2014.

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
   
Kenichiro Yoshida(**)
Representative Corporate Executive Officer, EVP and CFO
   
Kanemitsu Anraku(*)
Director, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
   
Osamu Nagayama(*)
Representative Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
   
Takaaki Nimura(*)
Certified Public Accountant
   
Eikoh Harada(*)
Chairman, Director,
McDonald's Holdings Company (Japan), Ltd.
McDonald’s Company (Japan), Ltd.
   
Joichi Ito(*)
Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab
   
Tim Schaaff
Retired President, Sony Network Entertainment International LLC
Independent Startup Advisor
   
Kazuo Matsunaga(*)(**)
Retired Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
   
Koichi Miyata(*)(**)
President, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
   
John V. Roos(*)(**)
Former United States Ambassador to Japan
   
Eriko Sakurai(*)(**)
Chairman and CEO, Dow Corning Toray Co., Ltd.

(*) 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

 
 
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Members of the Board scheduled to retire

Masaru Kato
Vice Chairman
   
Peter Bonfield
Chairman of the Board, NXP Semiconductors N.V.
   
Ryuji Yasuda
Professor, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University
   
Yukako Uchinaga
President & CEO, Globalization Research Institute Co., Ltd.
   
Mitsuaki Yahagi
Special Advisor, The Japan Research Institute, Ltd.
   
Yorihiko Kojima
Chairman of the Board, Mitsubishi Corporation
   





Inquiries
Corporate Communications & CSR Department, Sony Corporation
Tel: +81-3-6748-2200
 
 
 
 
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