As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29th, 2016

 

Registration No. 333 - 123687

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 ____________________

 

Sony Kabushiki Kaisha

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Sony Corporation

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

Japan N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 ____________________

 

c/o 7-1, Konan 1-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075
Japan

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

The Seventh Series of Stock Acquisition Rights for

Shares of Common Stock of Sony Corporation

 

The Ninth Series of Stock Acquisition Rights for

Shares of Common Stock of Sony Corporation

(Full title of the plans)

 

Sony Corporation of America
550 Madison Avenue, 33rd Floor
New York, New York 10022-3211
Attn.: Office of the General Counsel
212-833-4625

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

Copy to:
Arthur H. Kohn, Esq.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
One Liberty Plaza
New York, New York 10006

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer” and “large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

þ Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer o Non-accelerated filer o Smaller Reporting Company

 
 

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this “Post-Effective Amendment”) relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-123687) filed by Sony Corporation (the “Registrant”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2005 (the “Registration Statement”) to register 112,000 shares of the Common Stock of the Registrant (the “Seventh Series Shares”) to be issued upon exercise of the Seventh Series of Stock Acquisition Rights for Shares of Common Stock of Sony Corporation (the “Seventh Series Stock Acquisition Rights”) and 1,009,400 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant (the “Ninth Series Shares”) to be issued upon exercise of the Ninth Series of Stock Acquisition Rights for Shares of Common Stock of Sony Corporation (the “Ninth Series Stock Acquisition Rights”). As of the date hereof, (a) none of the Seventh Series Stock Acquisition Rights remain outstanding, and no additional Seventh Series Shares will be issued and (b) none of the Ninth Series Stock Acquisition Rights remain outstanding, and no additional Ninth Series Shares will be issued.

In accordance with the Registrant’s undertaking in Part II, Item 9(a)(3) of the Registration Statement, the Registrant hereby amends the Registration Statement to remove from registration all of the Seventh Series Shares and Ninth Series Shares that remain unsold or otherwise unissued, if any, and to terminate the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

 

Sony Corp. Post-Effective Amendment

No. 1 to the Registration Statement on

Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-123687).

 
 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Japan as of the 29th day of January, 2016.

SONY CORPORATION

By: /s/ Kazushi Ambe
Kazushi Ambe
Senior Vice President, Corporate Executive, In charge of Human Resources and General Affairs

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and as of the dates indicated:

Name   Title   Date

 

 

 

/s/ Kazuo Hirai

Kazuo Hirai

   President and Chief Executive Officer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Member of the Board  

January 29th, 2016

 

 

 

 

/s/ Kenichiro Yoshida

Kenichiro Yoshida

  

Executive Deputy President and CFO, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Member of the Board

 

  

January 29th, 2016

 

 

 

 

/s/ Osamu Nagayama

Osamu Nagayama

  

Chairman of the Board

 

  

January 29th, 2016

 

 

 

 

/s/ Kanemitsu Anraku

Kanemitsu Anraku

  

Member of the Board

 

  

 

January 29th, 2016

 

 

 

 

/s/ Takaaki Nimura

Takaaki Nimura

  

Member of the Board

 

  

January 29th, 2016

 

 

 

/s/ Eikoh Harada

Eikoh Harada

  

Member of the Board

 

  

January 29th, 2016

 

 

Sony Corp. Post-Effective Amendment

No. 1 to the Registration Statement on

Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-123687).

 
 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Joichi Ito

Joichi Ito

  

Member of the Board

 

  

January 29th, 2016

 

 

 

/s/ Tim Schaaff

Tim Schaaff

  

Member of the Board

 

  

January 29th, 2016

 

 

 

/s/ Kazuo Matsunaga

Kazuo Matsunaga

  

Member of the Board

 

  

January 29th, 2016

 

 

 

/s/ Koichi Miyata

Koichi Miyata

  

Member of the Board

 

  

January 29th, 2016

 

 

 

/s/ John V. Roos

John V. Roos

  

Member of the Board

 

  

January 29th, 2016

 

 

 

/s/ Eriko Sakurai

Eriko Sakurai

  

Member of the Board

 

  

January 29th, 2016

 

 

 

/s/ Steven E. Kober

Steven E. Kober

  

Authorized U.S. Representative

 

  

January 15th, 2016

 

 

Sony Corp. Post-Effective Amendment

No. 1 to the Registration Statement on

Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-123687).