"Effective November 1994, Mr. Akio Morita is Founder and Honorary
Chairman of Sony Corporation. Although he follows and is informed on various
company matters, he no longer is involved in the day to day operations of the
company".
Set forth below are the names of the Company's Directors and Statutory
Auditors as of July 1, 1996.
| Director/Statutory | ||
| Name | Position | Auditor since |
| Norio Ohga | Chairman and | 1964 |
| Representative Director | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Tsunao Hashimoto | Vice Chairman and | 1980 |
| Representative Director | ||
| Chief Human Resources Officer | ||
| Nobuyuki Idei | President and | 1989 |
| Representative Director | ||
| Chief Operating Officer | ||
| Minoru Morio | Executive Deputy President and | 1988 |
| Representative Director | ||
| Chief Technology Officer | ||
| Kozo Ohsone | Executive Deputy President and | 1987 |
| Representative Director | ||
| Yoshiyuki Kaneda | Executive Deputy President and | 1986 |
| Representative Director | ||
| Chief Production Officer | ||
| Tamotsu Iba | Executive Deputy President and | 1992 |
| Representative Director | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
| Fumio Kohno | Senior Managing Director | 1980 |
| Kiyoshi Yamakawa | Senior Managing Director | 1984 |
| Junichi Kodera | Senior Managing Director | 1985 |
| Chief Marketing Officer | ||
| Jiro Aiko | Senior Managing Director | 1987 |
| Kenji Tamiya | Senior Managing Director | 1986 |
| Chief Communications Officer | ||
| Masahiro Takahashi | Senior Managing Director | 1987 |
| Akira Nagano | Managing Director | 1988 |
| Sumio Sano | Managing Director | 1990 |
| Hideo Nakamura | Managing Director | 1991 |
| Suehiro Nakamura | Managing Director | 1992 |
| Katsuhito Hayashi | Managing Director | 1993 |
| Teruaki Aoki | Managing Director | 1989 |
| Kenichi Oyama | Managing Director | 1993 |
| Toshitada Doi | Director | 1988 |
| Jakob J. Schmuckli | Director | 1989 |
| Masayuki Takano | Director | 1990 |
| Seiichi Watanabe | Director | 1990 |
| Kenji Hori | Director | 1991 |
| Toshiyuki Yamada | Director | 1992 |
| Katsuaki Tsurushima | Director | 1992 |
| Yasumasa Mizushima | Director | 1993 |
| Kunitake Ando | Director | 1994 |
| Masahiro Hayashi | Director | 1995 |
| Masayoshi Morimoto | Director | 1995 |
| Shizuo Takashino | Director | 1995 |
| Takeo Eguchi | Director | 1995 |
| Shigeyuki Ochi | Director | 1996 |
| Toshiharu Sawada | Director | 1996 |
| Akiyosi Kawashima | Director | 1996 |
| Kenichi Kamiya | Director | 1989 |
| Peter G. Peterson | Director | 1991 |
| Nobuo Kanoi | Standing Statutory Auditor | 1996 |
| Akihisa Ohnishi | Standing Statutory Auditor | 1993 |
| Yoshisuke Mohri | Standing Statutory Auditor | 1994 |
| Kazuaki Morita | Statutory Auditor | 1995 |
All of the above persons, with the exception of Mr. Kenichi Kamiya, Advisor
of The Sakura Bank, Limited, Mr. Peter G. Peterson, Chairman of The Blackstone
Group, and Mr. Kazuaki Morita are engaged full-time in the affairs of Sony.