Sony : Selection of Board Member Candidates (PDF)

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Sony Corporation

1-7-1 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo

No. 21-027E

March 30, 2021

Selection of Board Member Candidates

Tokyo, Japan - At Sony Corporation's*1 recent Nominating Committee meeting, the following candidates were nominated as Members of Sony Group Corporation's Board of Directors. The nominees are subject to the approval at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, to be held in June 2021.

Members of the Board

The candidates for Members of the Board are as follows:

Kenichiro Yoshida	Chairman, President and CEO
Representative Corporate Executive Officer
Hiroki Totoki	Executive Deputy President and CFO
Representative Corporate Executive Officer
Shuzo Sumi *2	Senior Executive Advisor, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance
Co., Ltd.
Tim Schaaff	Chief Product Officer, Intertrust Technologies Corporation
Toshiko Oka *2	CEO, Oka & Company Ltd.
Sakie Akiyama *2	Founder, Saki Corporation
Wendy Becker *2	Chairperson of the Board, Logitech International S.A.
Non-Executive Director, Great Portland Estates plc
Yoshihiko Hatanaka *2	Representative Director, Chairman of the Board,
Astellas Pharma Inc.
Adam Crozier *2	Chairman of the Board, Whitbread plc
Chairman of the Board, ASOS plc
Chairman of the Board, Kantar Group Limited.
Keiko Kishigami *2	Certified Public Accountant in Japan
Board Member, WWF Japan
Joseph A. Kraft Jr. *2	CEO, Rorschach Advisory Inc.

*1 As of April 1st 2021, Sony Corporation will change its company name to "Sony Group Corporation."

*2 An Outside Director who satisfies the requirements under Item 15, Article 2 of the Companies Act of Japan

Member of the Board scheduled to retire

Kazuo Matsunaga *3

Chairman of the Board, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation

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*3 After retiring from the member of the Board, Kazuo Matsunaga will be retained as Senior

Advisor to provide advice to the management of Sony Group Corporation from a broad perspective.

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