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Announcement of Absorption of Subsidiary in Accordance with Reorganization of Group Business
Sony Corporation ("Sony") today announced that it plans to implement reorganization as of April 1, 2010, to strengthen the network business within the Sony Group, in the form set forth below:
(1) Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony, will change its trade name to SNE Platform Inc. ("SNEP") and transfer certain of its business, mainly consisting of the planning, development, manufacturing and sales of home-use/portable game consoles and software, to a new subsidiary (the trade name of which will be Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.) to be established by company split.
(2) Sony will merge with SNEP (which, post transfer, will primarily engage in the planning, development and operational business concerning the platforms and services for the network business).
1. Purpose of the merger
As part of the reorganization related to the network services business within the Sony Group, Sony will aim to efficiently operate and further strengthen its business through integration of some portions of the network services business of Sony and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
2. Conditions of the merger
(1) Schedule of the merger
Approval by the representative
corporate executive officer February 24, 2010
Execution of merger agreement February 24, 2010
Effective date of merger April 1, 2010 (scheduled)
* Sony and SNEP will perform the merger without obtaining approval of the merger agreement by its shareholders pursuant to the provisions related to the small-scale merger set forth in Paragraph 3 of Article 796 and the summary form merger set forth in Paragraph 1 of Article 784 of the Japanese Companies Act.
(2) Method of the merger
Sony will absorb SNEP and become the surviving company; SNEP will subsequently be dissolved.
(3) Details of the allotment upon the merger
As Sony owns all shares of SNEP, there will be no issuance of new shares, increase of share capital or cash payment upon the merger.
(4) Treatment of stock acquisition rights and bonds with stock acquisition rights of absorbed company
SNEP has not issued any stock acquisition rights or bonds with stock acquisition rights.
3. Summary of Parties (numbers shown below are those as of March 31, 2009 or for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009)
(1) Trade name Sony Corporation(Surviving SNE
Company) Platform Inc.(Absorbed
Company) (Note 1)
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(2) Business Manufacture and sale Planning, development
ofelectronic and andoperational
electrical machinesand business concerningthe
equipment platforms and services
for thenetwork
business (Note 1)
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(3) Date ofincorporation May 7, 1946 November 16, 1993
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(4) Location of head office 7-1, Konan 1-chome, 6-21, Minamiaoyama
Minato-ku,Tokyo 2-chome,Minato-ku,
Tokyo
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(5) Title Howard Kazuo
and name ofRepresentative StringerRepresentative HiraiRepresentative
CorporateExecutive Officer Director
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(6) Stated capital ¥ 630,765 million ¥ 1,933 million
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(7) Number of sharesissued 1,004,535,364 shares 38,500 shares
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(8) Fiscal year-end March 31 March 31
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(9) Major shareholders 1 Moxley & Company 11.81%
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and shareholding 2 Japan Trustee
Services Bank,
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ratios Ltd. (Trust Account) 6.74%
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3 Japan Trustee Services
Bank, Ltd.
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(Trust Account 4G) 6.08% Sony Corporation 100%
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4. The Master Trust Bank
of Japan, Ltd.
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(Trust Account)
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5.04%
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5 State Street
Bank and Trust
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Company 2.68%
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(10) Net assets ¥ 2,964,653 million ¥
(consolidated) (10,472
million)(non-consolidated
) (Note 1)
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(11) Total assets ¥ ¥
12,013,511 209,907
million(consolidated) million(non-consolidated)
(Note 1)
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(12) Net assets pershare ¥ 2,954.25 (consolidated) --
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(13) Net sales ¥ 7,729,993 million ¥
(consolidated) 985,066
million(non-consolidated)
(Note 1)
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(14) Operating income (loss) ¥ (227,783 million) ¥
(consolidated) 37,459
million(non-consolidated)
(Note 1)
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(15) Ordinary income (loss) ¥ ¥
(174,955 28,235
million) million(non-consolidated)
(consolidated)(Note (Note 1)
2)
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(16) Net income (loss) ¥ (98,938 million) ¥
(consolidated) 9,550
million(non-consolidated)
(Note 1)
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(17) Net income (loss) ¥ (98.59) (consolidated) ¥
per share 248,064.62(non-consolidated)
(Note 1)
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Note 1: Upon the company split described in the introductory paragraph above, SNEP will become a corporation primarily engaging in the planning, development and operational business concerning platforms and services for the network business. This merger will be between SNEP and Sony after SNEP completes such company split. The net sales of the business (relating to the company primarily engaged in the planning, development and operational business concerning the platforms and services for the network business), which will be succeeded by Sony in accordance with the merger as of April 1, 2010, is ¥1,526 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009.
Note 2: Since Sony prepares its consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, income (loss) before income taxes is stated in place of ordinary income (loss).
4. Circumstances after the merger
There will be no change in the trade name, the location of the head office, the title and name of representatives, the business, the stated capital and fiscal year-end of Sony upon the merger.
5. Outlook
No material impact on Sony's consolidated financial results is anticipated in connection with this merger.
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