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B. Compensation
Under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan and related regulations, Sony is required to
disclose the total remuneration paid by Sony Corporation to Directors and Corporate Executive Officers, as well
as remuneration of any Director or Corporate Executive Officer who receives total aggregate annual
remuneration exceeding 100 million yen from Sony Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries in a fiscal year,
on an individual basis. The following table and accompanying footnotes show the information on such matters
that Sony Corporation has disclosed in its annual Securities Report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016 filed
on June 17, 2016 with the Director General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance in
Japan.
(1) Total amounts of remuneration paid by Sony Corporation to Directors and Corporate Executive Officers
Fixed remuneration Remuneration linked to business results Phantom restricted stock plan
Number of
persons
Amount
(Yen in millions)
Number of
persons
Amount
(Yen in millions)
Number of
persons
Amount
(Yen in millions)
Directors 10 151 — — 1 32
(*) (***) (*****)
(Outside Directors) (9) (136) (—) (—) (1) (32)
Corporate Executive 8 470 6 534 — —
Officers (**) (****)
Total****** 18 621 6 534 1 32
* The number of persons does not include two Directors who concurrently serve as Corporate Executive Officers,
because Sony Corporation does not pay any additional remuneration for services as Director to Directors who
concurrently serve as Corporate Executive Officers.
** The number of persons includes two Corporate Executive Officers who resigned on the day of the Ordinary
General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 23, 2015.
*** Sony Corporation does not pay remuneration linked to business results to Directors who do not concurrently
serve as Corporate Executive Officers.
**** The Remuneration linked to business results includes the amount that was paid in June 2016. Eight
Corporate Executive Officers waived their remuneration linked to business results for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2015.
***** The Phantom Restricted Stock Plan includes the amount that will be paid to a Director who resigned on
the day of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 17, 2016.
****** In addition to the above, during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, Sony Corporation recorded
397 million yen in expenses for Corporate Executive Officers, for Stock Acquisition Rights granted to Corporate
Executive Officers during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016 or in the past for stock option purposes.
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