Corporate information for the Sony Corporation. Sony Corporation (Japanese katakana: ソニー) (TYO: 6758), (NYSE: SNE) is a global consumer electronics corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. ...

Shareholders

(As of March 31, 2006)

1. Moxley & Co. (Depositary Bank for ADRs) (14.5%)
2. The Chase Manhattan Bank N.A. London (4.2%)
3. Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account) (4.0%)
4. The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) (3.7%)
5. State Street Bank and Trust Company (2.8%)
6. State Street Bank and Trust Company 505103 (1.7%)
7. Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. (Trust Account) (1.2%)
8. Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (Trust Account) (0.9%)
9. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (0.8%)
10. BNP Paribas Arbitrage, S.N.C. (0.8%)

Moxley & Co. ... An American Depositary Receipt (ADR) is how the stock of most foreign companies trades in United States stock markets. ... The Chase Manhattan Bank, now part of JP Morgan Chase, was formed by the merger of the Chase National Bank and the Bank of the Manhattan Company in 1955. ... Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. ... The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. ... The State Street Bank and Trust Company is a bank. ... The State Street Bank and Trust Company is a bank. ... The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co. ... Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (三菱UFJ信託銀行) is the trust banking arm of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), a Japanese financial services company which is the largest in the world measured by assets. ... Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC, Mitsui Sumitomo Ginko) is a Japanese bank based in Tokyo, Japan. ... BNP Paribas (Euronext: BNP, TYO: 8665 ) is one of the main banks in Europe and France. ...

Major Holdings/Subsidiaries

Japan

• Sony EMCS Corporation
• Sony LSI Design Inc.
• Sony Global Solutions Inc.
• Sony Enterprise Co.,Ltd.
• Sony Energy Devices Corporation
• Sony Chemicals Corporation
• So-net Entertainment Corporation
• Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
• Sony Supply Chain Solutions Inc.
• Sony Siroisi Semiconductor Inc.
• Sony Financial Holdings Inc.
  • Sony Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
  • Sony Assurance Inc.
  • Sony Bank Inc.
• Sony Semiconductor Kyushu Corporation
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
• Sony PCL Inc.
• Sony Human Capital Corporation
• Sony Finance International, Inc.
• Sony Facility Management Corporation
• Sony Broadcast Media Co., Ltd.
• Sony Broadband Solutions Corp.
• Sony Marketing Co., Ltd.
• Sony Manufacturing Systems Corporation
• Sony Miyagi Corporation
• Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
• Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.
• ST Liquid Crystal Display Corporation (50%)
• ST Mobile Display Corporation (80%)
• Sony NEC Optiarc Inc (55%)
• FeliCa Networks, Inc. (57%)
• Plazastyle Corporation (Sony Plaza) (49%)
• AII Inc. (60.92%)
• Frontage Inc. (60%)

Sony Energy Devices Corporation is a division of Sony Corporation (SNE on NYSE)which manufactures rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used in laptops, digital cameras, MP3 players, cell phones and other portable computer products. ... Sony Chemicals Corporation (ソニーケミカル株式会社) is a Japanese company. ... So-net (sonnet), the SONY communication network corporation (Sony Communication Network Corporation and SCN) is a Japanese Internet and television service provider. ... Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. ... Sony Financial Holdings Inc. ... Sony Life Insurance Co. ... Sony Bank (ソニーバンク, ソニー銀行) is a Japanese commercial bank established in April 2001. ... Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. ... ST Liquid Crystal Display Corporation (STLCD) is a 50:50 joint venture between Sony Corporation and Toyota Industries Corporation, and was established in 1997. ... Sony NEC Optiarc Inc is a 55:45 (Sony 55%, NEC 45%) joint venture of Sony and NEC, and was established in April 2006. ... Mobile payment means using your cell phone to pay. ...

Outside Japan

• Sony of Canada Ltd.
• Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.
• Sony Corporation of America
• Sony Electronics Inc. (USA)
• Sony Latin America Inc. (Florida, USA)
• Sony Magnetic Products Inc. of America
• Sony BMG Music Entertainment (50%) (USA)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (USA)
• Sony Argentina S.A.
• Sony Comercio e Industia Ltda. (Brazil)
• Sony Componentes Ltda. (Brazil)
• Sony da Amazonia Ltda. (Brazil)
• Sony Chile Ltda. (Chile)
• Sony de Mexico S.A. de C.V.
• Sony de Mexicali, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)
• Sony Nuevo Laredo,S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)
• Sony de Tijuana Oeste, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)
• Sony Corporation of Panama, S. A.
• Sony Puerto Rico, Inc.
• Sony Austria GmbH.
• Sony DADC Austria A.G.
• Sony Service Centre (Europe) N.V. (Brussels, Belgium)
• Sony Overseas S.A. (Switzerland)
• Sony Czech, spol. s.r.o.
• Sony Berlin G.m.b.H. (Germany)
• Sony Deutschland G.m.b.H. (Köln, Germany)
• Sony Europe GmbH (Germany)
• Sony Nordic A/S (Denmark)
• Sony Espana S.A. (Spain)
• Sony France S.A.
• Sony United Kingdom Ltd.
• Sony Global Treasury Service Plc (UK)
• Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited (UK)
• Sony Hungaria kft (Hungary)
• Sony Italia S.p.A. (Italy)
• Sony Benelux B.V. (Netherlands)
• Sony Europa B.V. (Netherlands)
• Sony Logistics Europe B.V. (Netherlands)
• Sony Poland Sp.z.o.o. (Poland)
• Sony Portugal Ltda. (Portugal)
• Sony Slovakia s r. o. (Slovakia)
• Sony Eurasia Pazarlama A.S. (Turkey)
• Sony (China) Ltd.
• Beijing Suohong Electronics Co., Ltd. (China)
• Shanghai Suoguang Visual Products Co., Ltd. (China)
• Shanghai Suoguang Electronics Co., Ltd. (China)
• Sony Electronics (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. (China)
• Sony Corporation of Hong Kong Ltd.
• Sony International (Hong Kong) Ltd.
• PT. Sony Electronics Indonesia
• Sony India Limited
• Sony Electronics of Korea Corporation
• Sony Korea Corporation
• Sony Electronics (Malaysia) SDN. BHD.
• Sony Technology (Malaysia) SDN. BHD.
• Sony Philippines, Inc.
• Sony Electronics (Singapore) Pte. LTD.
• Sony Magnetic Products (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
• Sony Mobile Electronics (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
• Sony Semiconductor (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
• Sony Siam Industries Co., Ltd.
• Sony Australia Limited
• Sony New Zealand Ltd.
• Sony GULF FZE (UAE)
• Sony Vietnam Ltd.
• Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (50%) (Sweden; head office in UK)
• S-LCD Corporation (50% minus 1 share)
• Sony Wonder (USA)

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. ... Sony Corporation of America is a subsidiary of Japans Sony Corporation. ... Sony Electronics, Inc. ... The Sony BMG Music Entertainment logo. ... Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. ... UAE redirects here; for other uses of that term, see UAE (disambiguation) The United Arab Emirates is an oil-rich country situated in the south-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia, comprising seven emirates: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Quwain. ... Sony Ericsson is a joint venture established in 2001 by the Japanese consumer electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson to make mobile phones. ... S-LCD Corporation (Japanese:エス・エルシーディー) is an electronic company of Japan and Korea. ... Sony Wonder logo Sony Wonder is the childrens music and home video arm of consumer electronics company Sony. ...

Film production

• Sony Pictures Entertainment, including:
  • Columbia Pictures
  • TriStar Pictures
  • Screen Gems
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • Destination Films
  • Triumph Films
  • Sony Pictures Television
  • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • Mandalay Entertainment (partial interest)
  • Phoenix Pictures (partial interest) *
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (20%)
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
  • United Artists
  • Orion Pictures

This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Screen Gems is an American subsidiary company of Sony Pictures Entertainments Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group that has served several different purposes for its parent companies over the decades since its incorporation. ... Sony Pictures Classics is the specialty films division of Sony Pictures. ... Destination Films is a Sony distribution company. ... Triumph Films (aka: Triumph Releasing Corporation) is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment geared towards low-budget and direct-to-video film production and distribution. ... SPT logo Sony Pictures Television, Inc. ... Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is the home video, DVD, and UMD distribution arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation. ... Mandalay Entertainment Group is a motion picture company which finances, produces and distributes motion pictures for the global marketplace. ... For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... The current United Artists logo (a variant was used during the 1980s). ... Orion Pictures Logo Orion Pictures Corporation was a American movie production company, formed in 1978 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. ...

Music business

• Sony/ATV Music Publishing (50%)
• Sony BMG Music Entertainment (50%)
  • Columbia Records - popular music
  • Epic Records - popular music
  • Legacy Recordings - rare and collectible in many genres
  • Sony BMG Masterworks - classical music
  • Sony BMG Nashville - country music
  • Sony Wonder - children’s and family entertainment

Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC is one of the worlds largest music publishing firms. ... The Sony BMG Music Entertainment logo. ... Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ... Epic Records is an American record label, and subsidiary of Sony BMG. // History Epic was launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ... Legacy Recordings is the reissue division of Sony BMG Music Entertainment which was founded in 1990 by CBS Records (renamed Sony Music in 1991) to handle reissues of recordings from the vast catalogues of Columbia Records, Epic Records and associated labels. ... Sony BMG Masterworks is a music label. ... Sony Wonder logo Sony Wonder is the childrens music and home video arm of consumer electronics company Sony. ...

Video and online games

• Sony Computer Entertainment - PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
• Sony Online Entertainment - Everquest, Star Wars Galaxies

SCE redirects here. ... For other versions of PlayStation, please see PlayStation (disambiguation) The PlayStation (Japanese: プレイステーション) is a rubbish game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ... The PlayStation Portable (officially abbreviated as PSP) is a handheld game console released and manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment. ... Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) is a computer game development division of Sony that mostly creates massively multiplayer online games. ... EverQuest (EQ) is a 3D fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that was released on March 16, 1999. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Foundations and schools

• Sony Foundation for Education
• Sony Music Foundation
• Sony USA Foundation Inc.
• Sony Foundation Australia Trustee Ltd.
• Sony of Canada Science Scholarship Foundation Inc.
• Sony Europe Foundation
• Sony Gakuen Shohoku College

External links

• Principal Shareholders of Sony Corporation
• Sony Organization Chart
• Affiliated Companies in Japan
• Affiliated Companies outside Japan