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( BW)(SONY-CORP.)(SON) Dividend Declaration

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    UK REGULATORY NEWS

    TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2003--

Notice of Record Date and Proposed Interim Dividend

Sony Corporation plans to approve, at an October 2003 meeting of its
Board of Directors, a cash distribution (Interim dividend) of 12.50
Japanese yen per share of Common Stock held by shareholders of record
at the close of business on September 30, 2003. Shares of Common Stock
will be traded "ex-dividend" in the Tokyo Stock Exchange on and after
September 25, 2003. The dividend payment will commence on December 1,
2003 in Japan.

   Short Name: SON
   Category Code: DIV
   Sequence Number: 00009352
   Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20030905T101301+0100

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    CONTACT: Sony Corporation

    KEYWORD: UNITED KINGDOM JAPAN INTERNATIONAL EUROPE ASIA PACFIC
    INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS 
ELECTRONIC GAMES/MULTIMEDIA HARDWARE     
    SOURCE: Sony Corp.

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