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( BW)(SONY-CORP.)(SON) Purchase of Own Securities

    Business Editors
    UK REGULATORY NEWS

    TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2003--

Notice of share buy back on the Tokyo Stock Exchange to reserve shares
for shareholders who wish to increase their shares to one unit (100
shares)

With regard to the share buy back pursuant to Article 210 of the
Commercial Code, Sony has purchased its own shares on the Tokyo Stock
Exchange as follows:

(1) Purchase Date:              July 25, 2003 (Friday)

(2) Purpose:                    To reserve shares to be sold to
                                shareholders upon their requests to
                                purchase shares in order to increase
                                their shares to one unit (100 shares)

(3) Type of Shares:             Shares of Common Stock

(4) Number of Shares Purchased: 500,000 shares

(5) Total Purchase Price:       1,847,370,000 yen

(6) Method:                     Shares were purchased on the Tokyo
                                Stock Exchange.

[Reference]

Authorization made at the ordinary general meeting of shareholders
held on June 20, 2003:

--Type of Shares                Shares of Common Stock and shares of
                                Subsidiary Tracking Stock linked to
                                Sony Communication Network Corporation
                                ("Tracking Stock")

--Number of Shares              Common Stock: Up to 90,000,000 shares
                                Tracking Stock: Up to 300,000 shares

--Total Purchase Price:         Common Stock: Up to 400 billion yen
                                Tracking Stock: Up to 1 billion yen

(Note) As of July 25, 2003, the above transaction is the only share
buy back carried out by Sony pursuant to the above authorization.

   Short Name: SON
   Category Code: POS
   Sequence Number: 00007599
   Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20030725T122920+0100

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    CONTACT: Sony Corporation
             Corporate Communications
             (03) 5448-2200 (Direct line)

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

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