SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D. C. 20549
FORM
6-K
REPORT OF
FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the
month of November 2008
Commission
File Number: 001-06439
SONY
CORPORATION
(Translation
of registrant's name into English)
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KONAN, MINATO-KU, TOKYO, 108-0075, JAPAN
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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registrant files annual reports under cover of Form 20-F.
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under
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
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SONY
CORPORATION
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(Registrant)
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By: /s/ Nobuyuki
Oneda
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(Signature)
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Nobuyuki
Oneda
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Executive
Vice President and
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Chief
Financial Officer
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Date: November
18, 2008
List of
materials
Documents
attached hereto:
i) Press
release announcing Determination of
Final Terms of Stock Acquisition Rights for
the Purpose of Granting Stock
Options
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News
& Information
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Konan, Minato-ku
Tokyo,
108-0075 Japan
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November
18, 2008
Determination
of Final Terms of Stock Acquisition Rights
for
the Purpose of Granting Stock Options
Sony
Corporation (the “Corporation”) announced today that the final terms of Stock
Acquisition Rights for the purpose of granting stock options, which issues were
resolved at the meeting of its Board of Directors held on October 29, 2008, have
been determined as set forth below.
The Sixteenth Series of
Stock Acquisition Rights
1.
Aggregate number of Stock Acquisition Rights:
8,318
2. Persons
to whom Stock Acquisition Rights will be allocated and number of Stock
Acquisition Rights to be allocated:
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Number of
persons
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(Number of Stock
Acquisition Rights)
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| Directors of the Corporation |
12
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(216) | ||
| Corporate executive officers of the Corporation |
5
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(2,060) | |
| Employees of the Corporation |
207
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(3,429) | ||
| Directors of the subsidiaries of the Corporation |
79
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(1,191) | ||
| Employees of the subsidiaries of the Corporation |
131
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(1,422) | ||
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total: 434
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(total: 8,318) | |||
3. Payment
in exchange for Stock Acquisition Rights:
The Stock
Acquisition Rights are issued without payment of any consideration to the
Corporation.
4. Class
and number of shares to be issued or transferred upon exercise of Stock
Acquisition Rights:
831,800
shares of common stock of the Corporation
The number
of shares to be issued or transferred upon exercise of each Stock Acquisition
Right shall be 100 shares.
5. Amount
of assets to be contributed upon exercise of Stock Acquisition
Rights:
298,700 yen per Stock Acquisition
Right
(2,987 yen
per share) (Exercise Price)
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The Seventeenth Series of
Stock Acquisition Rights
1.
Aggregate number of Stock Acquisition Rights:
16,767
2. Persons
to whom Stock Acquisition Rights will be allocated and number of Stock
Acquisition Rights to be allocated:
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Number of
persons
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(Number of Stock
Acquisition Rights)
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| Corporate executive officers of the Corporation |
2
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(5,300) | ||
| Directors of the subsidiaries of the Corporation |
36
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(3,450) | |
| Employees of the subsidiaries of the Corporation |
566
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(8,017) | ||
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total:
604
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(total: 16,767) | |||
3. Payment
in exchange for Stock Acquisition Rights:
The Stock
Acquisition Rights are issued without payment of any consideration to the
Corporation.
4. Class
and number of shares to be issued or transferred upon exercise of Stock
Acquisition Rights:
1,676,700
shares of common stock of the Corporation
The number
of shares to be issued or transferred upon exercise of each Stock Acquisition
Right shall be 100 shares.
5. Amount
of assets to be contributed upon exercise of Stock Acquisition
Rights:
3,024.00 US
dollars
per Stock Acquisition Right
(30.24
US
dollars
per share) (Exercise Price)
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