Sony Corporation - 6758- Profile

Sony Corporation. The Group's principal activities are to develop, design, manufacture and sell electronic equipment, instruments and devices for consumer and industrial markets. The Group also manufactures and markets home-use game consoles and software. The Group operates through five segments: Electronics: manufactures and sells audio-visual, informational and communicative equipment, instruments and devices; Game: develops and sells playstation and playstation 2 and playstation portable game consoles and related software; Pictures: develops, produces and manufactures image-based software; Financial services: represents insurance-related underwriting business and Other segment: consists of various operating activities including Internet-related services, an animation production and marketing business, an imported general merchandise retail business, an IC card business and advertising agency. On 8-Apr-2005, the Group acquired Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. Electronics accounted for 64% of fiscal 2006 revenues; Game, 12%; Pictures, 10%; Financial services, 10% and Other, 4%