Form 6-K
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 May 2004
SONY CORPORATION
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
7-35 KITASHINAGAWA 6-CHOME, SHINAGAWA-KU, TOKYO, JAPAN
(Address of principal executive offices)
The registrant files annual reports under cover of Form 20-F.
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.
SONY CORPORATION
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(Registrant)
By: /s/ Teruhisa Tokunaka
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(Signature)
Teruhisa Tokunaka
Executive Deputy President and
Group Chief Strategy Officer
Date: May 28, 2004
List of materials
Documents attached hereto:
i) A press release regarding Balance Sheet Correction
May 28, 2004
Sony Corporation Corrects Classification of Debt Maturity
in Previously Released Consolidated Balance Sheet Information
Sony Corporation today announced that it was correcting certain line items in
its previously issued Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2003 and
March 31, 2004. The correction was made because a part of the current portion of
Sony's long-term debt in current liabilities as of each of those dates was
incorrectly classified as long-term debt in long-term liabilities in those
Balance Sheets.
(Millions of yen, millions of U.S. dollars)
As of December 31, 2003
Original Original* Corrected Corrected*
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Current liabilities Y 2,911,310 $ 27,209 Y 2,970,796 $ 27,765
Current portion of
long-term debt 30,439 284 89,925 840
Long-term liabilities 4,120,754 38,512 4,061,268 37,956
Long-term debt 1,129,989 10,561 1,070,503 10,005
* U.S. dollar amounts have been translated from yen, for convenience only, at
the rate of Y107=U.S.$1, the approximate Tokyo foreign exchange market rate as
of December 30, 2003.
(Millions of yen, millions of U.S. dollars)
As of March 31, 2004
Original Original* Corrected Corrected*
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Current liabilities Y 2,924,908 $ 28,124 Y 2,982,215 $ 28,675
Current portion of
long-term debt 326,450 3,139 383,757 3,690
Long-term liabilities 3,764,894 36,201 3,707,587 35,650
Long-term debt 834,956 8,028 777,649 7,477
* U.S. dollar amounts have been translated from yen, for convenience only, at
the rate of Y104=U.S.$1, the approximate Tokyo foreign exchange market rate as
of March 31, 2004.
Investor Relations Contacts:
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Tokyo New York London
Yukio Ozawa Masaaki Konoo/Kumiko Koyama Chris Hohman/Shinji Tomita
+81-(0)3-5448-2180 +1-212-833-6722 +44-(0)20-7444-9713
Home Page: www.sony.net/IR
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