Sony Corporation (the “Tender Offeror”) hereby announces that, at a meeting held today, the board of directors of the Tender Offeror resolved to offer to acquire the common shares of Sony Financial Holdings Inc., a company listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (the “TSE”) under the Securities Code 8729 (the “Target”) (such shares, the “Target’s Common Shares”) and the related Stock Acquisition Rights (as defined in Section II.(3)) through a tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (Act No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Act”), as stipulated below. Source