Sony slashing jobs, leaving unprofitable businesses

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A look at their subsidiaries for further reference:

Shareholders

(As of March 31, 2007)

1. Moxley & Co. (Depositary Bank for ADRs) (17.6%)
2. The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) (4.8%)
3. Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account) (4.1%)
4. State Street Bank and Trust Company (3.9%)
5. The Chase Manhattan Bank N.A. London (1.7%)
6. State Street Bank and Trust Company 505103 (1.7%)
7. Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account 4) (1.5%)
8. Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. (Trust Account) (1.0%)
9. Investors Bank and Trust Company (West)-Treaty (1.0%)
10. Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (Trust Account) (0.9%)

Major Holdings/Subsidiaries

Japan

* Sony EMCS Corporation
* Sony LSI Design Inc.
* Sony Global Solutions Inc.
* Sony Enterprise Co.,Ltd.
* Sony Energy Devices Corporation
* Sony Chemicals Corporation
* So-net Entertainment Corporation
* Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
* Sony Supply Chain Solutions Inc.
* Sony Siroisi Semiconductor Inc.
* Sony Financial Holdings Inc.
o Sony Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
o Sony Assurance Inc.
o Sony Bank Inc.
* Sony Semiconductor Kyushu Corporation
* Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
* Sony PCL Inc.
* Sony Human Capital Corporation
* Sony Finance International, Inc.
* Sony Facility Management Corporation
* Sony Broadcast Media Co., Ltd.
* Sony Broadband Solutions Corp.
* Sony Marketing Co., Ltd.
* Sony Manufacturing Systems Corporation
* Sony Miyagi Corporation
* Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
* Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.
* ST Liquid Crystal Display Corporation (50%)
* ST Mobile Display Corporation (80%)
* START Lab Inc. (50.1%)
* Sony NEC Optiarc Inc (55%)
* FeliCa Networks, Inc. (57%)
* Plazastyle Corporation (Sony Plaza) (49%)
* AII Inc. (60.92%)
* Frontage Inc. (60%)
* Field Emission Technologies Inc. (36.5%)

Outside Japan

* Sony of Canada Ltd.
* Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.
* Sony Corporation of America
* Sony Electronics Inc. (USA)
* Sony Latin America Inc. (Florida, USA)
* Sony Magnetic Products Inc. of America
* Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (USA)
* Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (USA)
* Sony Argentina S.A.
* Sony Comercio e Industia Ltda. (Brazil)
* Sony Componentes Ltda. (Brazil)
* Sony da Amazonia Ltda. (Brazil)
* Sony Chile Ltda. (Chile)
* Sony de Mexico S.A. de C.V.
* Sony de Mexicali, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)
* Sony Nuevo Laredo,S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)
* Sony de Tijuana Oeste, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)
* Sony Corporation of Panama, S. A.
* Sony Puerto Rico, Inc.
* Sony Austria GmbH.
* Sony DADC Austria A.G.
* Sony Service Centre (Europe) N.V. (Brussels, Belgium)
* Sony Overseas S.A. (Switzerland)
* Sony Czech, spol. s.r.o.
* Sony Berlin G.m.b.H. (Germany)
* Sony Deutschland G.m.b.H. (Köln, Germany)
* Sony Europe GmbH (Germany)
* Sony Nordic A/S (Denmark)
* Sony Espana S.A. (Spain)
* Sony France S.A.
* Sony United Kingdom Ltd.
* Sony Global Treasury Service Plc (UK)
* Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited (UK)
* Sony Hungaria kft (Hungary)
* Sony Italia S.p.A. (Italy)
* Sony Benelux B.V. (Netherlands)
* Sony Europa B.V. (Netherlands)
* Sony Logistics Europe B.V. (Netherlands)
* Sony Poland Sp.z.o.o. (Poland)
* Sony Portugal Ltda. (Portugal)
* Sony Slovakia s r. o. (Slovakia)
* Sony Eurasia Pazarlama A.S. (Turkey)
* Sony (China) Ltd.
* Beijing Suohong Electronics Co., Ltd. (China)
* Shanghai Suoguang Visual Products Co., Ltd. (China)
* Shanghai Suoguang Electronics Co., Ltd. (China)
* Sony Electronics (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. (China)
* Sony Corporation of Hong Kong Ltd.
* Sony International (Hong Kong) Ltd.
* PT. Sony Electronics Indonesia
* Sony India Limited
* Sony Electronics of Korea Corporation
* Sony Korea Corporation
* Sony Electronics (Malaysia) SDN. BHD.
* Sony Technology (Malaysia) SDN. BHD.
* Sony Philippines, Inc.
* Sony Electronics (Singapore) Pte. LTD.
* Sony Magnetic Products (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
* Sony Mobile Electronics (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
* Sony Semiconductor (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
* Sony Siam Industries Co., Ltd.
* Sony Australia Limited
* Sony New Zealand Ltd.
* Sony GULF FZE (UAE)
* Sony Vietnam Ltd.
* Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (50%) (Sweden; head office in UK)
* S-LCD Corporation (50% minus 1 share)
* Sony Wonder (USA)
* Sony Creative Software

Film and television production and distribution

* Sony Pictures Entertainment, including:
o Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
+ Columbia Pictures
+ TriStar Pictures
+ Screen Gems
+ Sony Pictures Classics
+ Destination Films
+ Triumph Films
+ Culver Entertainment
+ Stage 6 Films
o Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
o Sony Pictures Television
+ Sony Pictures Television International
# Animax
# 2waytraffic
o Mandalay Entertainment (partial interest)
o Phoenix Pictures (partial interest) *
o MGM Holdings, Inc. (20%)
+ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc.
# Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Inc.
# United Artists Corp.
* United Artists Entertainment LLC.
# Orion Pictures Corporation
# MGM Television
# MGM Home Entertainment

Music business

* Sony/ATV Music Publishing (50%)
* Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
o Columbia Records - popular music
o Epic Records - popular music
o Legacy Recordings - rare and collectible in many genres
o Sony BMG Masterworks - classical music
o Sony BMG Nashville - country music
o Zomba Label Group

Video and online games

* Sony Computer Entertainment - PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
* Sony Online Entertainment - Everquest, Star Wars Galaxies

Foundations and schools

* Sony Foundation for Education
* Sony Music Foundation
* Sony USA Foundation Inc.
* Sony Foundation Australia Trustee Ltd.
* Sony of Canada Science Scholarship Foundation Inc.
* Sony Europe Foundation
* Sony Gakuen Shohoku College