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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 December 2009
Commission File Number: 001-06439

SONY CORPORATION
(Translation of registrant's name into English)

1-7-1 KONAN, MINATO-KU, TOKYO, 108-0075, JAPAN
(Address of principal executive offices)

The registrant files annual reports under cover of Form 20-F.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F,
 
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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.
 
 
SONY CORPORATION
 
(Registrant)
   
   
 
By:  /s/  Nobuyuki Oneda
 
                (Signature)
 
Nobuyuki Oneda
 
Executive Deputy President and
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
Date: December 9, 2009

List of materials

Documents attached hereto:
 
i) Press release entitled Determination of Final Terms of Stock Acquisition Rights for the Purpose of Granting Stock Options

 
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December 9, 2009
 
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 determined by the resolutions of its Board of Directors as of November 20, 2009, have been fixed as set forth below.


The Eighteenth Series of Stock Acquisition Rights

1. Aggregate number of Stock Acquisition Rights:
7,905
 
2. Persons to whom Stock Acquisition Rights will be allocated and number of Stock Acquisition Rights to be allocated:
 
 
  Number of persons  
   
(Number of Stock Acquisition Rights
Directors of the Corporation
    12       (216 )
Corporate executive officers of the Corporation
    5       (2,020 )
Employees of the Corporation
    181       (3,185 )
Directors of the subsidiaries of the Corporation
    79       (1,131 )
Employees of the subsidiaries of the Corporation
    118       (1,353 )
   
total: 395
   
(total: 7,905
 
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:
790,500 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:
259,500 yen per Stock Acquisition Right
(2,595 yen per share) (Exercise Price)
 
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The Nineteenth Series of Stock Acquisition Rights

1. Aggregate number of Stock Acquisition Rights:
15,283
 
2. Persons to whom Stock Acquisition Rights will be allocated and number of Stock Acquisition Rights to be allocated:
 
   
Number of persons
 
   
(Number of Stock Acquisition Rights
Corporate executive officers of the Corporation
    3       (5,800 )
Employees of the Corporation
    1       (300 )
Directors of the subsidiaries of the Corporation
    45       (2,674 )
Employees of the subsidiaries of the Corporation
    650       (6,509 )
   
total: 699
   
(total: 15,283
 
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:
1,528,300 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:
2,956.00 US dollars per Stock Acquisition Right
(29.56 US dollars per share) (Exercise Price)
 
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