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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 January 2010
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)
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SONY
CORPORATION
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(Registrant)
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By: /s/ Nobuyuki
Oneda
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(Signature)
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Nobuyuki
Oneda
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Executive Deputy
President and
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Chief
Financial Officer
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Date:
January 15, 2010
List of
materials
Documents
attached hereto:
i) Press
release entitled "Sony to Outsource a Part of its Business Processes to IBM
Japan"
January
15, 2010
Sony
Corporation
IBM Japan,
Ltd.
Sony to
Outsource a Part of its Business Processes to IBM Japan
Sony
Corporation (“Sony”) today announced that it will outsource a part of the human
resources and accounting operation services of Sony and certain of its
subsidiaries in Japan (collectively, “Sony Group in Japan”) to IBM Japan, Ltd.
(“IBM Japan”).
Sony is
undertaking steps on a global scale to execute structural transformation
to achieve profitability improvement and optimize business
processes. Sony made the decision to outsource a part of its business
processes announced today as a part of these initiatives, and through this
outsourcing in strong partnership with IBM Japan, Sony intends to further
improve the efficiency of its operations and accelerate its transformation
initiatives.
In
connection with the above-mentioned outsourcing decision, Sony, IBM Japan and
Manpower Japan Co., Ltd. (“Manpower Japan”) have agreed to establish a joint
venture. The joint venture will be formed by splitting a part of the
human resources service operations from Sony Human Capital Corporation (“Sony
Human Capital”), which currently undertakes human resources service, business
travel and insurance operations mainly for Sony Group in Japan.
IBM Japan
will provide its human resources and accounting operation services to Sony Group
in Japan using the new joint venture as its base in Japan and IBM Global
Delivery Center in Dalian, China as its base outside Japan.
<Outline of the new joint venture (plan)>
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Human Capital
Associates Co., Ltd. |
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| Representative |
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Takehisa
Sato |
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19-21,
Nihonbashi-Hakozaki-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo |
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| Founded |
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April 1,
2010 |
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| Capital |
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100,000,000
yen |
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| Headcount |
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Approximately
100 |
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| Stakeholders |
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IBM Japan 60%,
Manpower Japan 20%, Sony 20% |
Inquiries:
Corporate
Communications, Sony Corporation Tel:
03-6748-2200
External
Communications, IBM Japan, Ltd. Tel:
03-3808-4770