As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 12, 2018

Registration No. 333 - 147402

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

Sony Kabushiki Kaisha

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Sony Corporation

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

Japan N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 

c/o 7-1, Konan 1-chome
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075
Japan

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

The Fourteenth Series of Stock Acquisition Rights for

Shares of Common Stock of Sony Corporation

 

The Fifteenth Series of Stock Acquisition Rights for

Shares of Common Stock of Sony Corporation

(Full title of the plans)

 

Sony Corporation of America
25 Madison Avenue, 26th Floor
New York, New York 10010
Attn.: Office of the General Counsel
212-833-5893

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

Copy to:
Arthur H. Kohn, Esq.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
One Liberty Plaza
New York, New York 10006

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer” and “large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

þ Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer o Non-accelerated filer o Smaller Reporting Company

 
 

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this “Post-Effective Amendment”) relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-147402) filed by Sony Corporation (the “Registrant”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2007 (the “Registration Statement”) to register 20,700 shares of the Common Stock of the Registrant (the “Fourteenth Series Shares”) to be issued upon exercise of the Fourteenth Series of Stock Acquisition Rights for Shares of Common Stock of Sony Corporation (the “Fourteenth Series Stock Acquisition Rights”) and 1,584,400 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant (the “Fifteenth Series Shares”) to be issued upon exercise of the Fifteenth Series of Stock Acquisition Rights for Shares of Common Stock of Sony Corporation (the “Fifteenth Series Stock Acquisition Rights”). As of the date hereof, (a) none of the Fourteenth Series Stock Acquisition Rights remain outstanding, and no additional Fourteenth Series Shares will be issued and (b) none of the Fifteenth Series Stock Acquisition Rights remain outstanding, and no additional Fifteenth Series Shares will be issued.

In accordance with the Registrant’s undertaking in Part II, Item 9(a)(3) of the Registration Statement, the Registrant hereby amends the Registration Statement to remove from registration all of the Fourteenth Series Shares and Fifteenth Series Shares that remain unsold or otherwise unissued, if any, and to terminate the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

 
 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Japan as of the 2nd day of February, 2018.

SONY CORPORATION

By: /s/ Kazushi Ambe_____________________
Kazushi Ambe
Executive Vice President, Corporate
Executive Officer, In charge of Human Resources and General Affairs

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and as of the dates indicated:

Name   Title   Date

 

 

 

 

/s/ Kazuo Hirai_____________

Kazuo Hirai

  President and Chief Executive Officer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Member of the Board  

February 2nd, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Kenichiro Yoshida________

Kenichiro Yoshida

  Executive Deputy President and Chief Financial Officer, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Member of the Board  

February 2nd, 2018

 

 

 

 

/s/ Osamu Nagayama_________

Osamu Nagayama

 

Chairman of the Board

 

 

February 2nd, 2018

 

         

 

 

/s/ Takaaki Nimura__________

Takaaki Nimura

 

Member of the Board

 

 

February 2nd, 2018

 

 

 

 

/s/ Eikoh Harada ___________

Eikoh Harada

 

Member of the Board

 

 

February 2nd, 2018

 

 
 

 

         

/s/ Tim Schaaff _____________

Tim Schaaff

 

Member of the Board

 

 

February 2nd, 2018

 

 

 

 

/s/ Kazuo Matsunaga_________

Kazuo Matsunaga

 

Member of the Board

 

 

February 2nd, 2018

 

 

 

 

/s/ Koichi Miyata ___________

Koichi Miyata

 

Member of the Board

 

 

February 2nd, 2018

 

 

 

 

/s/ John V. Roos____________

John V. Roos

 

Member of the Board

 

 

February 2nd, 2018

 

 

 

 

/s/ Eriko Sakurai ____________

Eriko Sakurai

 

Member of the Board

 

 

February 2nd, 2018

 

 

 

 

/s/ Kunihito Minakawa_______

Kunihito Minakawa

 

Member of the Board

 

 

February 2nd, 2018

 

 

 

 

/s/ Shuzo Sumi _____________

Shuzo Sumi

 

Member of the Board

 

 

February 2nd, 2018

 

 

 

 

/s/ Steven E. Kober _________

Steven E. Kober

 

Authorized U.S. Representative

 

 

February 2nd, 2018