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SONY ENTERTAINMENT

4-12-04

Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

         • Howard Stringer, CEO

         • Located in New York, NY

         • Sales for fiscal year 2003: $5.3 billion

         • Produces, manufactures, distributes and markets recorded music and entertainment in a wide range of formats, including video, CD, DVD, MD, Super Audio CD and via the Internet

         • Comprised of three divisions:

                   Sony Music (domestic U.S.)

                   Sony Music International (all countries outside of the U.S. and Japan)

                   Sony Classical (the worldwide classical music division)

• Sony Music

         • U.S. recording company, includes:

Automatic Productions; Columbia Records Group (Aquemeni, Columbia Records, Hypnotize Minds, Ill Will, Music World, RPM); Crescent Moon Records; Epic Records Group (Epic Records, Hidden Beach, Sony Wonder, Independiente/epic, Ruthless); Legacy Recordings; Sony/ATV Music Publishing; Sony Disc Manufacturing; Sony Music Custom Marketing Group; Sony Music Distribution; Sony Music Nashville (Columbia Records Nashville, Epic Records Nashville, Lucky Dog, Monument); and Sony Music Studios (recording and production facilities located in New York)

         • Artists include:

Audioslave, Aerosmith, Tony Bennett, David Bowie, Destiny's Child, Dixie Chicks, Celine Dion, Bob Dylan, Gloria Estefan, Good Charlotte, Lauryn Hill, Michael Jackson, Billy Joe, Korn, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, John Mayer, Nas, Offspring, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand, and many more

• Sony Music International

         • A worldwide network of wholly owned subsidiaries, joint ventures and licensees

         • Active in over 67 countries, with headquarters in New York City and regional headquarters in Asia (Hong Kong), Europe (London) and Latin America (Miami).

         • SMI artists include:

Chayanne, Creed, Celine Dion, Evanescence, Gipsy Kings, Julio Iglesias, Jamiroquai,  Ricky Martin, Oasis, Our Lady Peace, Sade, Shakira, and many others

• Sony Classical

         • Home to one of the world’s oldest Classical music catalogues, which includes original Broadway cast recordings and performance film and videos.

         • It includes the Sony Classical Film & Video division, which produces and distributes classical music programming for worldwide television, video release and multimedia

         Artists include:

Marcelo Alvarez, Emanuel Ax, Joshua Bell, Kristin Chenoweth, Aselin Debison, Tan Dun, Mary Fahl, Mario Frangoulis, Salvatore Licitra, Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Midori, Murray Perahia, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Lara St. John, Sonia Santana, Casey Stratton, Isaac Stern, Summer, Herbert von Karajan, Arcadi Volodos, John Williams (composer), and John Williams (guitarist)

• Sony Pictures Entertainment

         • Howard Stringer, President, Chairman and CEO

         • Michael Lynton, Chairman and CEO

         • Amy Pascal, Chairman of the Motion Picture Group

         • Located in Culver City, CA

         • Group Sales for 2003: $6.7 billion

         • Produces and distributes motion picture and television programming

         • Acquires and distributes VHS and DVD's

         • Develops entertainment products and services for broadband distribution

         • Operates studios

• Columbia Tristar Motion Picture Group

         • Releases about 22 films per year

         • Sony Picture Entertainment's releasing companies, Sony Pictures Releasing (U.S.) and Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International, are responsible for sales, distribution, and marketing of SPE's film product in 67 territories worldwide

         • International motion picture operations include Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia in Hong Kong, Columbia Films Producciones Espanolas in Madrid, Columbia Pictures Producciones Mexico in Mexico City and operations in the United Kingdom and Brazil

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