U.S. Department of Justice Investigation of Sony

According to Sony Corporation, its U.S. subsidiary, Sony Optiarc America, Inc., has received a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)Antitrust Division seeking information about its optical disk drive business. Sony understands that the DOJ and agencies outside the United States are investigating competition in optical disk drives. Sony intends to cooperate fully with the DOJ and other agencies in this inquiry.