Full Transcript of Sony’s 2Q05 Conference Call — Prepared Remarks (SNE)

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Executive:

Jonathan Bates, Moderator
Takao Yuhara, Corporate Executive and SVP
Robert Wiesenthal, Group Executive

Analysts:

William Drewry, Credit Suisse First Boston
Peter Boardman, NWQ
Jason Muenzen, Goldman Sachs
Patrick Gately, CitiGroup

Presentation

Operator

Good day ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the Second Quarter Sony Corporation Earnings Conference Call. My name is Mika and I will be your coordinator for today. At this time all participants are in a listen-only mode. We will be facilitating a question and answer session towards the end of today’s conference. If at any time during the call you require your assistance please press “*