Sony Management Discusses Q2 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Sony (SNE) Q2 2013 Earnings Call October 31, 2013 9:00 AM ET

Executives

Masaru Kato - Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Director, Member of Compensation Committee and Member of Nominating Committee
Steven E. Kober - Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President

Analysts

Richard Kramer - Arete Research Services LLP
Daniel Ernst - Hudson Square Research, Inc.
Kota Ezawa - Citigroup Inc, Research Division
Timothy Lash - Third Point LLC

Operator

Welcome to the Sony Corporation Conference Call for overseas investors for the second quarter ended September 30, 2013. My name is John and I will be your operator for today's call. [Operator Instructions] Please note that the conference is being recorded. And I will now turn the call over to Casey Keister [ph]. Casey, you may begin.

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Thank you very much for that introduction, John, and thank you all for your joining us today, October 31, 2013, for a discussion of Sony's results for the second quarter ended September 30, 2013. We hope you all have enjoyed John Mayer's Paradise Valley while you were on hold. I'm Casey Keister [ph] in the Investor Relations Department here in Tokyo. And with me on the conference call tonight is Masaru Kato, CFO of Sony Corporation; Steven Kober, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sony Corporation of America; and Yoshinori Hashitani, VP, Investor Relations at Sony Corporation. Thank you all very much for joining us.

In just a few moments, we will review today's announcement and then we'll be available to answer your questions.

Please be aware that statements made during the following remarks and Q&A session with respect to Sony's current plans, estimates, strategies, press release and other statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements about the future performance of Sony. These statements are