VAIO, bye: Sony-Sony PC business sold, VAIO-IT information VAIO, bye: Sony officially sold PC business

Sony said Friday that a formal agreement has been reached, will sell shares to Vaio PC business 95% Japan Industrial Partners Investment Fund. The deal is part of Sony's restructuring plan, which is expected to be completed by July 1.

Under the agreement, Sony Japan's PC business, including the Vaio brand and related assets to be transferred by Japan Industrial Partners invested in a specialist company Vaio Corp. The company's registered capital of 1 billion yen, Japan Industrial Partners and Sony will each hold shares in the company of 95% and 5%.

Sony announced on February 6, new product was released in the spring of 2014, PC products sold in all countries in the world to stop. After you exit the PC business, Sony will continue to provide after-sales service to the user.

Sony also announced Thursday, because of the sale of the PC business, will be credited to the additional cost of 30 billion yen, and disc manufacturing operations overseas will also be 25 billion yen of asset writedowns. Sony now expects in the year to the end of March this year, there will be 130 billion yen (about US $ 1.27 billion) net loss, higher than previously forecast 110 billion yen.

Sony announced on May 14, the previous performance this fiscal year and fiscal-year earnings forecast.

VAIO，再见：索尼正式售出PC业务 - 索尼,VAIO - IT资讯
VAIO，再见：索尼正式售出PC业务

索尼周五宣布，已达成正式协议，将把Vaio PC业务的95%股份出售给投资基金Japan Industrial Partners。这笔交易是索尼重组计划的一部分，预计将于7月1日完成。

根据这一协议，索尼在日本的PC业务，包括Vaio品牌和相关资产将被转移至由Japan Industrial Partners投资的一家专门公司Vaio Corp。该公司的注册资本为10亿日元，Japan Industrial Partners和索尼将分别持有该公司的95%和5%股份。

索尼于2月6日宣布，在2014年春季的新产品发布之后，将在全球所有国家停止销售PC产品。在退出PC业务之后，索尼仍将为用户提供售后服务。

索尼周四还宣布，由于PC业务的出售，将记入额外的300亿日元成本，此外还将对海外的光盘制造业务进行250亿日元的资产减记。因此索尼目前预计，在截至今年3月底的这一财年中，将出现1300亿日元(约合12.7亿美元)的净亏损，高于此前预告的1100亿日元。

索尼将于5月14日公布上一财年财报及本财年的业绩展望。