Sun Life Financial to hold 2012 Annual Meeting

TORONTO, May 3, 2012 /CNW/ - Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSX: SLF) (NYSE: SLF) will hold its Annual Meeting in Toronto, Ontario, on May 10, 2012.

Date:Thursday, May 10, 2012

Time:  8:30 a.m. (ET)

Location: Sun Life Financial Tower
150 King Street West (at University Avenue), 2nd Floor
Toronto, Ontario

The Annual Meeting will be chaired by James H. Sutcliffe, Chairman of the Board, with a presentation by Dean A. Connor, President and Chief Executive Officer.

The Annual Meeting will be followed by a media session hosted by Dean A. Connor. Registered media are welcome to attend the media session in the Videoconferencing Room. The media session is scheduled to take place approximately 20 minutes after the conclusion of the meeting. Journalists planning to attend the briefing should RSVP to Frank Switzer no later than May 8, 2012.

To view the live webcast of the Annual Meeting and accompanying presentation slides, please visit www.sunlife.com/annualmeetingmaterials a few minutes prior to the start of the meeting and follow the instructions to access the webcast. The webcast will be archived on our website on the following business day and will be available until November 10, 2012.

Please note: On Thursday, May 10, 2012, at approximately 7:30 a.m. ET, Sun Life Financial Inc. will release its first quarter 2012 financial results. A live webcast of the quarterly earnings conference call will follow on Thursday, May 10 at 2 p.m. ET. For more information please visit www.sunlife.com/QuarterlyReports.

About Sun Life Financial
Sun Life Financial is a leading international financial services organization providing a diverse range of protection and wealth accumulation products and services to individuals and corporate customers. Chartered in 1865, Sun Life Financial and its partners today have operations in key markets worldwide, including Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, India, China and Bermuda. As of December 31, 2011, the Sun Life Financial group of companies had total assets under management of $466 billion. For more information please visit www.sunlife.com.

Sun Life Financial Inc. trades on the Toronto (TSX), New York (NYSE) and Philippine (PSE) stock exchanges under the ticker symbol SLF.

Note to Editors: All figures in Canadian dollars.