Sun Life Financial to hold 2013 Annual Meeting and host first quarter 2013 earnings conference call

TORONTO, April 23, 2013 /CNW/ - Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSX: SLF) (NYSE: SLF) will hold its Annual Meeting in Toronto, Ontario on May 8, 2013.

Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Time: 3:30 p.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.

Journalists planning to attend the meeting should RSVP to Frank Switzer, Vice-President, Corporate Communications, no later than May 6, 2013.

To view the live webcast of the Annual Meeting and accompanying presentation slides, please visit www.sunlife.com/AnnualMeetingMaterials several minutes prior to the start of the meeting and follow the instructions to access the webcast. The webcast will be archived on the website the following business day and will be available until November 8, 2013.

Also on May 8, 2013, Sun Life Financial Inc. will release its first quarter 2013 financial results, after markets close. Sun Life Financial Inc. will hold an earnings conference call and audio webcast at 10 a.m. ET the following day.

Date: Thursday, May 9, 2013
Time: 10 a.m. ET

To listen to the live webcast of the earnings conference call and view the presentation slides, visit www.sunlife.com/QuarterlyReports 10 minutes prior to the start of the presentation. An archive will be available on the website following the event until May 2014.

To listen via telephone, please call 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time as follows:

Local (Toronto): 416-644-3414
Toll Free (North America): 1-877-974-0445

A replay of the conference call will be available from Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 1 p.m. ET until 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday, May 23, 2013 by calling 416-640-1917 or 1-877-289-8525 (toll free within North America) and entering the passcode 4611316 followed by the # sign.

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. Sun Life Financial and its partners have operations in key markets worldwide, including Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, India, China, Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Bermuda. As of December 31, 2012, the Sun Life Financial group of companies had total assets under management of $533 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. 

SOURCE: Sun Life Financial Inc.

Media Relations Contact:
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Corporate Communications
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