UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 13F FORM 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 2011 ----------------------- Check Here if Amendment / /; Amendment Number: --------- This Amendment (Check only one.): / / is a restatement. / / adds new holdings entries. Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: Name: Sun Life Financial Inc. ------------------------------------ Address: 150 King Street West ------------------------------------ Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 1J9 ------------------------------------ Form 13F File Number: 28-05799 --------------------- The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form. Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager: Name: John Vaz ------------------------------- Title: Compliance Analyst ------------------------------- Phone: 781-446-2420 ------------------------------- Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: /s/ John Vaz Wellesley Hills, MA February 13, 2012 ------------------------------- ------------------- ----------------- [Signature] [City, State] [Date] Report Type (Check only one.): / / 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.) / / 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).) /X/ 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).) List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager: [If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.] Form 13F File Number Name 28-06597 McLean Budden --------------- ------------------------------------ 28-04968 MFS --------------- ------------------------------------ FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 2 -------------------- Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 220 -------------------- Form 13F Information Table Value Total: US$1,781,799 -------------------- (thousands) List of Other Included Managers: Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report. [If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE" and omit the column headings and list entries.] No. Form 13F File Number Name 1 28-12046 Sun Capital Advisers LLC. ------ ----------------- ------------------------------------ 2 28-12047 Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada ------ ----------------- ------------------------------------ [Repeat as necessary.] FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE - December 31, 2011 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8 ------------------------- -------------- --------- ----------- ------------------- ---------- ---------- ------------------------ VALUE SHRS OR SH/ PUT/ INVESTMENT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DISCRETION MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE ------------------------- -------------- --------- ----------- ---------- --- ---- ---------- ---------- ---- ---------- -------- 3M Corporation COM 88579Y101 6,453 78,960 SH SHARED 1 78,960 3M Corporation COM 88579Y101 1,336 16,344 SH SHARED 2 1,336 Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 3,004 53,420 SH SHARED 1 53,420 AES Corporation COM 00130H105 3,525 297,733 SH SHARED 1 297,733 AES Corporation COM 00130H105 1,286 108,630 SH SHARED 2 1,286 Akamai Technologies Inc COM 00971T101 5,566 172,428 SH SHARED 1 172,428 Akamai Technologies Inc COM 00971T101 2,147 66,498 SH SHARED 2 2,147 Alcatel Sa-sponsored Adr COM 013904305 6,650 4,263,113 SH SHARED 1 4,263,113 Alcatel Sa-sponsored Adr COM 013904305 2,505 1,605,517 SH SHARED 2 2,505 Altria Group Inc COM 02209S103 1,843 62,166 SH SHARED 1 62,166 Altria Group Inc COM 02209S103 678 22,876 SH SHARED 2 678 American Eagle Outfitters COM 02553E106 1,669 109,159 SH SHARED 2 1,669 American Express Co COM 025816109 3,782 80,187 SH SHARED 1 80,187 American International Group COM 026874784 4,489 193,475 SH SHARED 1 193,475 Amgen Inc COM 031162100 4,164 64,851 SH SHARED 1 64,851 Amgen Inc COM 031162100 1,634 25,442 SH SHARED 2 1,634 AT&T Inc COM 00206R102 8,482 280,494 SH SHARED 1 280,494 AT&T Inc COM 00206R102 2,150 71,099 SH SHARED 2 2,150 Bank of America Corp COM 060505104 1,115 200,543 SH SHARED 2 1,115 Barclays Bank Plc COM 06738C828 37,381 54,200,000 SH SHARED 1 54,200,000 Barclays Bank Plc COM 06738C828 14,277 20,700,000 SH SHARED 1 14,277 Baxter International Inc COM 071813109 3,445 69,624 SH SHARED 1 69,624 Baxter International Inc COM 071813109 1,430 28,894 SH SHARED 2 1,430 BB&T Corp COM 054937107 3,963 157,443 SH SHARED 1 157,443 BB&T Corp COM 054937107 1,209 48,016 SH SHARED 2 1,209 Berkshire Hathaway Inc-CL B COM 084670702 3,722 48,779 SH SHARED 1 48,779 Berkshire Hathaway Inc-CL B COM 084670702 1,421 18,622 SH SHARED 2 1,421 Best Buy Company Inc COM 086516101 3,045 130,281 SH SHARED 1 130,281 Best Buy Company Inc COM 086516101 1,114 47,668 SH SHARED 2 1,114 Boeing Company COM 097023105 6,777 92,396 SH SHARED 1 92,396 Boeing Company COM 097023105 1,323 18,038 SH SHARED 2 1,323 Boston Scientific COM 101137107 5,073 950,000 SH SHARED 1 5,073 Boston Scientific Corp COM 101137107 6,789 1,271,282 SH SHARED 1 1,271,282 Boston Scientific Corp COM 101137107 2,608 488,308 SH SHARED 2 2,608 Bristol-Myers Squibb COM 110122108 8,121 230,444 SH SHARED 1 230,444 Bristol-Myers Squibb COM 110122108 1,801 51,118 SH SHARED 2 1,801 Caterpillar Inc COM 149123101 2,918 32,204 SH SHARED 1 32,204 CCG Commercial Pool II Inc COM 12501RAF6 617 1,000 SH SHARED 1 1,000 Centro Retail Australia COM 00000CRF2 21,269 12,128,585 SH SHARED 1 12,128,585 Centro Retail Australia COM BSL0B74C7 - 9,688,869 SH SHARED 1 9,688,869 Centurytel Inc COM 156700106 5,658 152,084 SH SHARED 1 152,084 Centurytel Inc COM 156700106 1,523 40,946 SH SHARED 2 1,523 Charles Schwab Corp./The COM 808513105 2,886 256,345 SH SHARED 1 256,345 Charles Schwab Corp./The COM 808513105 792 70,358 SH SHARED 2 792 Chevron Corporation COM 166764100 11,988 112,672 SH SHARED 1 112,672 Chevron Corporation COM 166764100 3,556 33,419 SH SHARED 2 3,556 Cisco Systems Inc COM 17275R102 7,142 395,014 SH SHARED 1 395,014 Cisco Systems Inc COM 17275R102 2,368 130,994 SH SHARED 2 2,368 Citigroup Inc COM 172967424 930 35,356 SH SHARED 2 930 Coca-Cola Co COM 191216100 7,106 101,556 SH SHARED 1 101,556 Coca-Cola Co COM 191216100 1,598 22,845 SH SHARED 2 1,598 ConocoPhillips COM 20825C104 7,239 99,345 SH SHARED 1 99,345 ConocoPhillips COM 20825C104 1,604 22,012 SH SHARED 2 1,604 Consolidated Edison Inc COM 209115104 3,017 48,641 SH SHARED 1 48,641 Corning Inc COM 219350105 3,608 277,981 SH SHARED 1 277,981 Corning Inc COM 219350105 1,360 104,799 SH SHARED 2 1,360 Cosi Inc COM 22122P101 703 996,776 SH SHARED 1 996,776 Cosi Inc COM 22122P101 262 371,709 SH SHARED 2 262 CVS Caremark Corporation COM 126650100 4,640 113,788 SH SHARED 1 113,788 CVS Caremark Corporation COM 126650100 1,585 38,867 SH SHARED 2 1,585 Delta Air Lines Inc COM 247361702 3,381 417,870 SH SHARED 1 417,870 Delta Air Lines Inc COM 247361702 635 78,515 SH SHARED 2 635 DR Horton Inc COM 23331A109 4,076 323,196 SH SHARED 1 323,196 DR Horton Inc COM 23331A109 1,595 126,513 SH SHARED 2 1,595 Duke Energy Corp COM 26441C105 3,179 144,504 SH SHARED 1 144,504 EI Dupont de Nemour and Co COM 263534109 6,712 146,614 SH SHARED 1 146,614 EI Dupont de Nemour and Co COM 263534109 1,480 32,335 SH SHARED 2 1,480 Eli Lilly & Co COM 532457108 4,119 99,118 SH SHARED 1 99,118 Eli Lilly & Co COM 532457108 1,533 36,892 SH SHARED 2 1,533 EOG Resources COM 26875P101 3,697 37,526 SH SHARED 1 37,526 EOG Resources COM 26875P101 1,422 14,438 SH SHARED 2 1,422 Exelon Corporation COM 30161N101 6,630 152,872 SH SHARED 1 152,872 Exelon Corporation COM 30161N101 1,495 34,478 SH SHARED 2 1,495 Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 19,556 230,725 SH SHARED 1 230,725 Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 5,434 64,113 SH SHARED 2 5,434 Fedex Corp COM 31428X106 1,938 23,202 SH SHARED 1 23,202 Forest Laboratories Inc COM 345838106 6,276 207,410 SH SHARED 1 207,410 Forest Laboratories Inc COM 345838106 2,411 79,676 SH SHARED 2 2,411 Gap Inc COM 364760108 3,612 194,711 SH SHARED 1 194,711 Gap Inc COM 364760108 1,399 75,395 SH SHARED 2 1,399 General Electric Company COM 369604103 9,085 507,236 SH SHARED 1 507,236 General Electric Company COM 369604103 2,453 136,942 SH SHARED 2 2,453 General Motors Co COM 37045V100 2,506 123,643 SH SHARED 1 123,643 General Motors Co COM 37045V100 971 47,911 SH SHARED 2 971 Goldman Sachs Group Inc COM 38141G104 2,754 30,454 SH SHARED 1 30,454 Goldman Sachs Group Inc COM 38141G104 1,013 11,198 SH SHARED 2 1,013 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co COM 382550101 4,799 338,704 SH SHARED 1 338,704 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co COM 382550101 1,826 128,899 SH SHARED 2 1,826 Google Inc-cl A COM 38259P508 9,544 14,777 SH SHARED 1 14,777 Google Inc-cl A COM 38259P508 3,668 5,679 SH SHARED 2 3,668 Gsi Group Inc COM 36191C205 423 41,337 SH SHARED 1 41,337 Gsi Group Inc COM 36191C205 251 24,582 SH SHARED 2 251 HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS INC COM 40637H109 4,783 502,900 SH SHARED 1 502,900 HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS INC COM 40637H109 1,772 186,382 SH SHARED 2 1,772 Hess Corp COM 42809H107 3,515 61,876 SH SHARED 1 61,876 Hess Corp COM 42809H107 1,227 21,597 SH SHARED 2 1,227 Home Depot Inc COM 437076102 3,575 85,046 SH SHARED 1 85,046 Honeywell International Inc COM 438516106 7,857 144,557 SH SHARED 1 144,557 Honeywell International Inc COM 438516106 1,490 27,423 SH SHARED 2 1,490 IBM Corp COM 459200101 8,212 44,659 SH SHARED 1 44,659 IBM Corp COM 459200101 1,998 10,868 SH SHARED 2 1,998 Intel Corp COM 458140100 15,656 645,590 SH SHARED 1 645,590 Intel Corp COM 458140100 4,557 187,916 SH SHARED 2 4,557 Intermec Inc COM 458786100 2,218 323,387 SH SHARED 1 323,387 Intermec Inc COM 458786100 853 124,383 SH SHARED 2 853 Intermec Inc COM 458786100 2,230 325,000 SH SHARED 1 2,230 International Paper Co COM 460146103 6,723 227,114 SH SHARED 1 227,114 International Paper Co COM 460146103 1,757 59,343 SH SHARED 2 1,757 IShares COM 464287465 21,240 428,838 SH SHARED 2 21,240 IShares COM 464287200 54,691 434,195 SH SHARED 1 54,691 IShares COM 464287481 13,494 245,126 SH SHARED 1 13,494 IShares COM 464287648 27,151 322,347 SH SHARED 1 27,151 IShares COM 464287507 8,923 101,846 SH SHARED 1 8,923 IShares COM 464287614 31,736 549,159 SH SHARED 1 31,736 IShares COM 464286699 2,971 183,870 SH SHARED 1 2,971 Ishares COM 464286707 2,600 132,800 SH SHARED 1 2,600 Ishares COM 464286806 536 27,900 SH SHARED 1 536 Ishares COM 464286848 8,602 944,206 SH SHARED 1 8,602 Ishares COM 464286822 1,188 22,100 SH SHARED 1 1,188 Ishares COM 464286699 2,503 154,900 SH SHARED 1 2,503 IShares Barclays Treasury Infl COM 464287176 127,933 1,096,351 SH SHARED 1 127,933 Ishares Tr COM 464287465 10,035 202,600 SH SHARED 1 10,035 Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 2,765 42,160 SH SHARED 1 42,160 JP Morgan Chase & Co COM 46625H100 2,164 65,069 SH SHARED 2 2,164 Kayne Anderson ETR Fund, Inc. COM 48660P2#0 16,800 600,000 SH SHARED 1 600,000 Kayne Anderson Midstream Enrgy COM 48661E2*8 17,550 600,000 SH SHARED 1 600,000 Kayne Anderson MLP Investment COM 4866062#2 16,860 600,000 SH SHARED 1 600,000 Kayne Anderson MLP Investment COM 4866064#0 12,760 440,000 SH SHARED 1 440,000 Kimberly-Clark Corp COM 494368103 6,440 87,554 SH SHARED 1 87,554 Kimberly-Clark Corp COM 494368103 1,281 17,419 SH SHARED 2 1,281 Kraft Foods Inc COM 50075N104 7,473 200,036 SH SHARED 1 200,036 Kraft Foods Inc COM 50075N104 1,732 46,369 SH SHARED 2 1,732 Lloyds Banking Group PLC COM 539439AD1 3,180 6,000,000 SH SHARED 1 6,000,000 Lloyds Banking Group PLC COM 539439AC3 803 1,460,000 SH SHARED 1 803 Lockheed Martin Corp COM 539830109 3,188 39,401 SH SHARED 1 39,401 Lockheed Martin Corp COM 539830109 1,232 15,228 SH SHARED 2 1,232 Louisiana Pacific Corp COM 546347105 5,538 686,200 SH SHARED 1 686,200 Louisiana Pacific Corp COM 546347105 1,911 236,758 SH SHARED 2 1,911 Lowes Companies Inc COM 548661107 3,273 128,963 SH SHARED 1 128,963 Lowes Companies Inc COM 548661107 1,205 47,484 SH SHARED 2 1,205 Macy's Inc COM 55616P104 4,889 151,940 SH SHARED 1 151,940 Macy's Inc COM 55616P104 1,881 58,462 SH SHARED 2 1,881 Marathon Oil Corp COM 565849106 2,941 100,462 SH SHARED 1 100,462 Marathon Oil Corp COM 565849106 1,131 38,652 SH SHARED 2 1,131 Marathon Petroleum Corp COM 56585A102 1,672 50,231 SH SHARED 1 50,231 Marathon Petroleum Corp COM 56585A102 643 19,326 SH SHARED 2 643 McDonald's Corp COM 580135101 3,046 30,363 SH SHARED 1 30,363 Merck & Co. Inc. COM 58933Y105 7,183 190,532 SH SHARED 1 190,532 Merck & Co. Inc. COM 58933Y105 1,508 40,011 SH SHARED 2 1,508 Merge Healthcare Inc COM 589499102 1,526 314,545 SH SHARED 2 1,526 MetLife Inc COM 59156R108 5,617 180,159 SH SHARED 1 180,159 Microsoft Corp COM 594918104 16,917 651,671 SH SHARED 1 651,671 Microsoft Corp COM 594918104 5,490 211,477 SH SHARED 2 5,490 Morgan Stanley COM 617446448 2,205 145,739 SH SHARED 1 145,739 Morgan Stanley COM 617446448 797 52,684 SH SHARED 2 797 Mosaic Holdings Inc COM 61945C103 3,685 73,074 SH SHARED 1 73,074 Mosaic Holdings Inc COM 61945C103 1,388 27,514 SH SHARED 2 1,388 Mrv Communications Inc COM 553477100 882 1,025,247 SH SHARED 2 882 New York Times Company-Class A COM 650111107 1,204 155,762 SH SHARED 2 1,204 Occidental Petroleum Corp COM 674599105 4,205 44,872 SH SHARED 1 44,872 Occidental Petroleum Corp COM 674599105 1,618 17,264 SH SHARED 2 1,618 Oracle Corporation COM 68389X105 3,304 128,810 SH SHARED 1 128,810 Oracle Corporation COM 68389X105 1,282 49,975 SH SHARED 2 1,282 Pepsico Inc COM 713448108 6,846 103,174 SH SHARED 1 103,174 Pepsico Inc COM 713448108 1,470 22,158 SH SHARED 2 1,470 Pfizer Inc COM 717081103 10,450 482,919 SH SHARED 1 482,919 Pfizer Inc COM 717081103 1,100 50,819 SH SHARED 2 1,100 Philip Morris International COM 718172109 4,879 62,166 SH SHARED 1 62,166 Philip Morris International COM 718172109 1,795 22,876 SH SHARED 2 1,795 PNC Financial Services Group COM 693475105 5,966 103,446 SH SHARED 1 103,446 Powershares QQQ Nasdaq 100 COM 73935A104 24,331 435,800 SH SHARED 1 24,331 Procter & Gamble Co COM 742718109 8,918 133,683 SH SHARED 1 133,683 Procter & Gamble Co COM 742718109 2,230 33,428 SH SHARED 2 2,230 Prudential Financial Inc COM 744320102 5,629 112,314 SH SHARED 1 112,314 Qualcom Inc COM 747525103 4,059 74,212 SH SHARED 1 74,212 Qualcom Inc COM 747525103 1,525 27,883 SH SHARED 2 1,525 Raytheon Company COM 755111507 3,179 65,705 SH SHARED 1 65,705 Raytheon Company COM 755111507 1,229 25,395 SH SHARED 2 1,229 Silicon Graphics COM 82706L108 9,983 871,123 SH SHARED 1 871,123 Silicon Graphics COM 82706L108 3,638 317,493 SH SHARED 2 3,638 Silicon Graphics Int Corp COM 82706L108 10,778 940,500 SH SHARED 1 10,778 SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust COM 78462F103 247,194 1,969,675 SH SHARED 1 247,194 State Street Bank & Trust Co COM 857477103 3,607 89,490 SH SHARED 1 89,490 State Street Bank & Trust Co COM 857477103 1,192 29,571 SH SHARED 2 1,192 Supervalu Inc COM 868536103 8,002 985,519 SH SHARED 1 985,519 Supervalu Inc COM 868536103 3,100 381,831 SH SHARED 2 3,100 Target Corp COM 87612E106 1,127 21,997 SH SHARED 2 1,127 Technicolor SA COM 010918292 1,606 1,067,987 SH SHARED 1 1,067,987 Travelers Cos Inc COM 89417E109 3,292 55,632 SH SHARED 1 55,632 United Continental Holdings COM 910047109 29 1,536 SH SHARED 1 1,536 United Continental Holdings COM 910047109 743 39,391 SH SHARED 2 743 United Technologies Corp COM 913017109 7,296 99,823 SH SHARED 1 99,823 United Technologies Corp COM 913017109 1,355 18,533 SH SHARED 2 1,355 Unum Group COM 91529Y106 5,435 257,957 SH SHARED 1 257,957 Unum Group COM 91529Y106 2,115 100,368 SH SHARED 2 2,115 US Bancorp COM 902973304 7,673 283,667 SH SHARED 1 283,667 US Bancorp COM 902973304 1,455 53,793 SH SHARED 2 1,455 Vanguard Europe Pacific ETF COM 921943858 4,447 145,171 SH SHARED 1 4,447 Vanguard REIT ETF COM 922908553 60,703 1,046,600 SH SHARED 1 1,046,600 Vanguard REIT ETF COM 922908553 9,727 167,710 SH SHARED 2 9,727 Vanguard REIT ETF COM 922908553 46,822 807,277 SH SHARED 1 46,822 Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF COM 921937827 109,601 1,355,774 SH SHARED 1 109,601 Vanguard Total Bond Market COM 921937835 146,264 1,750,825 SH SHARED 1 146,264 Verizon Communications Inc COM 92343V104 7,141 177,997 SH SHARED 1 177,997 Verizon Communications Inc COM 92343V104 1,532 38,184 SH SHARED 2 1,532 Viacom Inc COM 92553P201 4,501 99,121 SH SHARED 1 99,121 Viacom Inc COM 92553P201 1,658 36,503 SH SHARED 2 1,658 Vicor Corp COM 925815102 2,098 263,604 SH SHARED 1 263,604 Vicor Corp COM 925815102 1,049 131,738 SH SHARED 2 1,049 Vicor Corp COM 925815102 4,355 547,164 SH SHARED 1 4,355 Wachovia Capital Trust III COM 92978AAA0 13,400 16,000,000 SH SHARED 1 16,000,000 Wachovia Capital Trust III COM 92978AAA0 838 1,000,000 SH SHARED 1 838 Wal-Mart Stores Inc COM 931142103 7,603 127,220 SH SHARED 1 127,220 Wal-Mart Stores Inc COM 931142103 1,651 27,629 SH SHARED 2 1,651 Walt Disney Co COM 254687106 4,830 128,792 SH SHARED 1 128,792 Walt Disney Co COM 254687106 1,454 38,762 SH SHARED 2 1,454 Wells Fargo & Co COM 949746101 1,700 61,697 SH SHARED 2 1,700 Weyerhaeuser Co COM 962166104 0 1 SH SHARED 2 0 Whirlpool Corp COM 963320106 3,474 73,211 SH SHARED 1 73,211 XL Capital Ltd COM 98372PAJ7 308 394,000 SH SHARED 1 394,000 1,781,799