UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 13F FORM 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 2012 ----------------------- 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 May 11, 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: 221 -------------------- Form 13F Information Table Value Total: US$1,923,657 -------------------- (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 Cananda ------ ----------------- ------------------------------------- FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE - March 31, 2012 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 CO COM 88579Y101 1,458 16,344 SH SHARED 2 16,344 3M CO COM 88579Y101 7,044 78,960 SH SHARED 1 78,960 Abbott 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COM 110122108 7,777 230,444 SH SHARED 1 230,444 Caterpillar Inc COM 149123101 3,430 32,204 SH SHARED 1 32,204 CCG Commercial Pool II Inc COM 12501RAF6 563 1,000 SH SHARED 1 1,000 Centro Retail Australia COM BSL0B74C7 902 9,688,869 SH SHARED 1 9,688,869 Centurylink Inc COM 156700106 1,583 40,946 SH SHARED 2 40,946 Centurylink Inc COM 156700106 5,878 152,084 SH SHARED 1 152,084 Charles Schwab Corp./The COM 808513105 1,011 70,358 SH SHARED 2 70,358 Charles Schwab Corp./The COM 808513105 3,684 256,345 SH SHARED 1 256,345 Chevron Corp COM 166764100 3,583 33,419 SH SHARED 2 33,419 Chevron Corp COM 166764100 12,080 112,672 SH SHARED 1 112,672 Cisco Systems Inc COM 17275R102 2,771 130,994 SH SHARED 2 130,994 Cisco Systems Inc COM 17275R102 8,355 395,014 SH SHARED 1 395,014 Citigroup Inc COM 172967424 1,292 35,356 SH SHARED 2 35,356 Coca-Cola Co COM 191216100 1,691 22,845 SH SHARED 2 22,845 Coca-Cola Co COM 191216100 7,516 101,556 SH SHARED 1 101,556 ConocoPhillips COM 20825C104 1,673 22,012 SH 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& Co COM 532457108 1,485 36,892 SH SHARED 2 36,892 Eli Lilly & Co COM 532457108 3,991 99,118 SH SHARED 1 99,118 Emerson Electric Co COM 291011104 1,585 30,374 SH SHARED 2 30,374 Emerson Electric Co COM 291011104 4,184 80,185 SH SHARED 1 80,185 EOG Resources COM 26875P101 1,604 14,438 SH SHARED 2 14,438 EOG Resources COM 26875P101 4,169 37,526 SH SHARED 1 37,526 Exelon Corporation COM 30161N101 1,352 34,478 SH SHARED 2 34,478 Exelon Corporation COM 30161N101 5,994 152,872 SH SHARED 1 152,872 Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 5,561 64,113 SH SHARED 2 64,113 Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 20,011 230,725 SH SHARED 1 230,725 Fedex Corp COM 31428X106 - - SH SHARED 1 - Forest Laboratories Inc COM 345838106 2,764 79,676 SH SHARED 2 79,676 Forest Laboratories Inc COM 345838106 7,195 207,410 SH SHARED 1 207,410 Fusion-io Inc COM 36112J107 1,605 56,498 SH SHARED 2 56,498 Fusion-io Inc COM 36112J107 4,181 147,167 SH SHARED 1 147,167 Gap Inc COM 364760108 1,971 75,395 SH SHARED 2 75,395 Gap Inc COM 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COM 48660P2#0 16,650 600,000 SH SHARED 1 600,000 Kayne Anderson Midstream Enrgy COM 48661E2*8 16,800 600,000 SH SHARED 1 600,000 Kayne Anderson MLP Investment COM 4866064#0 12,320 440,000 SH SHARED 1 440,000 Kayne Anderson MLP Investment COM 4866062#2 16,650 600,000 SH SHARED 1 600,000 Kimberly-Clark Corp COM 494368103 1,287 17,419 SH SHARED 2 17,419 Kimberly-Clark Corp COM 494368103 6,469 87,554 SH SHARED 1 87,554 Kraft Foods Inc COM 50075N104 1,588 41,791 SH SHARED 2 41,791 Kraft Foods Inc COM 50075N104 7,140 187,855 SH SHARED 1 187,855 Legg Mason Inc COM 524901105 1,599 57,233 SH SHARED 2 57,233 Legg Mason Inc COM 524901105 4,148 148,519 SH SHARED 1 148,519 Lloyds Banking Group PLC COM 539439AC3 1,007 1,460,000 SH SHARED 1 1,460,000 Lockheed Martin Corp COM 539830109 1,368 15,228 SH SHARED 2 15,228 Lockheed Martin Corp COM 539830109 3,541 39,401 SH SHARED 1 39,401 Louisiana Pacific Corp COM 546347105 1,559 166,758 SH SHARED 2 166,758 Louisiana Pacific Corp COM 546347105 4,120 440,600 SH SHARED 1 440,600 Lowes Companies Inc COM 548661107 1,490 47,484 SH SHARED 2 47,484 Lowes Companies Inc COM 548661107 4,047 128,963 SH SHARED 1 128,963 McDonald's Corp COM 580135101 2,979 30,363 SH SHARED 1 30,363 Merck & Co. Inc. COM 58933Y105 1,536 40,011 SH SHARED 2 40,011 Merck & Co. Inc. COM 58933Y105 7,316 190,532 SH SHARED 1 190,532 Merge Healthcare Inc COM 589499102 1,481 252,733 SH SHARED 2 252,733 MetLife Inc COM 59156R108 6,729 180,159 SH SHARED 1 180,159 Microsoft Corp COM 594918104 3,320 102,945 SH SHARED 2 102,945 Microsoft Corp COM 594918104 12,239 379,436 SH SHARED 1 379,436 Monster World Wide Inc COM 611742107 2,015 206,619 SH SHARED 2 206,619 Monster World Wide Inc COM 611742107 5,240 537,439 SH SHARED 1 537,439 Morgan Stanley COM 617446448 1,035 52,684 SH SHARED 2 52,684 Morgan Stanley COM 617446448 2,862 145,739 SH SHARED 1 145,739 Mosaic Holdings Inc COM 61945C103 1,521 27,514 SH SHARED 2 27,514 Mosaic Holdings Inc COM 61945C103 4,040 73,074 SH SHARED 1 73,074 Mrv Communications Inc COM 553477100 1,077 1,025,247 SH SHARED 2 1,025,247 Nokia OYJ COM 654902204 1,658 302,081 SH SHARED 2 302,081 Nokia OYJ COM 654902204 4,364 794,917 SH SHARED 1 794,917 Occidental Petroleum Corp COM 674599105 1,644 17,264 SH SHARED 2 17,264 Occidental Petroleum Corp COM 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