SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 13F FORM 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 2009 ---------------- 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: Pawan Khemraj Title: Director, Investment Analysis Phone: 416-979-6192 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: /s/ Pawan Khemraj Toronto, Ontario May 13, 2009 ------------------------------------ ---------------- ------------ [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 Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 2 ------------- Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 212 ------------- Form 13F Information Table Value Total: US$1,483,940 ------------- (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 1 028-12046 Sun Capital Advisers LLC. 2 028-12047 Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada [Repeat as necessary.] FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE - MARCH 31, 2009 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 2,202 44,293 SH SHARED 1 44,293 3M Corporation COM 88579Y101 824 16,577 SH SHARED 2 16,577 Acme Packet Inc COM 004764106 4,903 807,815 SH SHARED 1 807,815 Acme Packet Inc COM 004764106 1,888 311,097 SH SHARED 2 311,097 Acme Packet Inc COM 004764106 7,284 1,200,000 SH SHARED 1 1,200,000 ADC Telecommunications Inc COM 000886309 3,556 810,010 SH SHARED 1 810,010 ADC Telecommunications Inc COM 000886309 1,341 305,539 SH SHARED 2 305,539 AERCAP HOLDINGS NV COM N00985106 546 168,096 SH SHARED 1 168,096 AERCAP HOLDINGS NV COM N00985106 212 65,176 SH SHARED 2 65,176 Alexandria Real Estate Equit COM 015271109 7,319 201,058 SH SHARED 1 201,058 Alexandria Real Estate Equit COM 015271109 174 4,780 SH SHARED 2 4,780 Altria Group Inc COM 02209S103 996 62,166 SH SHARED 1 62,166 Altria Group Inc COM 02209S103 372 23,209 SH SHARED 2 23,209 Amgen Inc COM 031162100 3,422 69,102 SH SHARED 1 69,102 Amgen Inc COM 031162100 1,278 25,808 SH SHARED 2 25,808 AT&T Inc COM 00206R102 5,121 203,223 SH SHARED 1 203,223 AT&T Inc COM 00206R102 1,915 75,986 SH SHARED 2 75,986 AvalonBay Communities Inc COM 053484101 6,265 133,127 SH SHARED 1 133,127 AvalonBay Communities Inc COM 053484101 219 4,647 SH SHARED 2 4,647 Bank of America Corp COM 060505104 2,047 300,194 SH SHARED 1 300,194 Bank of America Corp COM 060505104 760 111,501 SH SHARED 2 111,501 Bank of Nova Scotia COM 064149107 329,169 13,466,667 SH SHARED 1 13,466,667 BE AEROSPACE INC COM 073302101 2,707 312,170 SH SHARED 1 312,170 Best Buy Company Inc COM 086516101 1,261 33,228 SH SHARED 2 33,228 Biogen Idec Inc COM 09062X103 6,307 120,308 SH SHARED 1 120,308 Biogen Idec Inc COM 09062X103 2,372 45,249 SH SHARED 2 45,249 Boeing Company COM 097023105 1,740 48,911 SH SHARED 1 48,911 Boeing Company COM 097023105 651 18,297 SH SHARED 2 18,297 Bookham Inc COM 09856E105 691 1,607,740 SH SHARED 1 1,607,740 Bookham Inc COM 09856E105 268 623,846 SH SHARED 2 623,846 Bookham Inc COM 09856E105 1,804 4,400,000 SH SHARED 1 4,400,000 Boston Properties Inc COM 101121101 8,248 235,460 SH SHARED 1 235,460 Boston Properties Inc COM 101121101 46 1,316 SH SHARED 2 1,316 Boston Scientific COM 101137107 7,543 950,000 SH SHARED 1 950,000 Boston Scientific Corp COM 101137107 5,983 752,598 SH SHARED 1 752,598 Boston Scientific Corp COM 101137107 2,243 282,150 SH SHARED 2 282,150 BP Amoco Plc COM 055622104 4,543 113,297 SH SHARED 1 113,297 BP Amoco Plc COM 055622104 1,720 42,892 SH SHARED 2 42,892 BRE Properties Inc COM 05564E106 252 12,843 SH SHARED 1 12,843 BRE Properties Inc COM 05564E106 54 2,772 SH SHARED 2 2,772 Bristol-Myers Squibb COM 110122108 3,037 138,544 SH SHARED 1 138,544 Bristol-Myers Squibb COM 110122108 1,136 51,847 SH SHARED 2 51,847 BROADCOM CORP-CL A COM 111320107 2,343 117,269 SH SHARED 1 117,269 BROADCOM CORP-CL A COM 111320107 878 43,949 SH SHARED 2 43,949 Brocade Communications Sys COM 111621306 3,537 1,025,093 SH SHARED 1 1,025,093 Brocade Communications Sys COM 111621306 1,372 397,763 SH SHARED 2 397,763 Chevron Corporation COM 166764100 11,236 167,102 SH SHARED 1 167,102 Chevron Corporation COM 166764100 4,223 62,803 SH SHARED 2 62,803 Ciena Corp COM 171779309 2,821 362,560 SH SHARED 1 362,560 Ciena Corp COM 171779309 1,127 144,799 SH SHARED 2 144,799 Coca-Cola Company COM 191216100 3,429 78,022 SH SHARED 1 78,022 Coca-Cola Company COM 191216100 1,281 29,148 SH SHARED 2 29,148 Concurrent Computer Corp COM 206710402 886 244,716 SH SHARED 1 244,716 Concurrent Computer Corp COM 206710402 350 96,569 SH SHARED 2 96,569 ConocoPhillips COM 20825C104 2,333 59,580 SH SHARED 1 59,580 ConocoPhillips COM 20825C104 874 22,328 SH SHARED 2 22,328 Conseco Inc COM 208464883 861 936,206 SH SHARED 1 936,206 Conseco Inc COM 208464883 321 349,123 SH SHARED 2 349,123 Cosi Inc COM 22122P101 272 800,817 SH SHARED 1 800,817 Cosi Inc COM 22122P101 105 309,909 SH SHARED 2 309,909 CVS Caremark Corporation COM 126650100 3,565 129,674 SH SHARED 1 129,674 CVS Caremark Corporation COM 126650100 1,332 48,440 SH SHARED 2 48,440 DIGITAL REALTY TRUST INC COM 253868103 9,403 283,405 SH SHARED 1 283,405 DIGITAL REALTY TRUST INC COM 253868103 256 7,714 SH SHARED 2 7,714 Dominion Resources Inc COM 25746U109 2,739 88,398 SH SHARED 1 88,398 Dominion Resources Inc COM 25746U109 1,023 32,998 SH SHARED 2 32,998 Douglas Emmett Inc-w/i COM 25960P109 7,088 959,117 SH SHARED 1 959,117 Douglas Emmett Inc-w/i COM 25960P109 198 26,796 SH SHARED 2 26,796 Dupont (EI) Nemours and Co COM 263534109 1,961 87,799 SH SHARED 1 87,799 Dupont (EI) Nemours and Co COM 263534109 732 32,801 SH SHARED 2 32,801 Eastgroup Properties COM 277276101 4,967 176,958 SH SHARED 1 176,958 Eastgroup Properties COM 277276101 172 6,128 SH SHARED 2 6,128 EQT Inc COM 26884L109 4,092 130,624 SH SHARED 1 130,624 EQT Inc COM 26884L109 1,552 49,542 SH SHARED 2 49,542 Equity Residential Properties COM 29476L107 7,175 391,034 SH SHARED 1 391,034 Equity Residential Properties COM 29476L107 192 10,465 SH SHARED 2 10,465 Exelon Corporation COM 30161N101 2,749 60,566 SH SHARED 1 60,566 Exelon Corporation COM 30161N101 1,025 22,591 SH SHARED 2 22,591 Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 13,931 204,564 SH SHARED 1 204,564 Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 5,189 76,194 SH SHARED 2 76,194 Federal Realty Investment Tr COM 313747206 10,071 218,930 SH SHARED 1 218,930 Federal Realty Investment Tr COM 313747206 280 6,078 SH SHARED 2 6,078 Fedex Corp COM 31428X106 1,381 31,037 SH SHARED 1 31,037 Fedex Corp COM 31428X106 516 11,595 SH SHARED 2 11,595 FINISAR Corporation COM 31787A101 559 1,299,487 SH SHARED 1 1,299,487 General Elec Co COM 369604103 2,932 290,000 SH SHARED 1 290,000 General Electric Company COM 369604103 3,337 330,032 SH SHARED 1 330,032 General Electric Company COM 369604103 1,404 138,911 SH SHARED 2 138,911 Genworth Financial Inc. COM 37247D106 4,344 2,286,200 SH SHARED 1 2,286,200 Goldman Sachs Group Inc COM 38141G104 3,229 30,454 SH SHARED 1 30,454 Goldman Sachs Group Inc COM 38141G104 1,205 11,363 SH SHARED 2 11,363 HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS INC COM 40637H109 2,746 502,900 SH SHARED 1 502,900 HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS INC COM 40637H109 1,032 188,990 SH SHARED 2 188,990 HCP Inc COM 40414L109 6,343 355,337 SH SHARED 1 355,337 HCP Inc COM 40414L109 206 11,552 SH SHARED 2 11,552 Highwoods Properties Inc COM 431284108 4,089 190,908 SH SHARED 1 190,908 Honeywell International Inc COM 438516106 2,330 83,629 SH SHARED 1 83,629 Honeywell International Inc COM 438516106 872 31,293 SH SHARED 2 31,293 Host Hotels and Resorts Inc COM 44107P104 5,597 1,427,682 SH SHARED 1 1,427,682 Host Hotels and Resorts Inc COM 44107P104 45 11,437 SH SHARED 2 11,437 INSULET CORP COM 45784P101 1,550 378,008 SH SHARED 1 378,008 INSULET CORP COM 45784P101 584 142,409 SH SHARED 2 142,409 International Paper Co COM 460146103 2,260 320,995 SH SHARED 1 320,995 International Paper Co COM 460146103 811 115,263 SH SHARED 2 115,263 Ishares COM 464286699 6,203 591,884 SH SHARED 1 591,884 Ishares COM 464286699 1,462 139,500 SH SHARED 1 139,500 Ishares COM 464286707 1,930 112,200 SH SHARED 1 112,200 Ishares COM 464286806 379 25,300 SH SHARED 1 25,300 Ishares COM 464286822 687 25,150 SH SHARED 1 25,150 Ishares COM 464286848 5,630 712,706 SH SHARED 1 712,706 IShares MSCI EAFE COM 464287465 16,120 428,838 SH SHARED 2 428,838 Ishares Tr COM 464287465 138,103 3,673,940 SH SHARED 1 3,673,940 Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 2,242 42,633 SH SHARED 1 42,633 Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 844 16,047 SH SHARED 2 16,047 JP Morgan Chase COM 46625H100 4,699 176,787 SH SHARED 1 176,787 JP Morgan Chase COM 46625H100 1,754 66,004 SH SHARED 2 66,004 Kimberly-Clark Corp COM 494368103 2,796 60,642 SH SHARED 1 60,642 Kimberly-Clark Corp COM 494368103 1,044 22,636 SH SHARED 2 22,636 Kimco Realty Corp COM 49446R109 7,007 919,584 SH SHARED 1 919,584 Kimco Realty Corp COM 49446R109 158 20,788 SH SHARED 2 20,788 Lexington Realty Trust COM 529043101 6,196 2,603,199 SH SHARED 1 2,603,199 Lexington Realty Trust COM 529043101 132 55,399 SH SHARED 2 55,399 Lowe's Companies COM 548661107 2,354 128,963 SH SHARED 1 128,963 Lowe's Companies COM 548661107 879 48,165 SH SHARED 2 48,165 Macy's Inc COM 55616P104 730 82,002 SH SHARED 2 82,002 Marvell Technology Group COM G5876H105 5,989 653,794 SH SHARED 1 653,794 Marvell Technology Group COM G5876H105 2,243 244,825 SH SHARED 2 244,825 Marvell Technology Group Ltd COM G5876H105 1,926 210,236 SH SHARED 1 210,236 Mattel Inc COM 577081102 2,256 195,682 SH SHARED 1 195,682 Mattel Inc COM 577081102 845 73,329 SH SHARED 2 73,329 Medical Properties Trust Inc COM 58463J304 10,007 2,741,604 SH SHARED 1 2,741,604 Medical Properties Trust Inc COM 58463J304 266 72,862 SH SHARED 2 72,862 Merck & Co Inc COM 589331107 2,705 101,139 SH SHARED 1 101,139 Merck & Co Inc COM 589331107 1,011 37,788 SH SHARED 2 37,788 Merge Healthcare Inc COM 589499102 1,398 1,028,171 SH SHARED 1 1,028,171 Merge Healthcare Inc COM 589499102 568 417,494 SH SHARED 2 417,494 Morgan Stanley COM 617446448 3,318 145,739 SH SHARED 1 145,739 Morgan Stanley COM 617446448 1,216 53,423 SH SHARED 2 53,423 Motorola Inc COM 620076109 2,940 695,150 SH SHARED 1 695,150 Motorola Inc COM 620076109 855 202,142 SH SHARED 2 202,142 Mrv Communications Inc COM 553477100 898 2,896,634 SH SHARED 1 2,896,634 Mrv Communications Inc COM 553477100 365 1,178,210 SH SHARED 2 1,178,210 MRV Communications Inc COM 553477100 1,679 5,417,703 SH SHARED 1 5,417,703 Nationwide Health Pptys Inc COM 638620104 898 40,473 SH SHARED 1 40,473 Nationwide Health Pptys Inc COM 638620104 195 8,794 SH SHARED 2 8,794 OPNEXT COM 68375V105 3,127 1,850,000 SH SHARED 1 1,850,000 OPNEXT INC COM 68375V105 1,990 1,163,643 SH SHARED 1 1,163,643 OPNEXT INC COM 68375V105 730 426,754 SH SHARED 2 426,754 OVERSTOCK.COM INC COM 690370101 1,966 214,838 SH SHARED 1 214,838 OVERSTOCK.COM INC COM 690370101 722 78,945 SH SHARED 2 78,945 Pepsico Inc COM 713448108 3,092 60,054 SH SHARED 1 60,054 Pepsico Inc COM 713448108 1,157 22,478 SH SHARED 2 22,478 Pfizer Inc COM 717081103 2,809 206,277 SH SHARED 1 206,277 Pfizer Inc COM 717081103 1,048 76,955 SH SHARED 2 76,955 Philip Morris International COM 718172109 2,212 62,166 SH SHARED 1 62,166 Philip Morris International COM 718172109 826 23,209 SH SHARED 2 23,209 Plum Creek Timber Co Common COM 729251108 6,606 227,231 SH SHARED 1 227,231 Plum Creek Timber Co Common COM 729251108 274 9,419 SH SHARED 2 9,419 Powershares QQQ Nasdaq 100 COM 73935A104 13,709 452,000 SH SHARED 1 452,000 Principal Financial Group COM 74251V102 545 66,592 SH SHARED 1 66,592 Principal Financial Group COM 74251V102 206 25,169 SH SHARED 2 25,169 Procter & Gamble Co COM 742718109 4,274 90,770 SH SHARED 1 90,770 Procter & Gamble Co COM 742718109 1,597 33,908 SH SHARED 2 33,908 Public Storage COM 74460D109 10,805 195,560 SH SHARED 1 195,560 Public Storage COM 74460D109 324 5,862 SH SHARED 2 5,862 Qwest Communications Intl Inc COM 749121109 3,886 1,136,196 SH SHARED 1 1,136,196 Qwest Communications Intl Inc COM 749121109 1,482 433,413 SH SHARED 2 433,413 Rackable Systems Inc COM 750077109 3,537 871,123 SH SHARED 1 871,123 Rackable Systems Inc COM 750077109 1,372 337,932 SH SHARED 2 337,932 Rackable Systems Inc COM 750077109 3,771 940,500 SH SHARED 1 940,500 Schering Plough Corp COM 806605101 3,876 165,000 SH SHARED 1 165,000 Schering-Plough Corp COM 806605101 6,178 262,341 SH SHARED 1 262,341 Schering-Plough Corp COM 806605101 2,019 85,716 SH SHARED 2 85,716 Simon Property Group Inc COM 828806109 13,648 393,987 SH SHARED 1 393,987 Simon Property Group Inc COM 828806109 428 12,352 SH SHARED 2 12,352 SL Green Realty Corp COM 78440X101 6,512 602,984 SH SHARED 1 602,984 SL Green Realty Corp COM 78440X101 181 16,742 SH SHARED 2 16,742 SPDR Trust COM 78462F103 445,916 5,607,601 SH SHARED 1 5,607,601 Target Corp COM 87612E106 2,767 80,459 SH SHARED 1 80,459 Telabs Inc COM 879664100 3,644 795,627 SH SHARED 1 795,627 Tenet Healthcare Corp COM 88033G100 6,156 5,400,000 SH SHARED 1 5,400,000 Time Warner Inc COM 887317105 4,491 232,682 SH SHARED 1 232,682 Time Warner Inc COM 887317105 1,684 87,270 SH SHARED 2 87,270 Travelers Cos Inc COM 89417E109 1,335 32,851 SH SHARED 2 32,851 United Technologies Corp COM 913017109 2,630 61,194 SH SHARED 1 61,194 United Technologies Corp COM 913017109 984 22,891 SH SHARED 2 22,891 Unitedhealth Group Inc COM 91324P102 1,699 81,167 SH SHARED 1 81,167 Unitedhealth Group Inc COM 91324P102 636 30,375 SH SHARED 2 30,375 UnumProvident Corp COM 91529Y106 1,879 150,305 SH SHARED 1 150,305 UnumProvident Corp COM 91529Y106 729 58,301 SH SHARED 2 58,301 Ventas Inc COM 92276F100 10,609 469,203 SH SHARED 1 469,203 Ventas Inc COM 92276F100 307 13,564 SH SHARED 2 13,564 Verizon Communications Inc COM 92343V104 2,485 82,296 SH SHARED 1 82,296 Verizon Communications Inc COM 92343V104 435 14,395 SH SHARED 2 14,395 Verso Paper Corp COM 92531L108 223 353,958 SH SHARED 1 353,958 Viacom Inc-class B COM 92553P201 1,723 99,121 SH SHARED 1 99,121 Viacom Inc-class B COM 92553P201 644 37,027 SH SHARED 2 37,027 Vicor Corp COM 925815102 1,654 338,256 SH SHARED 1 338,256 Vicor Corp COM 925815102 644 131,731 SH SHARED 2 131,731 Vicor Corp COM 925815102 2,841 579,783 SH SHARED 1 579,783 Vornado Realty Trust COM 929042109 9,771 293,940 SH SHARED 1 293,940 Vornado Realty Trust COM 929042109 250 7,534 SH SHARED 2 7,534 Wal-Mart Stores Inc COM 931142103 3,911 75,073 SH SHARED 1 75,073 Wal-Mart Stores Inc COM 931142103 1,460 28,028 SH SHARED 2 28,028 Wellpoint Inc COM 94973V107 1,814 47,786 SH SHARED 1 47,786 Wellpoint Inc COM 94973V107 678 17,853 SH SHARED 2 17,853 Wells Fargo & Co COM 949746101 3,172 222,784 SH SHARED 1 222,784 Wells Fargo & Co COM 949746101 1,180 82,868 SH SHARED 2 82,868 Weyerhaeuser Co COM 962166104 9,953 361,013 SH SHARED 1 361,013 Weyerhaeuser Co COM 962166104 291 10,557 SH SHARED 2 10,557 Williams Cos Inc COM 969457100 4,245 374,000 SH SHARED 1 374,000 Wyeth COM 983024100 3,531 82,033 SH SHARED 1 82,033 1,483,940 97,972,794 # of entries 212