UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 13F FORM 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: June 30, 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: John Vaz Wellesley Hills, Ma August 10, 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: 223 -------------------- Form 13F Information Table Value Total: US$1,809,593 -------------------- (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 - June 30, 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 5,605 62,560 SH SHARED 1 62,560 3M CO COM 88579Y101 1,464 16,344 SH SHARED 2 16,344 Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 1,612 25,000 SH SHARED 1 25,000 Acme Packet Inc COM 004764106 2,830 151,734 SH SHARED 1 151,734 Acme Packet Inc COM 004764106 1,085 58,179 SH SHARED 2 58,179 Actuate Corp COM 00508B102 2,747 396,399 SH SHARED 1 396,399 Actuate Corp COM 00508B102 1,068 154,098 SH SHARED 2 154,098 AES Corporation COM 00130H105 3,820 297,733 SH SHARED 1 297,733 AES Corporation COM 00130H105 1,394 108,630 SH SHARED 2 108,630 Akamai Technologies Inc COM 00971T101 7,636 240,496 SH SHARED 1 240,496 Akamai Technologies Inc COM 00971T101 2,968 93,477 SH SHARED 2 93,477 American Express Co COM 025816109 4,668 80,187 SH SHARED 1 80,187 American International Group COM 026874784 6,209 193,475 SH SHARED 1 193,475 Amgen Inc COM 031162100 4,728 64,851 SH SHARED 1 64,851 Amgen Inc COM 031162100 1,855 25,442 SH SHARED 2 25,442 Apple Inc COM 037833100 12,568 21,521 SH SHARED 1 21,521 Apple Inc COM 037833100 4,823 8,259 SH SHARED 2 8,259 AT&T Inc COM 00206R102 7,028 197,094 SH SHARED 1 197,094 AT&T Inc COM 00206R102 2,535 71,099 SH SHARED 2 71,099 Bank of America Corp COM 060505104 1,640 200,543 SH SHARED 2 200,543 Barclays Bank Plc COM 06738C828 41,633 54,200,000 SH SHARED 1 54,200,000 Barclays Bank Plc COM 06738C828 15,900 20,700,000 SH SHARED 1 20,700,000 Baxter International Inc COM 071813109 3,701 69,624 SH SHARED 1 69,624 Baxter International Inc COM 071813109 1,536 28,894 SH SHARED 2 28,894 BB&T Corporation COM 054937107 3,684 119,407 SH SHARED 1 119,407 BB&T Corporation COM 054937107 1,481 48,016 SH SHARED 2 48,016 Berkshire Hathaway Inc COM 084670702 4,065 48,779 SH SHARED 1 48,779 Berkshire Hathaway Inc COM 084670702 1,552 18,622 SH SHARED 2 18,622 Boeing Company COM 097023105 5,296 71,274 SH SHARED 1 71,274 Boeing Company COM 097023105 1,340 18,038 SH SHARED 2 18,038 Boston Scientific Corp COM 101137107 8,368 1,475,791 SH SHARED 1 1,475,791 Boston Scientific Corp COM 101137107 3,256 574,178 SH SHARED 2 574,178 Boston Scientific Corp COM 101137107 5,387 950,000 SH SHARED 1 950,000 Bristol-Myers Squibb COM 110122108 6,598 183,544 SH SHARED 1 183,544 Bristol-Myers Squibb COM 110122108 1,838 51,118 SH SHARED 2 51,118 Caterpillar Inc COM 149123101 1,529 18,009 SH SHARED 1 18,009 CCG Commercial Pool II Inc COM 12501RAF6 486 1,000 SH SHARED 1 1,000 Centro Retail Australia COM BSL0B74C7 1,586 9,688,869 SH SHARED 1 9,688,869 Centurylink Inc COM 156700106 3,698 93,652 SH SHARED 1 93,652 Centurylink Inc COM 156700106 1,617 40,946 SH SHARED 2 40,946 Charles Schwab Corp./The COM 808513105 3,315 256,345 SH SHARED 1 256,345 Charles Schwab Corp./The COM 808513105 910 70,358 SH SHARED 2 70,358 Chevron Corp COM 166764100 10,513 99,649 SH SHARED 1 99,649 Chevron Corp COM 166764100 3,526 33,419 SH SHARED 2 33,419 Cisco Systems Inc COM 17275R102 1,614 93,996 SH SHARED 1 93,996 Citigroup Inc COM 172967424 969 35,356 SH SHARED 2 35,356 Coca-Cola Co COM 191216100 6,513 83,303 SH SHARED 1 83,303 Coca-Cola Co COM 191216100 1,786 22,845 SH SHARED 2 22,845 ConocoPhillips COM 20825C104 4,858 86,931 SH SHARED 1 86,931 ConocoPhillips COM 20825C104 1,230 22,012 SH SHARED 2 22,012 Consolidated Edison Inc COM 209115104 1,543 24,817 SH SHARED 1 24,817 Corning Inc COM 219350105 7,601 587,876 SH SHARED 1 587,876 Corning Inc COM 219350105 2,864 221,524 SH SHARED 2 221,524 Cosi Inc COM 22122P101 708 996,776 SH SHARED 1 996,776 Cosi Inc COM 22122P101 264 371,709 SH SHARED 2 371,709 CVS Caremark Corporation COM 126650100 4,288 91,758 SH SHARED 1 91,758 CVS Caremark Corporation COM 126650100 1,648 35,276 SH SHARED 2 35,276 DR Horton Inc COM 23331A109 4,654 253,191 SH SHARED 1 253,191 DR Horton Inc COM 23331A109 1,787 97,200 SH SHARED 2 97,200 Duke Energy Corp COM 26441C204 1,535 66,576 SH SHARED 1 66,576 EI Dupont de Nemour and Co COM 263534109 1,624 32,108 SH SHARED 1 32,108 Eli Lilly & Co COM 532457108 4,253 99,118 SH SHARED 1 99,118 Eli Lilly & Co COM 532457108 1,583 36,892 SH SHARED 2 36,892 EMC Corp COM 268648102 8,119 316,775 SH SHARED 1 316,775 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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 4866062#2 16,650 600,000 SH SHARED 1 600,000 Kayne Anderson MLP Investment COM 4866064#0 12,320 440,000 SH SHARED 1 440,000 Kimberly-Clark Corp COM 494368103 5,614 67,017 SH SHARED 1 67,017 Kimberly-Clark Corp COM 494368103 1,459 17,419 SH SHARED 2 17,419 Kohls Corp COM 500255104 3,767 82,817 SH SHARED 1 82,817 Kohls Corp COM 500255104 1,463 32,155 SH SHARED 2 32,155 Kraft Foods Inc COM 50075N104 5,753 148,957 SH SHARED 1 148,957 Kraft Foods Inc COM 50075N104 1,614 41,791 SH SHARED 2 41,791 Legg Mason Inc COM 524901105 3,916 148,519 SH SHARED 1 148,519 Legg Mason Inc COM 524901105 1,509 57,233 SH SHARED 2 57,233 Lloyds Banking Group PLC COM 539439AC3 956 1,460,000 SH SHARED 1 1,460,000 Lockheed Martin Corp COM 539830109 3,431 39,401 SH SHARED 1 39,401 Lockheed Martin Corp COM 539830109 1,326 15,228 SH SHARED 2 15,228 Lowes Companies Inc COM 548661107 3,668 128,963 SH SHARED 1 128,963 Lowes Companies Inc COM 548661107 1,350 47,484 SH SHARED 2 47,484 McDonald's Corp COM 580135101 2,886 32,602 SH SHARED 1 32,602 Merck & Co. 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