TORONTO, May 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ - Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSX: SLF) (NYSE: SLF) announced that the 11 nominees listed in the management information circular dated March 16, 2015 were elected as directors of Sun Life Financial. The detailed results of the vote held at its annual meeting of common shareholders today in Toronto are set out below. 



    Nominee    Votes For            % For      Votes Withheld           % Withheld
    -------    ---------            -----      --------------           ----------

     William
     D.
     Anderson           257,701,013       99.2                2,181,724            0.8
     --------           -----------       ----                ---------            ---

    John
     H.
     Clappison          258,982,417       99.7                  900,320            0.3
    ----------          -----------       ----                  -------            ---

    Dean
     A.
     Connor             258,926,012       99.6                  956,725            0.4
    -------             -----------       ----                  -------            ---

     Martin
     J.
     G.
     Glynn              258,942,286       99.6                  940,451            0.4
     ------             -----------       ----                  -------            ---

    M.
     Marianne
     Harris             259,176,117       99.7                  706,620            0.3
    ---------           -----------       ----                  -------            ---

     Krystyna
     T.
     Hoeg               258,399,374       99.4                1,483,363            0.6
     --------           -----------       ----                ---------            ---

    Sara
     G.
     Lewis              257,130,170       98.9                2,752,567            1.1
    ------              -----------       ----                ---------            ---

    Réal
     Raymond            258,514,051       99.5                1,368,686            0.5
    --------            -----------       ----                ---------            ---

    Hugh
     D.
     Segal,
     CM                 258,907,834       99.6                  974,903            0.4
    -------             -----------       ----                  -------            ---

     Barbara
     G.
     Stymiest           259,072,991       99.7                  809,746            0.3
     --------           -----------       ----                  -------            ---

    James
     H.
     Sutcliffe          256,305,736       98.6                3,577,001            1.4
    ----------          -----------       ----                ---------            ---


About Sun Life Financial
Celebrating 150 years in 2015, Sun Life Financial is a leading international financial services organization providing a diverse range of protection and wealth products and services to individuals and corporate customers. Sun Life Financial and its partners have operations in a number of 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 March 31, 2015 the Sun Life Financial group of companies had total assets under management of $813 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. - Financial News