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(SUN LIFE FINANCIAL LOGO)

Sun Life Financial Inc.
Annual Meeting of Shareholders
May 11, 2005

Report on Voting Results

National Instrument 51-102 – Section 11.3


Election of Directors

The following nominees were elected by ballot as directors of the Corporation until the next Annual Meeting:

                                 
Name of Nominee   Votes For     %     Votes Withheld     %  
         
James C. Baillie
    254,204,300       99.84       419,669       0.16  
George W. Carmany, III
    254,207,985       99.84       415,984       0.16  
William R. Fatt
    252,342,338       99.10       2,281,631       0.90  
David A. Ganong
    254,170,251       99.82       453,718       0.18  
Germaine Gibara
    254,203,216       99.83       420,753       0.17  
Krystyna T. Hoeg
    254,199,972       99.83       423,997       0.17  
David W. Kerr
    254,204,102       99.84       419,867       0.16  
Idalene F. Kesner
    254,161,272       99.82       462,697       0.18  
Bertin F. Nadeau
    253,968,109       99.74       655,860       0.26  
Ronald W. Osborne
    253,890,133       99.71       733,836       0.29  
C. James Prieur
    254,228,089       99.84       395,880       0.16  
Donald A. Stewart
    254,230,892       99.85       393,077       0.15  
W. Vickery Stoughton
    254,140,791       99.81       483,178       0.19  

Appointment of Auditors

The following were the results of the ballot to appoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as Auditors of the Corporation:

                                 
Outcome   Votes For     %     Votes Withheld     %  
         
Carried
    252,026,862       99.00       2,544,825       1.00  

 


 

Shareholder Proposal No. 1

The following were the results of the ballot conducted for Shareholder Proposal No. 1– Candidates for Director must receive at least 75% support:

                                 
Outcome   Votes For     %     Votes Against     %  
         
Defeated
    5,097,116       2.09       238,770,161       97.91  

Shareholder Proposal No. 2

The following were the results of the ballot conducted for Shareholder Proposal No. 2 – Directors who change principal occupation shall resign:

                                 
Outcome   Votes For     %     Votes Against     %  
         
Defeated
    4,292,168       1.76       239,566,703       98.24  

Shareholder Proposal No. 3

The following were the results of the ballot conducted for Shareholder Proposal No. 3 – Disclosure of voting by the Company’s mutual funds:

                                 
Outcome   Votes For     %     Votes Against     %  
         
Defeated
    31,013,822       12.72       212,844,436       87.28  

Shareholder Proposal No. 4

The following were the results of the ballot conducted for Shareholder Proposal No. 4 – Meaningful quorums:

                                 
Outcome   Votes For     %     Votes Against     %  
         
Defeated
    19,503,416       8.00       224,355,873       92.00  

Shareholder Proposal No. 5

The following were the results of the ballot conducted for Shareholder Proposal No. 5 – Disclose ratio of executive compensation to net revenue:

                                 
Outcome   Votes For     %     Votes Against     %  
         
Defeated
    36,453,990       14.96       207,195,704       85.04  

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Shareholder Proposal No. 6

The following were the results of the ballot conducted for Shareholder Proposal No. 6 – Disclosure of ratio of Directors’ compensation to net revenue:

                                 
Outcome   Votes For     %     Votes Against     %  
         
Defeated
    10,660,907       4.37       233,422,333       95.63  

Shareholder Proposal No. 7

The following were the results of the ballot conducted for Shareholder Proposal No. 7 – Disclosure of potential liability to participating policyholders:

                                 
Outcome   Votes For     %     Votes Against     %  
         
Defeated
    8,140,033       3.34       235,725,394       96.66  

Shareholder Proposal No. 8

The following were the results of the ballot conducted for Shareholder Proposal No. 8 – No conflict of interest for Policyholders’ Directors:

                                 
Outcome   Votes For     %     Votes Against     %  
         
Defeated
    5,284,800       2.17       238,568,365       97.83  

Shareholder Proposal No. 9

The following were the results of the ballot conducted for Shareholder Proposal No. 9 – All elections shall be truly democratic:

                                 
Outcome   Votes For     %     Votes Against     %  
         
Defeated
    6,196,027       2.54       237,662,963       97.46  

Shareholder Proposal No. 10

The following were the results of the ballot conducted for Shareholder Proposal No. 10 – The company shall make amends for participation in MFP leasing deals:

                                 
Outcome   Votes For     %     Votes Against     %  
         
Defeated
    2,803,340       1.15       241,035,203       98.85  

/ s / “Joan M. Wilson”
Joan M. Wilson
Vice-President and Corporate Secretary

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