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</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-______</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">FORM&nbsp;S-8</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Canada</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>Incorporation or Organization)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>Identification Number)</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Toronto, Ontario, Canada </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>M5J 0B6 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address,
Including Zip Code of Principal Executive Offices) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Sun Life
Financial Inc. Executive Stock Option Plan </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of Plans) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada - U.S. Operations Holdings, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>One Sun Life Executive Park </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(781) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">247-6030</FONT> </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>James Klopper</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Sun Life Financial US</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1
Sun Life Park, SC 3093</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Wellesley Hills,</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Massachusetts 02481</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(781)
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">263-6373</FONT></B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Tracie Allan</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Sun Life Financial</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1 York
Street, 31st Floor</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Toronto, Ontario, Canada</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>M5J 0B6</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(647) <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">256-2502</FONT></B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Christopher R. Bornhorst, Esq.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Ellie Kang, Esq.</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Torys
LLP</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1114 Avenue of the</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Americas, 23rd Floor</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New
York, NY 10036 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(212)&nbsp;880-6000</FONT></B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Rima Ramchandani,</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Jennifer Lennon,</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Torys
LLP</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>79 Wellington Street West, Suite 3000</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Toronto, Ontario, Canada</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>M5K 1N2</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(416) <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">865-0040</FONT></B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION&nbsp;10(A)&nbsp;PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The documents containing the information specified in Item&nbsp;1 and Item&nbsp;2 of Part&nbsp;I of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8</FONT> will
be delivered to participants as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1)&nbsp;under the Securities Act. In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) and the instructions to <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8,</FONT> such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part&nbsp;of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities
Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents, which have heretofore been filed by Sun Life Financial Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) with the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the&nbsp;&#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part&nbsp;hereof: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Exhibits 99.1 to 99.3 of the Registrant&#146;s annual report on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">40-F</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-15014)</FONT> (the &#147;Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">40-F&#148;)</FONT> filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;9, 2023,
including the Registrant&#146;s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">all other reports filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since February 14, 2023;
and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Shares, under the section captioned &#147;Capital
Structure&#148; in the annual information form included as exhibit 99.3 in the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">40-F</FONT> including any amendment or report filed for the purposes of updating such
description. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, all documents or reports subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to
Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities offered hereby then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part&nbsp;hereof from the date of the filing of such documents or
reports; provided that reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> shall only be deemed so incorporated by reference to the extent expressly stated therein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in a document or report incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
the purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document or report which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part&nbsp;of this Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to any limitations contained in the Insurance Companies Act (Canada), S.C. 1991, c.47, as amended, the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-laws</FONT>
of the Registrant provide that the Registrant shall indemnify a director or an officer, a former director or officer or any person who acts or acted, at the Registrant&#146;s request, as a director or officer of, or in a similar capacity for,
another entity, and each of such person&#146;s heirs and personal representatives, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by such person in respect of any
civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which such person is or was involved because of that association with the Registrant or such other entity, if (a)&nbsp;such person acted honestly and in good faith with a view to
the best interests of, as the case may be, the Registrant or such other entity, and (b)&nbsp;in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding enforced by a monetary penalty, such person had reasonable grounds for believing that their
conduct was lawful. The <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-laws</FONT> also provide that the Registrant may enter into agreements evidencing its indemnity in favor of the foregoing persons to the full extent permitted by law. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with a number of its officers and directors under which the Registrant has agreed to indemnify them
against costs, charges, fines and expenses, including amounts paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by an officer or director in respect of any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which such person
is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer of the Registrant, subject to any limitations contained in the Insurance Companies Act (Canada), S.C. 1991, c.47, as amended. The Registrant also has entered into similar
agreements with individuals who serve at the written request of the Registrant as a director, officer employee, trustee, agent or fiduciary of another entity. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not
Applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits. </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Number</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1097362/000090956705000392/t15533exv99w3.htm">Letters Patent of Incorporation and Amending Letters Patent of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (1)(a)
 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A,</FONT> dated March&nbsp;14, 2000 and to Exhibit 99.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K,</FONT> dated February&nbsp;14,
2005) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1097362/000127956920001591/ex991.htm">Amended and Restated <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-law</FONT> No.&nbsp;1 of the Registrant which was amended on November&nbsp;
4, 2020 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K,</FONT> dated November&nbsp;
16, 2020)</A> <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1097362/000119312514051386/d661798dex994.htm">and the Amended and Restated <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-law</FONT> No.&nbsp;2 of the Registrant which was amended on February&nbsp;
12, 2014 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.4 to the Registrant&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K,</FONT> dated February&nbsp;13, 2014) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d462208dex51.htm">Opinion of Torys LLP, Canadian counsel to the Registrant </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d462208dex51.htm">Consent of Torys LLP, Canadian counsel to the Registrant (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d462208dex991.htm">Sun Life Financial Inc. Executive Stock Option Plan </A></TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant hereby undertakes: </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement: </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration
statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment hereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>provided,
however,</I><I></I>&nbsp;that paragraphs&nbsp;(a)(1)(a)&nbsp;and (a)(1)(b)&nbsp;do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs&nbsp;is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
such Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing this Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Toronto,
Province of Ontario, Canada, on this 14<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of February 2023. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Kevin D. Strain</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Kevin D. Strain</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title: President&nbsp;&amp; Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Troy Krushel his or her true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this
registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, state securities law administrators, and other governmental authorities, granting unto
said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as
fully and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent, or his
substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities on February 14<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP>, 2023. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>Name</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Kevin D. Strain</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">President&nbsp;&amp; Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Kevin D. Strain</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">(Principal executive officer)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Manjit Singh</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Manjit Singh</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">(Principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Scott F. Powers</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the Registrant&#146;s duly authorized representative in the United States has signed this
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2023
Registration
No. 333-______
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Canada
NOT APPLICABLE
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
1 York Street, 31st Floor
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5J 0B6
(Address,
Including Zip Code of Principal Executive Offices)
Sun Life
Financial Inc. Executive Stock Option Plan
(Full title of Plans)
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada - U.S. Operations Holdings, Inc.
One Sun Life Executive Park
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481
(781)
247-6030
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
James Klopper
Sun Life Financial US
1
Sun Life Park, SC 3093
Wellesley Hills,
Massachusetts 02481
(781)
263-6373
Tracie Allan
Sun Life Financial
1 York
Street, 31st Floor
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5J 0B6
(647)
256-2502
Christopher R. Bornhorst, Esq.
Ellie Kang, Esq.
Torys
LLP
1114 Avenue of the
Americas, 23rd Floor
New
York, NY 10036
(212) 880-6000
Rima Ramchandani,
Jennifer Lennon,
Torys
LLP
79 Wellington Street West, Suite 3000
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5K 1N2
(416)
865-0040
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in
Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☒
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act  ☐
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of
Form S-8
will
be delivered to participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and the instructions to
Form S-8,
such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities
Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have heretofore been filed by Sun Life Financial Inc. (the "Registrant") with the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
(a)
Exhibits 99.1 to 99.3 of the Registrant's annual report on Form
40-F
(File
No. 001-15014)
(the "Annual Report on Form
40-F")
filed with the Commission on February 9, 2023,
including the Registrant's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022;
(b)
all other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since February 14, 2023;
and
(c)
the description of the Registrant's Common Shares, under the section captioned "Capital
Structure" in the annual information form included as exhibit 99.3 in the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
40-F
including any amendment or report filed for the purposes of updating such
description.
In addition, all documents or reports subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities offered hereby then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents or
reports; provided that reports on Form
6-K
shall only be deemed so incorporated by reference to the extent expressly stated therein.
Any statement contained in a document or report incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
the purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document or report which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Subject to any limitations contained in the Insurance Companies Act (Canada), S.C. 1991, c.47, as amended, the
by-laws
of the Registrant provide that the Registrant shall indemnify a director or an officer, a former director or officer or any person who acts or acted, at the Registrant's request, as a director or officer of, or in a similar capacity for,
another entity, and each of such person's heirs and personal representatives, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by such person in respect of any
civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which such person is or was involved because of that association with the Registrant or such other entity, if (a) such person acted honestly and in good faith with a view to
the best interests of, as the case may be, the Registrant or such other entity, and (b) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding enforced by a monetary penalty, such person had reasonable grounds for believing that their
conduct was lawful. The
by-laws
also provide that the Registrant may enter into agreements evidencing its indemnity in favor of the foregoing persons to the full extent permitted by law.
The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with a number of its officers and directors under which the Registrant has agreed to indemnify them
against costs, charges, fines and expenses, including amounts paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by an officer or director in respect of any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which such person
is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer of the Registrant, subject to any limitations contained in the Insurance Companies Act (Canada), S.C. 1991, c.47, as amended. The Registrant also has entered into similar
agreements with individuals who serve at the written request of the Registrant as a director, officer employee, trustee, agent or fiduciary of another entity.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not
Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
4.1
Letters Patent of Incorporation and Amending Letters Patent of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (1)(a)
 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
8-A,
dated March 14, 2000 and to Exhibit 99.3 to the Registrant's Form
6-K,
dated February 14,
2005)
4.2
Amended and Restated
By-law
No. 1 of the Registrant which was amended on November 
4, 2020 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant's Form
6-K,
dated November 
16, 2020)
and the Amended and Restated
By-law
No. 2 of the Registrant which was amended on February 
12, 2014 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.4 to the Registrant's Form
6-K,
dated February 13, 2014)
5.1
Opinion of Torys LLP, Canadian counsel to the Registrant
23.1
Consent of Deloitte LLP
23.2
Consent of Torys LLP, Canadian counsel to the Registrant (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.3
Consent of Appointed Actuary
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages hereof)
99.1
Sun Life Financial Inc. Executive Stock Option Plan
107
Filing Fee Table
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
The Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement:
(a)
To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(b)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration
statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment hereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement;
(c)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided,
however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(a) and (a)(1)(b) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(b)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
such Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing this Registration Statement on Form
S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Toronto,
Province of Ontario, Canada, on this 14
th
day of February 2023.
SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC.
By:
/s/ Kevin D. Strain
Name: Kevin D. Strain
Title: President & Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Troy Krushel his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact
and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this
registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, state securities law administrators, and other governmental authorities, granting unto
said
attorney-in-fact
and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as
fully and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact
and agent, or his
substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities on February 14
th
, 2023.
Name
Title
/s/ Kevin D. Strain
President & Chief Executive Officer and Director
Kevin D. Strain
(Principal executive officer)
/s/ Manjit Singh
Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
Manjit Singh
(Principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)
/s/ Scott F. Powers
Scott F. Powers
Director
/s/ Deepak Chopra
Deepak Chopra
Director
/s/ Stephanie L. Coyles
Stephanie L. Coyles
Director
/s/ Ashok K. Gupta
Ashok K. Gupta
Director
/s/ M. Marianne Harris
M. Marianne Harris
Director
/s/ David H.Y. Ho
Director
David H.Y. Ho
/s/ Laurie G. Hylton
Director
Laurie G. Hylton
/s/ Helen M. Mallovy Hicks
Director
Helen M. Mallovy Hicks
/s/ Marie-Lucie Morin
Director
Marie-Lucie Morin
/s/ Joseph M. Natale
Director
Joseph M. Natale
/s/ Barbara G. Stymiest
Director
Barbara G. Stymiest
SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED U.S. REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the Registrant's duly authorized representative in the United States has signed this
Registration Statement on this
14
th
day of February 2023:
SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA – US OPERATIONS HOLDING, INC.
By:
/s/ Colleen Kallas
Name: Colleen Kallas
Title: Secretary