TORONTO, Feb. 13, 2019 /CNW/ - The Board of Directors (the
"Board") of Sun Life Financial Inc. (the "Company") (TSX: SLF)
(NYSE: SLF) today announced that a dividend of $0.50 per share on the common shares of the
Company has been declared, payable March 29,
2019 to shareholders of record at the close of business on
March 1, 2019. This is the same
amount as paid in the previous quarter.
The Board also announced that the following dividends have been
declared on the Company's Class A Non-Cumulative Preferred Shares,
payable on March 29, 2019 to
shareholders of record at the close of business on March 1, 2019:
Series 1
|
$0.296875 per
share
|
Series 2
|
$0.30 per
share
|
Series 3
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$0.278125 per
share
|
Series 4
|
$0.278125 per
share
|
Series 5
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$0.28125 per
share
|
Series 8R
Series 9QR
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$0.142188 per
share
$0.192514 per
share
|
Series 10R
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$0.177625 per
share
|
Series
11QR
Series 12R
|
$0.239363 per
share
$0.237875 per
share
|
Common shares of the Company acquired under the Company's
Canadian Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan (the "Plan")
will be purchased by the Plan agent on the open market through the
facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange and through the facilities
of other Canadian stock exchanges and alternative Canadian trading
platforms.
Sun Life Financial Inc. has designated the dividends referred to
above as eligible dividends for the purposes of the Income Tax
Act (Canada).
About Sun Life Financial
Sun Life Financial is a
leading international financial services organization providing
insurance, wealth and asset management solutions to individual and
corporate Clients. Sun Life Financial has 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 December 31, 2018, Sun
Life Financial had total assets under management of $951 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
Media Relations
Contact:
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Investor Relations
Contact:
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Irene Poon
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Greg
Dilworth
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Manager, Media &
PR
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Vice-President
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Corporate
Communications
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Investor
Relations
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T.
647-256-2596
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T.
416-979-6230
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irene.poon@sunlife.com
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investor.relations@sunlife.com
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