TORONTO,
Aug. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ - The Board
of Directors of Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSX: SLF) (NYSE: SLF)
today announced a quarterly dividend of $0.38 per common share, payable September 30, 2015, to shareholders of record at
the close of business on August 26,
2015. This is the same amount as paid in the previous
quarter.
The Board also announced that the following quarterly dividends
on its Class A Non-Cumulative Preferred Shares are payable on
September 30, 2015, to shareholders
of record at the close of business on August
26, 2015:
Series 1 |
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$0.296875 per share |
Series 2 |
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$0.30 per share |
Series 3 |
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$0.278125 per share |
Series 4 |
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$0.278125 per share |
Series 5 |
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$0.28125 per share |
Series 8R |
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$0.142188 per share |
Series 9QR |
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$0.130753 per share |
Series 10R |
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$0.24375 per share |
Series 12R |
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$0.26563 per share |
Dividends payable on September 30,
2015 to participants in the Canadian Dividend Reinvestment
and Share Purchase Plan (the "Plan") will be used to purchase
common shares from treasury at the volume weighted average market
price determined in accordance with the Plan.
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
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 June 30,
2015 the Sun Life Financial group of companies had total
assets under management of $808
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.