Media Advisory - Sun Life Financial hosts fourth quarter 2008 earnings conference call

    TORONTO, Feb. 5 /CNW/ - Sun Life Financial Inc. will release its fourth
quarter 2008 financial results at approximately 6:30 a.m. ET on Thursday,
February 12, 2009, and will hold its earnings conference call at 9 a.m. the
same day.Date:        February 12, 2009

    Time:        9 a.m. ET

    Hosted by:   Donald A. Stewart, Chief Executive Officer,
                 Rick McKenney, Executive Vice-President & Chief Financial
                 Officer, and
                 Paul Petrelli, Vice-President, Investor Relations

    Please call 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time as follows:
    Local (Toronto):               416-644-3416
    Toll Free (North America):     1-800-732-9307To listen to the call via live audio webcast and to view the presentation
slides as well as other related information, visit our website at
www.sunlife.com and click on the Q4 Results Button link from the homepage 10
minutes prior to the start of the presentation.
    A replay of the conference call will be available from Thursday, February
12, 2009 at 1 p.m. ET until midnight on February 28, 2009 by calling
416-640-1917 or 1-877-289-8525 (toll free within North America) and entering
the passcode 21294398 followed by the No. sign.