Business: Sun Life Financial Inc. 4.40% Non-Cumulative Class A Series 5 Preferred Stock, liquidation preference $25 Canadian Dollars per share, redeemable at the issuer's option on or after 03/31/2012 but before 03/31/2013 at $26 Canadian Dollars (104%) per share plus declared and unpaid dividends; on or after 03/31/2014 but before 03/31/2015 at $25.75 Canadian Dollars (103%) per share plus declared and unpaid dividends; on or after 03/31/2016 but before 03/31/2017 at $25.50 Canadian Dollars (102%) per share plus declared and unpaid dividends; on or after 03/31/2018 but before 03/31/2019 at $25.25 Canadian Dollars (101%) per share plus declared and unpaid dividends and on or after 03/31/2019 at $25.00 Canadian Dollars (100%) per share plus declared and unpaid dividends, and with no stated maturity. <p> Non-cumulative distributions of 4.50% per annum ($1.125 Canadian dollars per annum or $0.28125 Canadian dollars per quarter) will be paid quarterly on 3/31, 6/30, 9/30 & 12/31 to holders of record on the record date fixed by the board, prior to the payment date (NOTE: the ex-dividend date is one business day prior to the record date). The dividends are non-cumulative and if the board of directors does not declare a dividend or the company fails to pay a dividend declared by the board for any quarterly dividend period, the holder will not be entitled to receive any dividend for that quarterly period and the undeclared or unpaid dividend will not accumulate. <p> In regard to the payment of dividends and upon liquidation, the preferred shares rank junior to the company's senior debt, Senior to the Class B shares, equally with other preferreds of the company, and senior to the common shares of the company. See the IPO prospectus for further information on the preferred stock by clicking on the ‘Link to IPO Prospectus’ provided below.