Statement from Sun Life Financial; Continues To Have A Significant Presence in US

The following statement is from Sun Life Financial regarding recent press reports in the South Florida area: Sun Life continues to have a significant presence in the United States. We have relationships with employers and their employees in two ways: We are a top-10 provider of group benefits to firms large and small. Additionally, we have announced aggressive growth plans in voluntary benefits -- a business that educates and enables employees to make critical individual financial decisions in the workplace. We will continue to have a strong marketing presence, especially among these important groups. We look for marketing partners that share similar interests. The Miami Dolphins and the NFL care about these markets as well and our naming rights agreement for Sun Life Stadium continues to have relevance. We value our partnership with the Dolphins, which extends to both our customers and into the community, where we jointly support graduating seniors and the Florida-based non-profits who support them through the Sun Life Rising Stars program. We have a contract until 2014, with extensions possible. This has been a great arrangement for us, and, at the appropriate time, we will look at next steps, but right now it is too early to speculate past that point.