SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 13F FORM 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 2008 Check here if Amendment |X|; Amendment Number: 1 This Amendment (Check only one.): |X| is a restatement. |_| adds new holdings entries. Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: Name: Sun Life Financial Inc. Address: 150 King street West Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5H 1J9 Form 13F File Number: 28-05799 The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form. Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager: Name: J.M.A. Anderson Title: Executive Vice-President and Chief Investment Officer Phone: 416-979-6217 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: /s/ J.M.A. Anderson Toronto, Ontario, November 13, 2008 ----------------------------- ----------------- ----------------- [Signature] [City, State] [Date] Report Type (Check only one.): |_| 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.) |_| 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).) |X| 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).) List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager: [If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.] Form 13F File Number Name 28-06597 MCLEAN BUDDEN 28-04968 MFS Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 2 Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 214 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: US$1,678,307 (Thousands) List of Other Included Managers: Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report. [If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE" and omit the column headings and list entries.] NO. FORM 13F FILE NUMBER NAME --------- -------------------------------------- 028-12046 1 SUN CAPITAL ADVISERS LLC. 028-12047 2 SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA [Repeat as necessary.] Form 13F INFORMATION TABLE - September 30, 2008 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8 VALUE SHRS OR SH/ PUT/ INVESTMENT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DISCRETION MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3M Corporation COM 88579Y101 3,026 44,293 SH SHARED 1 44,293 3M Corporation COM 88579Y101 1,132 16,577 SH SHARED 2 16,577 Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 3,793 65,874 SH SHARED 1 65,874 Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 1,400 24,310 SH SHARED 2 24,310 Acme Packet Inc COM 004764106 11,517 2,007,815 SH SHARED 1 2,007,815 Acme Packet Inc COM 004764106 1,783 311,097 SH SHARED 2 311,097 AERCAP HOLDINGS NV COM N00985106 1,841 173,518 SH SHARED 1 173,518 AERCAP HOLDINGS NV COM N00985106 692 65,176 SH SHARED 2 65,176 Alexandria Real Estate Equit COM 015271109 15,080 134,045 SH SHARED 1 134,045 Alexandria Real Estate Equit COM 015271109 759 6,745 SH SHARED 2 6,745 Allstate Corp COM 020002101 3,006 65,172 SH SHARED 1 65,172 Allstate Corp COM 020002101 1,120 24,275 SH SHARED 2 24,275 Altria Group Inc COM 02209S103 1,233 62,166 SH SHARED 1 62,166 Altria Group Inc COM 02209S103 460 23,209 SH SHARED 2 23,209 American Express Co COM 025816109 3,407 96,148 SH SHARED 1 96,148 American Express Co COM 025816109 1,286 36,294 SH SHARED 2 36,294 Amgen Inc COM 031162100 4,096 69,102 SH SHARED 1 69,102 Amgen Inc COM 031162100 1,530 25,808 SH SHARED 2 25,808 Analog Devices Inc COM 032654105 2,954 112,096 SH SHARED 1 112,096 Analog Devices Inc COM 032654105 1,103 41,867 SH SHARED 2 41,867 AT&T Inc COM 00206R102 5,674 203,223 SH SHARED 1 203,223 AT&T Inc COM 00206R102 2,122 75,986 SH SHARED 2 75,986 AvalonBay Communities Inc COM 053484101 8,214 83,461 SH SHARED 1 83,461 AvalonBay Communities Inc COM 053484101 420 4,265 SH SHARED 2 4,265 Bank of America Corp COM 060505104 8,797 251,338 SH SHARED 1 251,338 Bank of America Corp COM 060505104 3,273 93,514 SH SHARED 2 93,514 Best Buy Company Inc COM 086516101 3,336 88,961 SH SHARED 1 88,961 Best Buy Company Inc COM 086516101 1,246 33,228 SH SHARED 2 33,228 Biogen Idec Inc COM 09062X103 3,410 67,805 SH SHARED 1 67,805 Biogen Idec Inc COM 09062X103 1,295 25,752 SH SHARED 2 25,752 Boeing Company COM 097023105 2,805 48,911 SH SHARED 1 48,911 Boeing Company COM 097023105 1,049 18,297 SH SHARED 2 18,297 Bookham Inc COM 09856E105 6,657 6,007,740 SH SHARED 1 6,007,740 Bookham Inc COM 09856E105 705 623,846 SH SHARED 2 623,846 Boston Scientific Corp COM 101137107 18,244 1,488,352 SH SHARED 1 1,488,352 Boston Scientific Corp COM 101137107 2,704 220,396 SH SHARED 2 220,396 BP Amoco Plc COM 055622104 5,684 113,297 SH SHARED 1 113,297 BP Amoco Plc COM 055622104 2,152 42,892 SH SHARED 2 42,892 BRE Properties Inc COM 05564E106 3,617 73,816 SH SHARED 1 73,816 BRE Properties Inc COM 05564E106 478 9,765 SH SHARED 2 9,765 Bristol-Myers Squibb COM 110122108 2,889 138,544 SH SHARED 1 138,544 Bristol-Myers Squibb COM 110122108 1,081 51,847 SH SHARED 2 51,847 BROADCOM CORP-CL A COM 111320107 2,185 117,269 SH SHARED 1 117,269 BROADCOM CORP-CL A COM 111320107 819 43,949 SH SHARED 2 43,949 Brocade Communications Sys COM 111621306 5,966 1,025,093 SH SHARED 1 1,025,093 Brocade Communications Sys COM 111621306 2,315 397,763 SH SHARED 2 397,763 Chevron Corporation COM 166764100 13,783 167,102 SH SHARED 1 167,102 Chevron Corporation COM 166764100 5,180 62,803 SH SHARED 2 62,803 Ciena Corp COM 171779309 3,801 377,079 SH SHARED 1 377,079 Ciena Corp COM 171779309 1,460 144,799 SH SHARED 2 144,799 Coca-Cola Company COM 191216100 4,126 78,022 SH SHARED 1 78,022 Coca-Cola Company COM 191216100 1,541 29,148 SH SHARED 2 29,148 Concurrent Computer Corp COM 206710402 1,419 244,716 SH SHARED 1 244,716 Concurrent Computer Corp COM 206710402 560 96,569 SH SHARED 2 96,569 ConocoPhillips COM 20825C104 4,364 59,580 SH SHARED 1 59,580 ConocoPhillips COM 20825C104 1,636 22,328 SH SHARED 2 22,328 Cosi Inc COM 22122P101 1,578 800,817 SH SHARED 1 800,817 Cosi Inc COM 22122P101 611 309,909 SH SHARED 2 309,909 CVS Caremark Corporation COM 126650100 4,365 129,674 SH SHARED 1 129,674 CVS Caremark Corporation COM 126650100 1,630 48,440 SH SHARED 2 48,440 Developers Diversified Realty COM 251591103 967 30,514 SH SHARED 1 30,514 Developers Diversified Realty COM 251591103 213 6,724 SH SHARED 2 6,724 Dominion Resources Inc COM 25746U109 3,782 88,398 SH SHARED 1 88,398 Dominion Resources Inc COM 25746U109 1,412 32,998 SH SHARED 2 32,998 DOMTAR CORP COM 257559104 2,318 503,941 SH SHARED 1 503,941 DOMTAR CORP COM 257559104 900 195,647 SH SHARED 2 195,647 Douglas Emmett Inc-w/i COM 25960P109 780 33,822 SH SHARED 1 33,822 Douglas Emmett Inc-w/i COM 25960P109 111 4,803 SH SHARED 2 4,803 Dow Chemical Company COM 260543103 2,913 91,664 SH SHARED 1 91,664 Dow Chemical Company COM 260543103 1,090 34,303 SH SHARED 2 34,303 Dupont (EI) Nemours and Co COM 263534109 3,538 87,799 SH SHARED 1 87,799 Dupont (EI) Nemours and Co COM 263534109 1,322 32,801 SH SHARED 2 32,801 Eastgroup Properties COM 277276101 6,876 141,655 SH SHARED 1 141,655 Eastgroup Properties COM 277276101 502 10,341 SH SHARED 2 10,341 Eastman Kodak Co COM 277461109 13,283 864,723 SH SHARED 1 864,723 Eastman Kodak Co COM 277461109 2,744 178,445 SH SHARED 2 178,445 EMC Corporation COM 268648102 4,186 350,000 SH SHARED 1 350,000 Equitable Resources Inc COM 294549100 4,791 130,624 SH SHARED 1 130,624 Equitable Resources Inc COM 294549100 1,817 49,542 SH SHARED 2 49,542 Equity Residential Properties COM 29476L107 10,521 236,911 SH SHARED 1 236,911 Equity Residential Properties COM 29476L107 439 9,889 SH SHARED 2 9,889 Exelon Corporation COM 30161N101 3,793 60,566 SH SHARED 1 60,566 Exelon Corporation COM 30161N101 1,415 22,591 SH SHARED 2 22,591 Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 15,886 204,564 SH SHARED 1 204,564 Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 5,917 76,194 SH SHARED 2 76,194 Fedex Corp COM 31428X106 2,453 31,037 SH SHARED 1 31,037 Fedex Corp COM 31428X106 916 11,595 SH SHARED 2 11,595 FINISAR Corporation COM 31787A101 1,299 1,299,487 SH SHARED 1 1,299,487 General Electric Company COM 369604103 7,727 303,037 SH SHARED 1 303,037 General Electric Company COM 369604103 2,890 113,314 SH SHARED 2 113,314 General Growth Properties COM 370021107 4,475 296,338 SH SHARED 1 296,338 General Growth Properties COM 370021107 313 20,760 SH SHARED 2 20,760 Genworth Financial Inc. COM 37247D106 19,684 2,286,200 SH SHARED 1 2,286,200 Goldman Sachs Group Inc COM 38141G104 3,898 30,454 SH SHARED 1 30,454 Goldman Sachs Group Inc COM 38141G104 1,454 11,363 SH SHARED 2 11,363 HCP Inc COM 40414L109 1,131 28,178 SH SHARED 1 28,178 HCP Inc COM 40414L109 167 4,167 SH SHARED 2 4,167 Highwoods Properties Inc COM 431284108 7,866 221,215 SH SHARED 1 221,215 Highwoods Properties Inc COM 431284108 593 16,680 SH SHARED 2 16,680 Honeywell International Inc COM 438516106 3,475 83,629 SH SHARED 1 83,629 Honeywell International Inc COM 438516106 1,300 31,293 SH SHARED 2 31,293 INSULET CORP COM 45784P101 3,531 253,657 SH SHARED 1 253,657 INSULET CORP COM 45784P101 1,347 96,760 SH SHARED 2 96,760 International Paper Co COM 460146103 3,242 123,846 SH SHARED 1 123,846 International Paper Co COM 460146103 1,219 46,564 SH SHARED 2 46,564 Ishares MSCI UTD KINGD 464286699 12,286 737,884 SH SHARED 1 737,884 Ishares MSCI FRANCE 464286707 3,135 117,200 SH SHARED 1 117,200 Ishares MSCI GERMAN 464286806 601 25,300 SH SHARED 1 25,300 Ishares MSCI MEXICO 464286822 1,232 26,400 SH SHARED 1 26,400 Ishares MSCI JAPAN 464286848 7,331 687,706 SH SHARED 1 687,706 IShares MSCI EAFE IDX 464287465 24,144 428,838 SH SHARED 2 428,838 Ishares Tr COM 464287465 177,752 3,157,225 SH SHARED 1 3,157,225 Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 6,305 91,014 SH SHARED 1 91,014 Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 2,356 34,004 SH SHARED 2 34,004 JP Morgan Chase COM 46625H100 8,256 176,787 SH SHARED 1 176,787 JP Morgan Chase COM 46625H100 3,082 66,004 SH SHARED 2 66,004 Kimberly-Clark Corp COM 494368103 3,932 60,642 SH SHARED 1 60,642 Kimberly-Clark Corp COM 494368103 1,468 22,636 SH SHARED 2 22,636 Kimco Realty Corp COM 49446R109 15,158 410,338 SH SHARED 1 410,338 Kimco Realty Corp COM 49446R109 726 19,644 SH SHARED 2 19,644 Lexington Realty Trust COM 529043101 10,518 610,785 SH SHARED 1 610,785 Lexington Realty Trust COM 529043101 601 34,904 SH SHARED 2 34,904 Lincoln National Corp COM 534187109 2,463 57,528 SH SHARED 1 57,528 Lincoln National Corp COM 534187109 922 21,547 SH SHARED 2 21,547 Lowe's Companies COM 548661107 3,055 128,963 SH SHARED 1 128,963 Lowe's Companies COM 548661107 1,141 48,165 SH SHARED 2 48,165 Macerich Company COM 554382101 10,833 170,190 SH SHARED 1 170,190 Macerich Company COM 554382101 591 9,278 SH SHARED 2 9,278 Macy's Inc COM 55616P104 3,943 219,306 SH SHARED 1 219,306 Macy's Inc COM 55616P104 1,474 82,002 SH SHARED 2 82,002 Marvell Technology Group COM G5876H105 14,441 1,553,794 SH SHARED 1 1,553,794 Marvell Technology Group COM G5876H105 2,277 244,825 SH SHARED 2 244,825 Mattel Inc COM 577081102 3,530 195,682 SH SHARED 1 195,682 Mattel Inc COM 577081102 1,323 73,329 SH SHARED 2 73,329 Medical Properties Trust Inc COM 58463J304 16,297 1,435,839 SH SHARED 1 1,435,839 Medical Properties Trust Inc COM 58463J304 781 68,851 SH SHARED 2 68,851 Merck & Co Inc COM 589331107 7,450 236,139 SH SHARED 1 236,139 Merck & Co Inc COM 589331107 1,193 37,788 SH SHARED 2 37,788 Merge Healthcare Inc COM 589499102 1,038 1,028,171 SH SHARED 1 1,028,171 Merge Healthcare Inc COM 589499102 422 417,494 SH SHARED 2 417,494 Merrill Lynch & Co Inc COM 590188108 1,438 56,843 SH SHARED 1 56,843 Merrill Lynch & Co Inc COM 590188108 529 20,928 SH SHARED 2 20,928 Mrv Communications Inc COM 553477100 9,674 8,314,337 SH SHARED 1 8,314,337 Mrv Communications Inc COM 553477100 1,379 1,178,210 SH SHARED 2 1,178,210 Nationwide Health Pptys Inc COM 638620104 1,359 37,783 SH SHARED 1 37,783 Nationwide Health Pptys Inc COM 638620104 299 8,310 SH SHARED 2 8,310 OPNEXT INC COM 68375V105 10,705 2,328,250 SH SHARED 1 2,328,250 OPNEXT INC COM 68375V105 1,959 426,754 SH SHARED 2 426,754 Penn Real Estate Investment Tr COM 709102107 6,951 368,738 SH SHARED 1 368,738 Penn Real Estate Investment Tr COM 709102107 285 15,110 SH SHARED 2 15,110 Pepsico Inc COM 713448108 4,280 60,054 SH SHARED 1 60,054 Pepsico Inc COM 713448108 1,602 22,478 SH SHARED 2 22,478 Pfizer Inc COM 717081103 3,804 206,277 SH SHARED 1 206,277 Pfizer Inc COM 717081103 1,419 76,955 SH SHARED 2 76,955 Philip Morris International COM 718172109 2,990 62,166 SH SHARED 1 62,166 Philip Morris International COM 718172109 1,116 23,209 SH SHARED 2 23,209 Plum Creek Timber Co Common COM 729251108 14,026 281,306 SH SHARED 1 281,306 Plum Creek Timber Co Common COM 729251108 695 13,938 SH SHARED 2 13,938 Powershares QQQ Nasdaq 100 COM 73935A104 16,896 432,000 SH SHARED 1 432,000 Principal Financial Group COM 74251V102 2,896 66,592 SH SHARED 1 66,592 Principal Financial Group COM 74251V102 1,095 25,169 SH SHARED 2 25,169 Procter & Gamble Co COM 742718109 6,326 90,770 SH SHARED 1 90,770 Procter & Gamble Co COM 742718109 2,363 33,908 SH SHARED 2 33,908 Prologis COM 743410102 13,176 319,260 SH SHARED 1 319,260 Prologis COM 743410102 632 15,302 SH SHARED 2 15,302 Public Storage COM 74460D109 4,067 41,078 SH SHARED 1 41,078 Public Storage COM 74460D109 549 5,540 SH SHARED 2 5,540 Qwest Communications Intl Inc COM 749121109 3,670 1,136,196 SH SHARED 1 1,136,196 Qwest Communications Intl Inc COM 749121109 1,400 433,413 SH SHARED 2 433,413 Rackable Systems Inc COM 750077109 17,772 1,811,623 SH SHARED 1 1,811,623 Rackable Systems Inc COM 750077109 3,315 337,932 SH SHARED 2 337,932 Regency Centers Corp COM 758849103 7,438 111,538 SH SHARED 1 111,538 Regency Centers Corp COM 758849103 444 6,664 SH SHARED 2 6,664 Schering-Plough Corp COM 806605101 5,356 289,998 SH SHARED 1 289,998 Schering-Plough Corp COM 806605101 2,082 112,703 SH SHARED 2 112,703 Simon Property Group Inc COM 828806109 21,017 216,671 SH SHARED 1 216,671 Simon Property Group Inc COM 828806109 1,106 11,403 SH SHARED 2 11,403 SL Green Realty Corp COM 78440X101 10,031 154,795 SH SHARED 1 154,795 SL Green Realty Corp COM 78440X101 747 11,528 SH SHARED 2 11,528 SPDR Trust COM 78462F103 661,445 5,702,600 SH SHARED 1 5,702,600 SPDR Trust COM 78462F103 725 6,251 SH SHARED 2 6,251 Sprint Nextel Corp COM 852061100 2,940 481,935 SH SHARED 1 481,935 Sprint Nextel Corp COM 852061100 481 78,813 SH SHARED 2 78,813 Telabs Inc COM 879664100 4,033 993,462 SH SHARED 1 993,462 Telabs Inc COM 879664100 1,565 385,489 SH SHARED 2 385,489 TERRESTAR CORP COM 881451108 271 270,679 SH SHARED 2 270,679 Time Warner Inc COM 887317105 3,050 232,682 SH SHARED 1 232,682 Time Warner Inc COM 887317105 1,144 87,270 SH SHARED 2 87,270 United Technologies Corp COM 913017109 3,675 61,194 SH SHARED 1 61,194 United Technologies Corp COM 913017109 1,375 22,891 SH SHARED 2 22,891 Unitedhealth Group Inc COM 91324P102 2,061 81,167 SH SHARED 1 81,167 Unitedhealth Group Inc COM 91324P102 771 30,375 SH SHARED 2 30,375 Ventas Inc COM 92276F100 9,615 194,559 SH SHARED 1 194,559 Ventas Inc COM 92276F100 633 12,818 SH SHARED 2 12,818 Verso Paper Corp COM 92531L108 920 353,958 SH SHARED 1 353,958 Viacom Inc-class B COM 92553P201 2,462 99,121 SH SHARED 1 99,121 Viacom Inc-class B COM 92553P201 920 37,027 SH SHARED 2 37,027 Vicor Corp COM 925815102 8,158 918,039 SH SHARED 1 918,039 Vicor Corp COM 925815102 1,170 131,731 SH SHARED 2 131,731 Vornado Realty Trust COM 929042109 15,465 170,039 SH SHARED 1 170,039 Vornado Realty Trust COM 929042109 637 7,003 SH SHARED 2 7,003 Wachovia Corp COM 929903102 623 177,931 SH SHARED 1 177,931 Wachovia Corp COM 929903102 234 66,801 SH SHARED 2 66,801 Wal-Mart Stores Inc COM 931142103 4,496 75,073 SH SHARED 1 75,073 Wal-Mart Stores Inc COM 931142103 1,679 28,028 SH SHARED 2 28,028 Wellpoint Inc COM 94973V107 2,235 47,786 SH SHARED 1 47,786 Wellpoint Inc COM 94973V107 835 17,853 SH SHARED 2 17,853 Wells Fargo & Co COM 949746101 8,361 222,784 SH SHARED 1 222,784 Wells Fargo & Co COM 949746101 3,110 82,868 SH SHARED 2 82,868 Weyerhaeuser Co COM 962166104 15,478 255,489 SH SHARED 1 255,489 Weyerhaeuser Co COM 962166104 885 14,612 SH SHARED 2 14,612 Williams Cos Inc COM 969457100 8,845 374,000 SH SHARED 1 374,000 Wyeth COM 983024100 3,030 82,033 SH SHARED 1 82,033 Wyeth COM 983024100 1,132 30,639 SH SHARED 2 30,639 1,678,307 69,851,847 69,851,847 Canada 974,591 31,665,123 U.S. 703,716 38,186,724 1,678,307 69,851,847