Exhibit 99.1

February 16, 2018

Nova Scotia Securities Commission	Securities Commissions of Newfoundland and Labrador
Alberta Securities Commission	Saskatchewan Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority
Manitoba Securities Commission	New Brunswick Financial and Consumer Services Commissions
Ontario Securities Commission	British Columbia Securities Commission
Superintendent of Securities, Prince Edward Island	Autorité des marchés financiers
Superintendent of Securities, Northwest Territories	Superintendent of Securities, Yukon Territory
Superintendent of Securities, Nunavut	The Toronto Stock Exchange
Securities and Exchange Commission
Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc.
Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission

RE: Sun Life Financial Inc.

Pursuant to a request from the above-mentioned reporting issuer, we wish to advise you of the following information in connection with its Annual Meeting of Shareholders:

Date of meeting:	May 9, 2018
Record date for notice:	March 19, 2018
Record date for voting:	March 19, 2018
Beneficial ownership determination date:	March 19, 2018
Securities entitled to notice:	Common
Securities entitled to vote:	Common
Issuer mailing directly to non-objecting beneficial owners:	No
Issuer will pay for objecting beneficial owner material distribution:	Yes
Issuer using notice-and-access for registered investors:	Yes
Issuer using notice-and-access for non-registered investors:	Yes
Notice-and-access stratification criteria:	No

Sincerely,

/ s / “Larry Calixtro”

Larry Calixtro

Associate Manager, Trust Central Services