UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 13F Form 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 2002 ----------------- Check Here if Amendment / /; Amendment Number: --------- This Amendment (Check only one.): / / is a restatement. / / adds new holdings entries. Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: Name: Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada ------------------------------------ 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: Claude Accum -------------------------------------------- Title: Vice-President, Risk Management -------------------------------------------- Phone: 416-979-6188 -------------------------------------------- Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: /s/ Claude Accum Ontario, Canada 8-15-2002 ------------------------------- ------------------ -------------- [Signature] [City, State] [Date] Report Type (Check only one.): /X/ 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).) / / 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 SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 0 -------------------- Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 91 -------------------- Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 413,365 -------------------- (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.] None FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE 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 ------------------------- -------------- --------- -------- --------- --- ---- ---------- -------- --------- ------ ---- U.S. OPERATIONS - AMOUNTS SHOWN ARE IN U.S. DOLLARS AOL Time Warner Inc COM 00184A105 6,493 495,647 SH SOLE 495,647 Agere Systems Inc CL B 00845V209 8,899 6,356,311 SH SOLE 6,356,311 Allstate Corp COM 020002101 5,788 156,466 SH SOLE 156,466 Alpharma Inc CL A 020813101 3,663 307,561 SH SOLE 307,561 Amerada Hess Corp COM 023551104 4,059 73,724 SH SOLE 73,724 Ameritrade Holding Corp COM 03074K100 6,337 1,119,561 SH SOLE 1,119,561 Apartment Invt & Mgmt Co-A CL A 03748R101 6,427 171,488 SH SOLE 171,488 Archer Daniels Midland Co COM 039483102 7,881 635,537 SH SOLE 635,537 Archstone-Smith Trust COM 039583109 3,849 163,493 SH SOLE 163,493 Arris Group Inc COM 04269Q100 6,876 1,926,133 SH SOLE 1,926,133 Ascential Software Corp COM 04362P108 5,399 2,249,378 SH SOLE 2,249,378 AvalonBay Communities Inc. COM 053484101 3,972 101,485 SH SOLE 101,485 Avaya Inc COM 053499109 6,759 2,758,817 SH SOLE 2,758,817 BRE Properties Inc CL A 05564E106 5,273 168,996 SH SOLE 168,996 Baxter International Inc COM 071813109 7,963 284,375 SH SOLE 284,375 Boston Properties Inc COM 101121101 7,976 216,385 SH SOLE 216,385 Bristol-Myers Squibb COM 110122108 4,606 198,966 SH SOLE 198,966 CBL & Associates Properties COM 124830100 7,010 175,039 SH SOLE 175,039 Centerpoint Properties Trust SH BEN INT 151895109 4,640 81,195 SH SOLE 81,195 Comcast Corp CL A 20030N101 5,674 240,717 SH SOLE 240,717 Concord Communications Inc COM 206186108 4,278 475,900 SH SOLE 475,900 ConocoPhillips COM 20825C104 5,385 111,289 SH SOLE 111,289 Developers Diversified Realty COM 251591103 3,780 171,912 SH SOLE 171,912 Dollar General Corp COM 256669102 7,010 586,617 SH SOLE 586,617 Duke Realty Corp COM NEW 264411505 5,048 198,331 SH SOLE 198,331 Eclipsys Corp COM 278856109 2,201 411,475 SH SOLE 411,475 Engelhard Corp COM 292845104 5,076 227,135 SH SOLE 227,135 Equity Office Properties Trust COM 294741103 3,243 129,816 SH SOLE 129,816 Federal Realty Investment Tr SH BEN INT NEW 313747206 5,072 180,364 SH SOLE 180,364 GATX Corporation COM 361448103 9,782 428,663 SH SOLE 428,663 General Growth Properties COM 370021107 6,567 126,281 SH SOLE 126,281 General Motors Corp CL H NEW 370442832 9,130 853,230 SH SOLE 853,230 Guidant Corp COM 401698105 6,126 198,562 SH SOLE 198,562 HCA Inc COM 404119109 4,980 120,008 SH SOLE 120,008 Hain Celestial Group Inc COM 405217100 3,453 227,141 SH SOLE 227,141 Healthsouth Corporation COM 421924101 5,686 1,353,735 SH SOLE 1,353,735 Highwoods Properties Inc. COM 431284108 5,002 226,335 SH SOLE 226,335 Honeywell International COM 438516106 3,729 155,366 SH SOLE 155,366 IRT Property Co COM 450058102 3,274 275,819 SH SOLE 275,819 I-STAT Corp COM 450312103 3,778 944,579 SH SOLE 944,579 MSCI World Equity Benchmark MSCI AUSTRALIA 464286103 710 78,186 SH SOLE 78,186 MSCI World Equity Benchmark MSCI BELGIUM 464286301 235 23,846 SH SOLE 23,846 MSCI World Equity Benchmark MSCI SINGAPORE 464286673 144 33,739 SH SOLE 33,739 MSCI World Equity Benchmark MSCI UTD KINGD 464286699 3,731 307,110 SH SOLE 307,110 MSCI World Equity Benchmark MSCI FRANCE 464286707 1,377 93,055 SH SOLE 93,055 MSCI World Equity Benchmark MSCI SWITZERLD 464286749 1,015 91,331 SH SOLE 91,331 MSCI World Equity Benchmark MSCI SWEDEN 464286756 480 50,258 SH SOLE 50,258 MSCI World Equity Benchmark MSCI SPAIN 464286764 559 31,549 SH SOLE 31,549 MSCI World Equity Benchmark MSCI GERMAN 464286806 995 101,165 SH SOLE 101,165 MSCI World Equity Benchmark MSCI NETHERLND 464286814 792 59,958 SH SOLE 59,958 MSCI World Equity Benchmark MSCI JAPAN 464286848 3,192 459,351 SH SOLE 459,351 MSCI World Equity Benchmark MSCI ITALY 464286855 682 46,695 SH SOLE 46,695 MSCI World Equity Benchmark MSCI HONG KONG 464286871 300 40,412 SH SOLE 40,412 JPMorgan Chase & Co COM 46625H100 7,421 309,215 SH SOLE 309,215 Kimco Realty Corp COM 49446R109 4,936 161,083 SH SOLE 161,083 Kroger Co COM 501044101 5,996 388,121 SH SOLE 388,121 Legato Systems Inc COM 524651106 2,936 583,750 SH SOLE 583,750 Liberty Media Corp COM SER A 530718105 5,575 623,566 SH SOLE 623,566 Lincoln National Corp COM 534187109 4,790 151,663 SH SOLE 151,663 Lucent Technologies Inc COM 549463107 5,248 4,164,967 SH SOLE 4,164,967 Macerich Company COM 554382101 4,936 160,521 SH SOLE 160,521 Mack-Cali Realty Corp COM 554489104 5,141 169,685 SH SOLE 169,685 Manor Care Inc COM 564055101 3,489 187,465 SH SOLE 187,465 Mellon Financial Corp COM 58551A108 2,456 94,076 SH SOLE 94,076 Merrill Lynch & Co Inc COM 590188108 5,136 135,327 SH SOLE 135,327 Parametric Technology Corp COM 699173100 8,295 3,291,801 SH SOLE 3,291,801 Pegasus Communications Corp CL A 705904100 2,918 2,227,753 SH SOLE 2,227,753 Pfizer Inc COM 717081103 8,176 267,437 SH SOLE 267,437 Prologis SH BEN INT 743410102 4,183 166,325 SH SOLE 166,325 Prudential Financial Inc COM 744320102 5,274 166,173 SH SOLE 166,173 Raytheon Co COM NEW 755111507 4,472 145,447 SH SOLE 145,447 Reckson Associates Realty Corp COM 75621K106 5,650 268,416 SH SOLE 268,416 SL Green Realty Corp COM 78440X101 9,893 313,063 SH SOLE 313,063 Schering-Plough Corp COM 806605101 4,482 201,900 SH SOLE 201,900 Sealed Air Corp COM 81211K100 3,070 82,301 SH SOLE 82,301 Shurgard Storage Centers-A COM 82567D104 4,128 131,710 SH SOLE 131,710 Simon Property Group Inc COM 828806109 2,329 68,373 SH SOLE 68,373 Sourcecorp Inc COM 836167106 2,698 145,111 SH SOLE 145,111 Sprint Corp PCS COM SER 1 852061506 7,970 1,819,698 SH SOLE 1,819,698 Starwood Hotels & Resorts PAIRED CTF 85590A203 7,360 310,032 SH SOLE 310,032 Unova Inc COM 91529B106 3,666 610,947 SH SOLE 610,947 UnumProvident Corp COM 91529Y106 6,077 346,457 SH SOLE 346,457 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc COM 92532F100 2,169 136,857 SH SOLE 136,857 Vicor Corp COM 925815102 5,197 629,850 SH SOLE 629,850 Vitria Technology Inc COM 92849Q104 1,139 1,518,759 SH SOLE 1,518,759 Vornado Realty Trust SH BEN INT 929042109 5,433 146,052 SH SOLE 146,052 Waste Management Inc COM 94106L109 4,970 216,828 SH SOLE 216,828 Westar Energy Inc COM 95709T100 4,309 435,252 SH SOLE 435,252 Standard & Poor's Dep Receipts Common Shares 78462F103 2,170 24,600 SOLE 24,600 Quebecor World Inc Common Shares 748203106 822 37,100 SOLE 37,100 Suncor Energy Inc Common Shares 867229106 2,100 134,300 SOLE 134,300