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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Ontario, Canada</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">98-0361647</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Incorporation or Organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>200 Bloor Street East, NT 9</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Toronto, Ontario</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Canada</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>M4W 1E5</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>STOCK PLAN FOR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">NON-EMPLOYEE</FONT> DIRECTORS, </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>EXECUTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN AND </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>GLOBAL SHARE OWNERSHIP PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full Title of the Plans) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Scott A. Lively, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>197 Clarendon Street </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Boston, Massachusetts 02116 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and Address of Agent for Service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(617) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">663-3000</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>James D. Gallagher, Esq.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Manulife Financial Corporation</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>200 Bloor Street East, NT 9</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Toronto, Ontario</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Canada,
M4W 1E5</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(416) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">926-3000</FONT></B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Peter J. Loughran, Esq.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Benjamin R. Pedersen, Esq.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Debevoise&nbsp;&amp; Plimpton LLP</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>66 Hudson Boulevard</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New
York, NY 10001</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">909-6000</FONT></B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9746;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> Manulife Financial Corporation, a Canadian corporation
(the &#147;Registrant&#148;), is filing this registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) to register 25,000,000 additional common shares of the
Registrant (the &#147;Common Shares&#148;) for issuance pursuant to the Manulife Financial Corporation Stock Plan for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Employee</FONT> Directors (as amended from time to time, the &#147;Director Plan&#148;), the
Executive Stock Option Plan (as amended from time to time, the &#147;Executive Option Plan&#148;) and the Global Share Ownership Plan (as amended from time to time, the &#147;Global Plan&#148; and, together with Director Plan and the Executive
Option Plan, the &#147;Plans&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with the Plans, the Registrant previously registered for issuance (i) 2,400,000 Common Shares under
the Director Plan and Executive Option Plan, (ii) 1,000,000 Common Shares under the Global Plan, and (iii)&nbsp;an additional 30,000,000 Common Shares under the Plans, pursuant to registration statements on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> filed with the Commission (Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-12610,</FONT> Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-13072</FONT> and Registration <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-157326)</FONT> on September&nbsp;26, 2000, January&nbsp;17, 2001 and February&nbsp;13, 2009, respectively (the &#147;Prior Registration Statements&#148;). In accordance with General Instruction E to Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> the Registrant hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Prior Registration Statements, except to the extent supplemented, superseded or modified by the specific information set forth below or the
specific exhibits attached hereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;). The following documents, which are on file
with the Commission, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">a) The Registrant&#146;s latest annual report filed
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (except for the section thereof entitled &#147;Ratings&#148;) or the latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) under the Securities Act that contains audited financial statements
for the Registrant&#146;s latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">b) All other reports filed pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred to in (a)&nbsp;above. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">c)
The description of the Common Shares contained in the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086888/000119312523242392/d526788df10.htm#toc526788_8">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">F-10</FONT>
</A> under the heading &#147;Share Structure&#148;, filed under the Exchange Act on September&nbsp;26, 2023, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this registration statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant hereby undertakes to provide without charge to each person who has
received a copy of the prospectus to which this registration statement relates, upon the written or oral request of any such person, a copy of any or all the documents that have been or may be incorporated by reference into this registration
statement, other than exhibits to such documents (unless such exhibits are incorporated therein by reference). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086888/000095012303012204/y90684exv4w1.htm">Manulife Financial Corporation Letters Patent of Incorporation and Order to Commence and Carry on Business (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
 4.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">F-4,</FONT> filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;6, 2003 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-110281)).</FONT> </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086888/000108688814000039/exhibit99-2.htm">Manulife Financial Corporation General <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-Laws</FONT> No.&nbsp;1 and No.&nbsp;
2 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of the Registrant&#146;s report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K,</FONT> filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;9, 2014 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-14942).</FONT>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d660284dex51.htm">Opinion of Scott MacIntosh. </A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Toronto, Province of
Ontario, Canada, on this 28<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of February, 2024. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Roy Gori</P></TD></TR>
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</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="sig"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We, the undersigned officers and directors of Manulife Financial Corporation hereby severally constitute and appoint Colin Simpson, Chief
Financial Officer, James D. Gallagher, General Counsel, Scott S. Hartz, Chief Investment Officer, and Stephanie Fadous, Treasurer, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for
us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> filed herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such
things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Manulife Financial Corporation to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Global Controller and Group Chief Accounting Officer</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Susan F. Dabarno</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Julie E. Dickson</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Tsun-yan Hsieh</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Leagh E. Turner</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of Section&nbsp;6(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned has signed this Registration
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2024
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Ontario, Canada
98-0361647
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
200 Bloor Street East, NT 9
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
M4W 1E5
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
STOCK PLAN FOR
NON-EMPLOYEE
DIRECTORS,
EXECUTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN AND
GLOBAL SHARE OWNERSHIP PLAN
(Full Title of the Plans)
Scott A. Lively, Esq.
John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.)
197 Clarendon Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(617)
663-3000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
James D. Gallagher, Esq.
Manulife Financial Corporation
200 Bloor Street East, NT 9
Toronto, Ontario
Canada,
M4W 1E5
(416)
926-3000
Peter J. Loughran, Esq.
Benjamin R. Pedersen, Esq.
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
66 Hudson Boulevard
New
York, NY 10001
(212)
909-6000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☒
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form
S-8,
Manulife Financial Corporation, a Canadian corporation
(the "Registrant"), is filing this registration statement on Form
S-8
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to register 25,000,000 additional common shares of the
Registrant (the "Common Shares") for issuance pursuant to the Manulife Financial Corporation Stock Plan for
Non-Employee
Directors (as amended from time to time, the "Director Plan"), the
Executive Stock Option Plan (as amended from time to time, the "Executive Option Plan") and the Global Share Ownership Plan (as amended from time to time, the "Global Plan" and, together with Director Plan and the Executive
Option Plan, the "Plans").
In connection with the Plans, the Registrant previously registered for issuance (i) 2,400,000 Common Shares under
the Director Plan and Executive Option Plan, (ii) 1,000,000 Common Shares under the Global Plan, and (iii) an additional 30,000,000 Common Shares under the Plans, pursuant to registration statements on Form
S-8
filed with the Commission (Registration
No. 333-12610,
Registration
No. 333-13072
and Registration
No. 333-157326)
on September 26, 2000, January 17, 2001 and February 13, 2009, respectively (the "Prior Registration Statements"). In accordance with General Instruction E to Form
S-8,
the Registrant hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Prior Registration Statements, except to the extent supplemented, superseded or modified by the specific information set forth below or the
specific exhibits attached hereto.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). The following documents, which are on file
with the Commission, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference:
a) The Registrant's latest annual report filed
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (except for the section thereof entitled "Ratings") or the latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that contains audited financial statements
for the Registrant's latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed.
b) All other reports filed pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred to in (a) above.
c)
The description of the Common Shares contained in the Registrant's registration statement on
Form
F-10
under the heading "Share Structure", filed under the Exchange Act on September 26, 2023, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.
Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this registration statement.
The Registrant hereby undertakes to provide without charge to each person who has
received a copy of the prospectus to which this registration statement relates, upon the written or oral request of any such person, a copy of any or all the documents that have been or may be incorporated by reference into this registration
statement, other than exhibits to such documents (unless such exhibits are incorporated therein by reference).
Item 8. Exhibits.
Number
Description
4.1
Manulife Financial Corporation Letters Patent of Incorporation and Order to Commence and Carry on Business (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
 4.1 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
F-4,
filed with the Commission on November 6, 2003 (File
No. 333-110281)).
4.2
Manulife Financial Corporation General
By-Laws
No. 1 and No. 
2 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of the Registrant's report on Form
6-K,
filed with the Commission on May 9, 2014 (File
No. 001-14942).
*5.1
Opinion of Scott MacIntosh.
*10.1
Manulife Financial Corporation Global Share Ownership Plan
*23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
*23.2
Consent of Scott MacIntosh (included in Exhibit 5.1).
*24.1
Powers of attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration statement)
*107
Filing fee table.
*
Filed herewith
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Toronto, Province of
Ontario, Canada, on this 28
th
day of February, 2024.
MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Roy Gori
Roy Gori
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Manulife Financial Corporation hereby severally constitute and appoint Colin Simpson, Chief
Financial Officer, James D. Gallagher, General Counsel, Scott S. Hartz, Chief Investment Officer, and Stephanie Fadous, Treasurer, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for
us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form
S-8
filed herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such
things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Manulife Financial Corporation to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Roy Gori
Roy Gori
President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
February 28, 2024
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Colin Simpson
Colin Simpson
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial
Officer)
February 28, 2024
/s/ Adrienne K. O'Neill
Adrienne K. O'Neill
Global Controller and Group Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
February 28, 2024
/s/ Donald R. Lindsay
Donald R. Lindsay
Chair
February 28, 2024
/s/ Nicole S. Arnaboldi
Nicole S. Arnaboldi
Director
February 28, 2024
/s/ Guy L.T. Bainbridge
Guy L.T. Bainbridge
Director
February 28, 2024
/s/ Susan F. Dabarno
Susan F. Dabarno
Director
February 28, 2024
/s/ Julie E. Dickson
Julie E. Dickson
Director
February 28, 2024
/s/ Tsun-yan Hsieh
Tsun-yan
Hsieh
Director
February 28, 2024
/s/ Vanessa Kanu
Vanessa Kanu
Director
February 28, 2024
/s/ C. James Prieur
C. James Prieur
Director
February 28, 2024
/s/ Andrea S. Rosen
Andrea S. Rosen
Director
February 28, 2024
/s/ May Tan
May Tan
Director
February 28, 2024
/s/ Leagh E. Turner
Leagh E. Turner
Director
February 28, 2024
SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED U.S. REPRESENTATIVE OF REGISTRANT
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned has signed this Registration
Statement, solely in the capacity of the duly authorized representative of Manulife Financial Corporation in the United States, on this 28
th
day of February, 2024.
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY
(U.S.A.)
By:
/s/ Tracy Lannigan
Tracy Lannigan
Assistant Vice President and Assistant Chief Counsel