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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </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>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<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>
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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>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>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; 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, Canada M4W 1E5 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF JOHN HANCOCK, AS RESTATED EFFECTIVE JANUARY&nbsp;1, 2017 AND AMENDED EFFECTIVE
NOVEMBER&nbsp;15, 2021 </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 Plan) </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: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>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>copies to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</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>Michael L. Fantozzi, Esq.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Popeo, P.C.</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>One Financial
Center</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Boston, MA 02111</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(617)&nbsp;542-6000</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,
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;non-accelerated&nbsp;filer,</FONT> 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; <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in&nbsp;Rule&nbsp;12b-2&nbsp;of</FONT> 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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for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1)&nbsp;under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). Such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;424&nbsp;under the&nbsp;Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of
Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act. </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="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents previously filed by Manulife Financial Corporation (the &#147;Corporation&#148; or &#147;MFC&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (&#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) The Corporation&#146;s Annual Report
on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1086888/000119312523040346/d395478d40f.htm">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">40-F,</FONT></A> file number <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-14942,</FONT>
for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;15, 2023, other than the section of the Annual Information Form entitled &#147;Ratings&#148;; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) The Corporation&#146;s Current Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1086888/000119312523140868/d462199d6k.htm">Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K,</FONT></A> file number <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-14942,</FONT> reporting the Corporation&#146;s financial statements for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2023, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;10, 2023;
and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) All other reports filed by the Corporation with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since December&nbsp;31, 2022. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, all documents and reports subsequently filed by the Corporation with the
Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the date hereof and 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, including all annual reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">40-F</FONT> and any Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> which the Corporation files with the Commission wherein such
Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> is expressly incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing
of such reports and documents. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; 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 purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such 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="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Description of Securities. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The deferred compensation obligations (the &#147;Obligations&#148;) registered hereunder are unsecured obligations of the Corporation to pay deferred
compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan for Certain Employees of John Hancock, as restated effective January&nbsp;1, 2017 and amended effective November&nbsp;15, 2021, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1
to this Registration Statement. Such Exhibit sets forth a description of the Obligations and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety in response to this Item&nbsp;4, pursuant to Rule 411(b)(3) under the Securities Act. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Scott MacIntosh, who provided the opinion set forth in Exhibit 5.1 hereto, is the Vice President and Chief Counsel, Public Company of The Manufacturers Life
Insurance Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the Insurance Companies Act (Canada), a company may not, by contract, resolution or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-law,</FONT> limit the liability
of its directors for breaches of their fiduciary duties. However, the company may indemnify a director or officer, a former director or officer or a person who acts or acted at the company&#146;s request as a director or officer of or in a similar
capacity for another entity against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by him or her in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other
proceeding in which he or she is involved because of that association with the company or other entity, if: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) that person acted honestly
and in good faith with a view to the best interests of, as the case may be, the company or the other entity for which he or she acted at the company&#146;s request as a director or officer or in a similar capacity; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, that person had reasonable grounds
for believing that his or her conduct was lawful. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">These individuals are entitled to indemnity from the company if the person was not judged by the court
or other competent authority to have committed any fault or omitted to do anything he or she ought to have done and fulfills the conditions set out in (1)&nbsp;and (2)&nbsp;above. A company may, with the approval of a court, also indemnify that
person against all costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with an action by or on behalf of the company or other entity to procure a judgment in its favor, to which the person is made a party by reason of being or
having been a director or officer of the company or entity, if he or she fulfills the conditions set out in (1)&nbsp;and (2)&nbsp;above. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-laws</FONT> of MFC provide that the board of directors of MFC shall make provisions, by resolution, for the indemnification of directors, officers, employees and such other persons as the directors shall decide on such
terms and conditions as they establish. MFC&#146;s administrative resolutions provide that MFC shall indemnify a director, officer or employee, a former director, officer or employee, or a person who acts or acted at MFC&#146;s request as a
director, officer, employee or trustee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against all expenses, judgments, fines and amounts in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal or administrative, against them from the execution of their duties if (i)&nbsp;such individual acted honestly, in good faith, with a view to the best interests of MFC or the enterprise the person
is serving at the request of MFC, and within the scope of his or her authority and normal activities, and, (ii)&nbsp;in the case of any criminal or administrative action or proceeding, the individual had reasonable grounds for believing that his or
her conduct was lawful, subject to the limitations described in the administrative resolutions. MFC&#146;s administrative resolutions also provide that MFC shall also, with the approval of the board of directors of MFC, indemnify such persons in
respect of any action by any person by or on behalf of MFC to procure a judgment in its favor to which the person is made a party by reason of being or having been a director, officer or employee of MFC, against all costs, charges and expenses
reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action if he or she fulfills the conditions set out in (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;above. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MFC&#146;s
administrative resolutions provide that MFC will have no obligation to indemnify any person for: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any act, error or omission committed with actual dishonest, fraudulent, criminal or malicious purpose or intent;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any act of gross negligence or willful neglect; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any liability of others assumed by any person otherwise entitled to indemnification under MFC&#146;s
administrative resolutions; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any claims by or against any enterprise which is owned, operated, managed or controlled by any person otherwise
entitled to indemnification under MFC&#146;s administrative resolutions or any claims by such person against an enterprise; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any claim arising out of, or based on, any pension plan sponsored by any person otherwise entitled to
indemnification under MFC&#146;s administrative resolutions; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">bodily injury, sickness, disease or death of any person or injury to or destruction of any tangible property
including loss of use thereof; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any liability in respect of which the person would otherwise be entitled to indemnification if in the course of
that person&#146;s actions, he or she is found by the board of directors of MFC to have been in breach of compliance with MFC&#146;s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics or Conflict of Interest guidelines. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MFC has entered into agreements to indemnify its current and former directors and officers and directors and officers who are acting or have acted at
MFC&#146;s request for some other entity. These agreements indemnify our directors and officers for certain expenses, including, among other things, attorneys&#146; fees, costs, fines and settlement amounts, reasonably incurred by any such person in
any civil, criminal, administrative or other proceeding related to such person&#146;s services as a director or officer of MFC, or any other entity to which the person provides services at MFC&#146;s request. MFC&#146;s obligation to indemnify such
persons is subject to similar limitations as those set forth in MFC&#146;s administrative resolutions described above. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MFC maintains a directors&#146;
and officers&#146; liability insurance policy with a policy limit of U.S.$500,000,000. The policy is renewed annually. The policy provides protection to directors and officers against liability incurred by them in their capacities as directors and
officers of MFC and its subsidiaries. The policy also provides protection to MFC for claims made against directors and officers for which MFC has granted directors and officers indemnity, as required or permitted under applicable law, and for
securities claims made against MFC, in each case, subject to a deductible of U.S.$25,000,000 per claim. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Exhibits. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="center">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d510943dex41.htm">Deferred Compensation Plan for Certain Employees of John Hancock, as restated effective January&nbsp;1, 2017 and amended effective November&nbsp;15, 2021. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d510943dex51.htm">Opinion of Scott MacIntosh, Vice President and Chief Counsel, Public Company of The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d510943dex231.htm">Consent of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP (filed herewith). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d510943dex51.htm">Consent of Scott MacIntosh (included in Exhibit 5.1). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>24.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="#sig">Powers of Attorney (included on signature page to this registration statement). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d510943dexfilingfees.htm">Filing Fee Table </A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. </P>
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act, if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or
any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; <I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and(a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) That for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, (and, if applicable each filing of any employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>The Registrant.</U> Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION</B></TD></TR>
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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/ James D. Gallagher</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">James D. Gallagher</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">General Counsel</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWERS OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose signatures appear below hereby constitute and appoint Philip J. Witherington, Chief Financial
Officer, James D. Gallagher, General Counsel, Scott S. Hartz, Chief Investment Officer, and Stephanie Fadous, Treasurer, and each of them acting individually, as his or her true and
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">lawful&nbsp;attorneys-in-fact&nbsp;and</FONT></FONT> agents with full power of substitution <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">and&nbsp;re-substitution&nbsp;for</FONT> him or her and in
his or her name, place, and stead in any and all capacities, in connection with this registration statement, including to sign in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, this registration statement and any and all amendments thereto, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">said&nbsp;attorneys-in-fact&nbsp;and</FONT></FONT> agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">said&nbsp;attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents
or any of them, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of
the&nbsp;Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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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" ALIGN="center">/s/ Roy Gori</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">President and Chief Executive Officer and Director</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June&nbsp;15, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2"> <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" ROWSPAN="2">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June&nbsp;15, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June&nbsp;15, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June&nbsp;15, 2023</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; 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 Statement, solely in
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S-8
As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 15, 2023
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)
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, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF JOHN HANCOCK, AS RESTATED EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2017 AND AMENDED EFFECTIVE
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
(Full title of the Plan)
Scott A. Lively, Esq.
John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.)
197 Clarendon Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
(617)
663-3000
(Name, address, including zip code, and 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
Michael L. Fantozzi, Esq.
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and
Popeo, P.C.
One Financial
Center
Boston, MA 02111
(617) 542-6000
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.  ☐
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule 424 under the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed by Manulife Financial Corporation (the "Corporation" or "MFC") with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("Commission") are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(1) The Corporation's Annual Report
on
Form
40-F,
file number
1-14942,
for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Commission on February 15, 2023, other than the section of the Annual Information Form entitled "Ratings";
(2) The Corporation's Current Report on
Form
6-K,
file number
1-14942,
reporting the Corporation's financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on May 10, 2023;
and
(3) All other reports filed by the Corporation with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since December 31, 2022.
In addition, all documents and reports subsequently filed by the Corporation with the
Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the date hereof and 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, including all annual reports on Form
40-F
and any Form
6-K
which the Corporation files with the Commission wherein such
Form
6-K
is expressly incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing
of such reports and 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 purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
The deferred compensation obligations (the "Obligations") registered hereunder are unsecured obligations of the Corporation to pay deferred
compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan for Certain Employees of John Hancock, as restated effective January 1, 2017 and amended effective November 15, 2021, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1
to this Registration Statement. Such Exhibit sets forth a description of the Obligations and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety in response to this Item 4, pursuant to Rule 411(b)(3) under the Securities Act.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Scott MacIntosh, who provided the opinion set forth in Exhibit 5.1 hereto, is the Vice President and Chief Counsel, Public Company of The Manufacturers Life
Insurance Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Under the Insurance Companies Act (Canada), a company may not, by contract, resolution or
by-law,
limit the liability
of its directors for breaches of their fiduciary duties. However, the company may indemnify a director or officer, a former director or officer or a person who acts or acted at the company's request as a director or officer of or in a similar
capacity for another entity against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by him or her in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other
proceeding in which he or she is involved because of that association with the company or other entity, if:
(1) that person acted honestly
and in good faith with a view to the best interests of, as the case may be, the company or the other entity for which he or she acted at the company's request as a director or officer or in a similar capacity; and
(2) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, that person had reasonable grounds
for believing that his or her conduct was lawful.
These individuals are entitled to indemnity from the company if the person was not judged by the court
or other competent authority to have committed any fault or omitted to do anything he or she ought to have done and fulfills the conditions set out in (1) and (2) above. A company may, with the approval of a court, also indemnify that
person against all costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with an action by or on behalf of the company or other entity to procure a judgment in its favor, to which the person is made a party by reason of being or
having been a director or officer of the company or entity, if he or she fulfills the conditions set out in (1) and (2) above.
The
by-laws
of MFC provide that the board of directors of MFC shall make provisions, by resolution, for the indemnification of directors, officers, employees and such other persons as the directors shall decide on such
terms and conditions as they establish. MFC's administrative resolutions provide that MFC shall indemnify a director, officer or employee, a former director, officer or employee, or a person who acts or acted at MFC's request as a
director, officer, employee or trustee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against all expenses, judgments, fines and amounts in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal or administrative, against them from the execution of their duties if (i) such individual acted honestly, in good faith, with a view to the best interests of MFC or the enterprise the person
is serving at the request of MFC, and within the scope of his or her authority and normal activities, and, (ii) in the case of any criminal or administrative action or proceeding, the individual had reasonable grounds for believing that his or
her conduct was lawful, subject to the limitations described in the administrative resolutions. MFC's administrative resolutions also provide that MFC shall also, with the approval of the board of directors of MFC, indemnify such persons in
respect of any action by any person by or on behalf of MFC to procure a judgment in its favor to which the person is made a party by reason of being or having been a director, officer or employee of MFC, against all costs, charges and expenses
reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action if he or she fulfills the conditions set out in (i) and (ii) above.
MFC's
administrative resolutions provide that MFC will have no obligation to indemnify any person for:
•
any act, error or omission committed with actual dishonest, fraudulent, criminal or malicious purpose or intent;
•
any act of gross negligence or willful neglect;
•
any liability of others assumed by any person otherwise entitled to indemnification under MFC's
administrative resolutions;
•
any claims by or against any enterprise which is owned, operated, managed or controlled by any person otherwise
entitled to indemnification under MFC's administrative resolutions or any claims by such person against an enterprise;
•
any claim arising out of, or based on, any pension plan sponsored by any person otherwise entitled to
indemnification under MFC's administrative resolutions;
•
bodily injury, sickness, disease or death of any person or injury to or destruction of any tangible property
including loss of use thereof; or
•
any liability in respect of which the person would otherwise be entitled to indemnification if in the course of
that person's actions, he or she is found by the board of directors of MFC to have been in breach of compliance with MFC's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics or Conflict of Interest guidelines.
MFC has entered into agreements to indemnify its current and former directors and officers and directors and officers who are acting or have acted at
MFC's request for some other entity. These agreements indemnify our directors and officers for certain expenses, including, among other things, attorneys' fees, costs, fines and settlement amounts, reasonably incurred by any such person in
any civil, criminal, administrative or other proceeding related to such person's services as a director or officer of MFC, or any other entity to which the person provides services at MFC's request. MFC's obligation to indemnify such
persons is subject to similar limitations as those set forth in MFC's administrative resolutions described above.
MFC maintains a directors'
and officers' liability insurance policy with a policy limit of U.S.$500,000,000. The policy is renewed annually. The policy provides protection to directors and officers against liability incurred by them in their capacities as directors and
officers of MFC and its subsidiaries. The policy also provides protection to MFC for claims made against directors and officers for which MFC has granted directors and officers indemnity, as required or permitted under applicable law, and for
securities claims made against MFC, in each case, subject to a deductible of U.S.$25,000,000 per claim.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Deferred Compensation Plan for Certain Employees of John Hancock, as restated effective January 1, 2017 and amended effective November 15, 2021.
5.1
Opinion of Scott MacIntosh, Vice President and Chief Counsel, Public Company of The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (filed herewith).
23.2
Consent of Scott MacIntosh (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page to this registration statement).
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Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act, if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or
any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and(a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, (and, if applicable each filing of any employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 the 15th day of June, 2023.
MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By:
/s/ James D. Gallagher
Name:
James D. Gallagher
Title:
General Counsel
POWERS OF ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose signatures appear below hereby constitute and appoint Philip J. Witherington, Chief Financial
Officer, James D. Gallagher, General Counsel, Scott S. Hartz, Chief Investment Officer, and Stephanie Fadous, Treasurer, and each of them acting individually, as his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents with full power of substitution
and re-substitution for
him or her and in
his or her name, place, and stead in any and all capacities, in connection with this registration statement, including to sign in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, this registration statement and any and all amendments thereto, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact
and agents
or any of them, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Name
Title
Date
/s/ Roy Gori
President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
June 15, 2023
Roy Gori
/s/ Philip J. Witherington
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial Officer)
June 15, 2023
Philip J. Witherington
/s/ Adrienne K. O'Neill
Global Controller and Group Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
June 15, 2023
Adrienne K. O'Neill
/s/ Donald R. Lindsay
Chair
June 15, 2023
Donald R. Lindsay
/s/ Nicole S. Arnaboldi
Director
June 15, 2023
Nicole S. Arnaboldi
/s/ Guy L.T. Bainbridge
Director
June 15, 2023
Guy L.T. Bainbridge
/s/ Susan F. Dabarno
Director
June 15, 2023
Susan F. Dabarno
/s/ Julie E. Dickson
Director
June 15, 2023
Julie E. Dickson
/s/
Tsun-yan
Hsieh
Director
June 15, 2023
Tsun-yan
Hsieh
/s/ Vanessa Kanu
Director
June 15, 2023
Vanessa Kanu
/s/ C. James Prieur
Director
June 15, 2023
C. James Prieur
/s/ Andrea S. Rosen
Director
June 15, 2023
Andrea S. Rosen
/s/ May Tan
Director
June 15, 2023
May Tan
/s/ Leagh E. Turner
Director
June 15, 2023
Leagh E. Turner
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 15th day of June, 2023.
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY (U.S.A.)
By:
/s/ Tracy Lannigan
Name:
Tracy Lannigan
Title:
Assistant Vice President and Assistant Chief Counsel