<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001573679-18-000002.txt : 20180129
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001573679-18-000002
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	13F-NT
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20171231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180129
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180129
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20180129

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001086888
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LIFE INSURANCE [6311]
		IRS NUMBER:				889897526
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		13F-NT
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	028-11519
		FILM NUMBER:		18553666

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 BLOOR ST EAST, NT-10
		CITY:			TORONTO
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			M4W1E5
		BUSINESS PHONE:		416-926-3000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 BLOOR ST EAST, NT-10
		CITY:			TORONTO
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			M4W1E5
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      <additionalInformation>*Signed pursuant to a Power of Attorney dated January 17, 2018 included as an Exhibit A to the 13F-NT Filing.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Alan Seghezzi, Nathaniel Margolis, Maureen Milet, Graham Miller, Warren Rudick, Christopher Walker, David Pemstein, William Corson, Paul Lantz, Nelson Tang, Keith Chee Mun Cheang, Tiffany Palmer, and Susie Rafael and each of them, with full power to act without the others, its true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for it and in its name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all instruments, schedules, certificates, agreements and documents, and amendments to the foregoing, that may be necessary, desirable or appropriate to be executed on its behalf, in accordance with applicable securities law, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any other documents in connection therewith, with the applicable authority, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or their substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary, desirable or appropriate, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This power of attorney shall be effective until such time as the undersigned delivers a written revocation thereof to the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this power of attorney has been signed as of the 17th day of January 2018. Manulife Financial Corporation By: /s/ Warren A. Thomson Name: Warren A. Thomson Title: Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer</additionalInformation>
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      <signature>Susie Rafael</signature>
      <city>Montreal</city>
      <stateOrCountry>A8</stateOrCountry>
      <signatureDate>01-26-2018</signatureDate>
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