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                                 UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   Form 13F

                              Form 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 2012

Check here if Amendment [_]; Amendment Number:

   This Amendment (Check only one.):  [_] is a restatement
                                      [_] adds new holdings entries

Institutional Investment Manager Filing This Report:

Name:    Manulife Financial Corporation
Address: 200 Bloor Street East - NT Main
         Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4W 1E5

Form 13F File Number: 028-11519

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name:    Kenneth Pogrin
Title:   Attorney in Fact
Phone:   (416) 852-3758

Kenneth Pogrin*           Toronto, Ontario, Canada        May 4, 2012
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[Signature]                    [City, State]                 [Date]

*  Signed pursuant to a Power of Attorney dated January 17, 2008 included as an
   Exhibit to Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by
   Manulife Financial Corporation on January 24, 2008.

Report Type (check only one.):

[_] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager
    are reported in this report.

[X] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all
    holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).

[_] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this
    report manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by
    other reporting manager(s).

List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:

Form 13F File Number  Name
     028-04428        The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company

     028-10490        Manulife Asset Management (North America) Limited

     028-03983        John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.)

     028-03673        Manulife Asset Management (US) LLC

     028-14594        Manulife Asset Management (Europe) Ltd

     028-11524        Manulife Asset Management Limited

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