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CERTIFICATION OF NO CHANGE IN DEFINITIVE MATERIALS PURSUANT TO RULE 497(j) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FILE NUMBER: 33-77256
REGISTRANT: SEPARATE ACCOUNT THREE OF THE MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF AMERICA
In lieu of filing under paragraph (b) or (c) of Section 497, the undersigned
hereby certifies that:
(1) The form of prospectus that would have been filed under paragraph (b) or
(c) of this section would not have differed from that contained in the most
recent registration statement or amendment, and
(2) The text of the most recent registration statement or amendment has been
filed electronically.
Signatures
Separate Account Three of The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company of America
and The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company of America have caused this
Certification to be signed on their behalf in the City of Toronto, Province of
Ontario, Canada, on May 1, 1996.
Separate Account Three of The Manufacturers
Life Insurance Company of America (Registrant)
By: The Manufacturers Life Insurance
Company of America (Depositor)
By: /s/ Donald A. Guloien
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Donald A. Guloien, President
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company
of America
By: /s/ Donald A. Guloien
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Donald A. Guloien, President
Attest: /s/ Sheri L. Kocen
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Sheri L. Kocen
ss#5606 (Generation-Edgar)
