U. S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section
17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of
1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person 2. Date of Event Re- 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
quiring Statement
John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. (Month/Day/Year) Fresh America Corp. ("FRES")
September 5, 2001
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social Se- 5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer 6. If Amendment,
curity Number of (Check all applicable) Date of
P.O. Box 111 Reporting Person _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner Original
(Month/Day/Year)
_________________________________________ (Voluntary) _____ Officer (give _____ Other (specify
(Street) title below) below)
04-3483032 _______________________
7. Individual or
Joint/Group Filing
(Check Applicable Line)
Form Filed by One
--- Reporting Person
X Form Filed by More than
Boston, MA 02117 --- One Reporting Person
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(City) (State) (Zip) Table 1 -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect (Instr. 5)
(I) (Instr.5)
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Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock 27,000 I *See fn. (a) below
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly (Over)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instructions 5 (b) (v) SEC 1473 (3/99)
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FORM 3 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls,
warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1.Title of Derivative Security 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) cisable and Securities Underlying sion or ship Beneficial Ownership
Expiration Derivative Security Exercise Form of (Instr. 5)
Date (Instr. 4) Price of Deri-
(Month/Day/ Deri- vative
Year) vative Security
Security
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Date Expira- Amount Direct
Exer- tion or (D) or
cisable Date Title Number Indirect
of (I)
Shares (Instr. 5)
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Warrants Immediately 8/14/2011 Common Stock 45,414,529 $0.0001 I *See fn.(c) below
fn.(b)
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Explanation of Responses:
(a) John Hancock Life Insurance Company ("JHLICO"), a direct, wholly owned
subsidiary of John Hancock Financial Services, Inc., owns 24,840 shares
of Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. In addition, John
Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company ("JHVLICO"), a direct, wholly
owned subsidiary of JHLICO, owns 1,620 shares and Investors Partner
Life Insurance Company, a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of JHVLICO
owns 540 shares.
(b) Although the Warrants are immediately exercisable, the Issuer currently
does not have a sufficient number of authorized shares of Common Stock
to issue upon exercise of the Warrants. Before the Warrants may be
exercised by the Reporting Persons, shareholder approval, which is
beyond the control of the Reporting Persons, must be obtained to, among
other things, approve an amendment to the Issuer's Articles of
Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Common
Stock and decrease the stated par value of the Common Stock.
(c) JHLICO beneficially owns Warrants to purchase 29,519,444 shares of
common stock. JHLICO also has direct beneficial ownership over Warrants
owned by advisory account, Signature 1A (Cayman) LTD. to purchase
4,541,453 shares of common stock and direct beneficial ownership over
Warrants owned by advisory account, Signature 3 Limited to purchase
4,541,453 shares of common stock. John Hancock Variable Life Insurance
Company owns Warrants to purchase 6,812,179 shares of common stock.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
JOHN HANCOCK FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/Barry J. Rubenstein September 17, 2001
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**Barry J. Rubenstein Date
Vice President, Counsel, & Secretary
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Joint Filer Information
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Issuer Name and Trading Symbol: Fresh America Corp. ("FRES")
Date of Event Requiring Statement: September 5, 2001
Designated Reporter: John Hancock Financial Services, Inc.
1. Name and address of Reporting Person:
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John Hancock Life Insurance Company
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02117
IRS Number: 04-1414660
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By: /s/Roger G. Nastou
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Roger G. Nastou
Vice President
2. Name and address of Reporting Person:
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John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02117
IRS Number: 04-2664016
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By: /s/Michele G. Van Leer
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Michele G. Van Leer
President
3. Name and address of Reporting Person:
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Investors Partner Life Insurance Company
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02117
By: /s/Michle G. Van Leer
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Michele G. Van Leer
President
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