BOSTON, July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- John Hancock Financial Trends Fund (NASDAQ:JHFT) announced today that the fund will pay an income dividend and capital gain distributions as follows:

    Declaration Date:     July 23, 2007
    Ex Date:              July 31, 2007
    Record Date:          August 2, 2007
    Payable Date:         August 9, 2007

    Source of Distribution     Per Share
    Dividend Income            $0.14000
    Short-Term Capital Gain    $0.05286
    Long-Term Capital Gain     $0.14379
    Total Distribution         $0.33665

John Hancock Financial Trends Fund is a diversified, closed-end fund. The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation with current income as a secondary objective by investing at least 80% of its assets in stocks of U.S. and foreign financial services companies of any size.

The Boston-based mutual fund business unit of John Hancock Financial Services, John Hancock Funds manages more than $56 billion in open-end funds, closed-end funds, private accounts, retirement plans and related party assets for individual and institutional investors at March 31, 2007. For more information, please visit http://www.jhfunds.com .

About Manulife Financial and John Hancock

John Hancock Financial Services is a unit of Manulife Financial Corporation, a leading Canadian-based financial services group serving millions of customers in 19 countries and territories worldwide. Operating as Manulife Financial in Canada and Asia, and primarily through John Hancock in the United States, the company offers clients a diverse range of financial protection products and wealth management services through its extensive network of employees, agents and distribution partners. Funds under management by Manulife Financial and its subsidiaries were Cdn$426 billion (US$370 billion) at March 31, 2007. Manulife Financial Corporation trades as 'MFC' on the TSX, NYSE and PSE, and under '0945' on the SEHK. Manulife Financial may be found on the Internet at http://www.manulife.com .

John Hancock Advisers, LLC

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