John Hancock Financial Trends Fund Announces Income Dividend and Capital Gains Distribution

BOSTON, Dec. 11  /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:  December 11, 2006
  Ex Date:           December 19, 2006
  Record Date:       December 21, 2006
  Payable Date:      December 29, 2006

  Source of Distribution    Per Share
  Dividend Income           $0.13000
  Short-Term Capital Gain   $0.10278
  Long-Term Capital Gain    $0.73402
  Total Distribution        $0.96680



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.

John Hancock Funds, the mutual fund business unit of John Hancock Financial Services, offers a broad array of investment products, including open-end and closed-end funds, privately managed accounts, 529 plans and retirement accounts to retail and institutional investors.  As of September 30, 2006, investors entrusted John Hancock Funds with $50.7 billion in assets. Additional information about John Hancock Funds can be found on the website: http://www.jhfunds.com/.

About John Hancock and Manulife Financial

John Hancock is a unit of Manulife Financial Corporation (the Company), a leading Canadian-based financial services group serving millions of customers in 19 countries and territories worldwide. Operating as Manulife Financial in Canada and in most of Asia, and primarily as 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$381 billion (US$341 billion) as at September 30, 2006.  Manulife Financial Corporation trades as 'MFC' on the TSX, NYSE and PSE, and under '0945' on the SEHK. Manulife Financial can be found on the Internet at http://www.manulife.com/.

The John Hancock unit, through its insurance companies, comprises one of the largest life insurers in the United States. John Hancock offers a broad range of financial products and services, including universal life insurance, variable life, term life and whole life, as well as college savings products, fixed and variable annuities, long-term care insurance, mutual funds, 401(k) plans and various forms of business insurance. 

DATASOURCE: John Hancock Financial Trends Fund



CONTACT:  Kimberley Dietrich [phone] or Investors: +1-800-843-

0090 both of John Hancock 



Web site: http://www.jhfunds.com/ 

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