JHFT John Hancock Financial Trends Fund - Closed End Fund (MM)

John Hancock Financial Trends Fund Announces Income Dividend and Capital Gain Distribution BOSTON, July 25 /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 25, 2005 Ex Date: August 2, 2005 Record Date: August 4, 2005 Payable Date: August 11, 2005 Source of Distribution Per Share Dividend Income $0.11000 Short-Term Capital Gain $0.01851 Long-Term Capital Gain $0.28326 Total Distribution $0.41177 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, a premier investment management company, managed more than $30.6 billion in open-end funds, closed-end funds, private accounts, retirement plans and related party assets for individual and institutional investors as of March 31, 2005. Additional information about the company can be found on the website: http://www.jhfunds.com/. John Hancock Funds is a wholly owned subsidiary of John Hancock Financial Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Manulife Financial Corporation. Founded in 1862, John Hancock Financial Services and its subsidiaries today offer a broad range of financial products and services, including whole, term, variable, and universal life insurance, as well as college savings products, mutual funds, fixed and variable annuities, long-term care insurance and various forms of business insurance. John Hancock 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 most of 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$350 billion (US$290 billion) as of March 31, 2005. 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 whole life, term life, variable life, and universal life insurance, as well as college savings products, fixed and variable annuities, long-term care insurance, mutual funds and various forms of business insurance. DATASOURCE: John Hancock Financial Trends Fund CONTACT: Kimberley Dietrich, Media Contact, +1-617-663-4217, or Investor Contact, +1-800-843-0090, both of John Hancock Web site: http://www.jhfunds.com/ http://www.manulife.com/

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