John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund announced that its Board of Trustees voted to amend its current managed distribution plan, increasing the amount of its quarterly distribution by 50%. Under the Plan, the Fund will make quarterly distributions of an amount equal to $0.55 per share, an increase over the previous quarterly distribution of $0.3701 per share. This new amount will be paid quarterly until further notice. Pursuant to its Plan, the Fund declared its quarterly distribution as follows: Declaration Date: September 13, 2018, Ex Date: December 12, 2018, Record Date: December 13, 2018 and Payment Date: December 31, 2018.