Manulife Financial to Release Third Quarter Financial Results

TORONTO, Oct. 21 /CNW/ - Manulife Financial Corporation will release its third quarter financial results on the morning of Thursday, November 4, 2010 followed by a live webcast of the quarterly conference call with analysts beginning at 2:00 p.m. (ET).

Scheduled speakers are Donald Guloien, President and Chief Executive Officer and Michael Bell, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Telephone Conference Call:

Please call in 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.

Local (Toronto): 416-340-2216

Toll free in North America: 1-866-898-9626

A replay of the call will be available beginning at 6:00 p.m. ET on November 4 through November 18 by dialing 1-800-408-3053 or 416-695-5800 (Pass Code: 3274828 followed by the number sign)

The presentation material to be referenced during the call will be posted on the Manulife Financial website and available for download following the release of the third quarter results. Both the presentation material and the live audio webcast can be accessed at www.manulife.com/quarterlyreports. Archived recordings of the webcast will be available at the same address from 6:00 p.m. (ET) on November 4, 2010 until February 9, 2011.

    
    About Manulife Financial
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Manulife Financial is a leading Canadian-based financial services group operating in 22 countries and territories worldwide. For more than 120 years, clients have looked to Manulife for strong, reliable, trustworthy and forward-thinking solutions for their most significant financial decisions. Our international network of employees, agents and distribution partners offers financial protection and wealth management products and services to millions of clients. We provide asset management services to institutional customers worldwide as well as reinsurance solutions, specializing in life and property and casualty retrocession. Funds under management by Manulife Financial and its subsidiaries were Cdn$454 billion (US$428 billion) as at June 30, 2010.

The Company operates as Manulife Financial in Canada and Asia and primarily as John Hancock in the United States. Manulife Financial Corporation trades as 'MFC' on the TSX, NYSE and PSE, and under '945' on the SEHK. Manulife Financial can be found on the Internet at www.manulife.com.

For further information: Media Contact: Laurie Lupton, Manulife Financial, 416-852-7792, [email protected]; Investor Relations: Shad Ansari, Manulife Financial, [phone], [email protected]