Manulife Financial Corp. reports is has successfully completed its previously announced offering of $950 million of medium term notes in two tranches.

The notes were issued under a pricing supplement dated June 19, 2008 to the company’s short form base shelf prospectus dated March 12, 2007 and prospectus supplement dated March 27, 2007.

The notes were offered through an agency syndicate comprised of RBC Dominion Securities Inc., TD Securities Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., National Bank Financial Inc., Merrill Lynch Canada Inc., Berkshire Securities Inc., Desjardins Securities Inc. and Laurentian Bank Securities Inc.