Article: First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund (formerly known as First Trust/Gallatin Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund) Declares Quarterly Distribution of $0.37 Per Share.

LISLE, Ill. -- First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund (the "Fund") (NYSE: FGB) today declared the Fund's regularly scheduled quarterly distribution for the period ending August 31, 2008 of $0.37 per share.

 
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This distribution will be payable on August 29, 2008 to shareholders of record on August 22, 2008, with an expected ex-dividend date of August 20, 2008. The final determination of the source and tax status of all distributions paid in 2008 will be made after the end of 2008.

The Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company that seeks to provide a high level of current income. As a secondary ...

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