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Tony Comper, Chairman and CEO, BMO Financial Group, will be a presenter at the National Bank Financial Canadian Bank CEO Conference, Wednesday, April 9, 2003 at 9:30 a.m. EST.

Comper will address BMO’s strong momentum in Canadian and U.S. retail and business banking, and how the Investment Banking Group and Private Client Group are well positioned for a market turnaround.

The conference is taking place at Centre Mont-Royal, 2200 Mansfield Street, Montreal, PQ. It will be audio webcast in listen-only mode at www.bmo.com/investorrelations.

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