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Media Advisory - BMO Financial Group to Announce Second Quarter Results

BMO Financial Group will announce its second quarter financial results and hold its investor community conference call on May 27, 2003.

Investor Community Conference Call
- Time: 3:30pm EDT

- The conference call will be available in a listen-only mode:

- via telephone at : 1-888-789-0089 or 416-695-9753 (Toronto area)
- via the Internet at: www.bmo.com/investorrelations

Presentation material referenced during the conference call will be available at www.bmo.com/investorrelations

Conference Call Rebroadcast

- A rebroadcast of the investor community presentations will be available until midnight, Friday, June 6, 2003, by calling 1-888-742-2491 and entering passcode 5963.
- The webcast will be available at www.bmo.com/investorrelations for three months following the original broadcast.

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