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BMO Financial Group will announce its third quarter financial results and hold its investor community conference call on August 26, 2003.

• Investor Community Conference Call
  • Time: 2:00 pm 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, September 5, 2003, by calling 1 (888) 742-2491 or (416) 695-5278 and entering passcode 5965.
  • The webcast will be available at www.bmo.com/investorrelations  until Monday, November 24, 2003.

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