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Tony Comper, Chairman and CEO, BMO Financial Group, will be a presenter at the National Bank Financial's Canadian Financial Services Conference in Montreal, Wednesday, April 7, 2004.

Mr. Comper will speak at 10:30 a.m. EST, followed by a question and answer session. He will address BMO's consistent, focused growth as it builds into a top-performing, transnational financial services company. The remarks will be audio webcast at www.bmo.com/investorrelations.

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