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Media Advisory BMO Financial Group to Announce Third Quarter Results

BMO Financial Group will announce its third quarter financial results and hold its investor community conference call on Tuesday, August 24, 2004.

· Investor Community Conference Call

- Time: 2:00pm 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, Tuesday, September 7, 2004, by calling 1-888-742-2491 and entering passcode 3483#

- The webcast will be available at www.bmo.com/investorrelations for 3 months following the original broadcast

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