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Media Advisory BMO Financial Group Deputy Chair to Present at CIBC World Markets Frontenac Institutional Investor Conference

William Downe, Deputy Chair, BMO Financial Group, will bbe a presenter at the CIBC World Markets Frontenac Institutional Investor Conference on Thursday, September 30, 2004 at 9:10 a.m. EDT. Mr. Downe will address the important role that U.S. operations play in the overall strategy of BMO Financial Group and his speech will be followed by a question and answer session.

The conference is taking place at Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, Québec City, P.Q. It will be audio webcast at www.bmo.com/investorrelations. For a direct link to the individual company presentations at the conference, see below. Please note that the presentations will be archived at these links for 90 days after the live presentations.

http://events.onlinebroadcasting.com/cibcworldmarkets/093004/directlinks.php

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