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BMO Financial Group will hold its 187th Annual Meeting of Shareholders in Toronto on Tuesday, February 22, 2005. The meeting will take place in the Concert Hall, The Carlu Event Theatre, 7th Floor, 444 Yonge Street, at 9:30 a.m. EST.
The annual meeting will coincide with the release of BMO Financial Group’s first quarter results for the period of November 1, 2004 to January 31, 2005.
Investors, media and other interested parties can access the annual meeting, media briefing and first quarter investment community conference call as follows:
· Annual Meeting
Time: 9:30 a.m. EST
Via telephone, listen-only mode, 1 (866) 902-2211 toll free or (416) 695-5261 locally
Via internet, www.bmo.com/investorrelations
· Media Briefing follows immediately after the Annual Meeting
Via telephone, listen-only mode, 1 (866) 902-2211 toll free or (416) 695-5261 locally
Via internet, www.bmo.com/investorrelations
· First Quarter Investor Community Conference Call
Time: 2:30 p.m. EST
Via telephone, listen-only mode, 1 (888) 789-0089 toll free or (416) 695-9753 locally
Via internet, www.bmo.com/investorrelations
- Presentation material referenced during the conference call will be available at the aforementioned website.
- Conference Call Rebroadcast
o A rebroadcast of the investor community presentations will be available until midnight, Tuesday, March 8, 2005, by calling 1 (888) 742-2491 or (416) 695-5292 and entering passcode 1162#.
o The webcast will be available on the BMO Investor Relations website until Monday, May 23, 2005.
On January 21, 2005 BMO released its 2004 Annual Report to Shareholders, its Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and Proxy Circular. These documents are available at www.bmo.com/investorrelations.
Established in 1817 as Bank of Montreal, BMO Financial Group is a highly diversified North American financial services organization. With total assets of $265 billion as at October 31, 2004, and more than 33,000 employees, BMO provides a broad range of retail banking, wealth management and investment banking products and solutions. BMO Financial Group serves clients across Canada through its Canadian retail arm, BMO Bank of Montreal, and through BMO Nesbitt Burns, one of Canada’s leading full-service investment firms. In the United States, BMO serves clients through Chicago-based Harris, an integrated financial services organization that provides more than 1.5 million personal, business, corporate and institutional clients with banking, lending, investing, financial planning, trust administration, portfolio management, family office and wealth transfer services.
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