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Tony Comper, President and CEO, BMO Financial Group, will be a presenter at the National Bank Financial Canadian Financial Services Conference in Montreal, Wednesday, March 30, 2005.

Mr. Comper will speak at 9:45 a.m. EST, followed by a question and answer session.

He will answer the question, "Why invest in BMO?" by outlining BMO's strengths as a high-return, low-risk bank with a good track record for profitable growth and a well-developed platform for more aggressive growth in one of the highest-opportunity markets in the United States.

Mr. Comper's remarks will be audio webcast 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 $294 billion as at January 31, 2005, 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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