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BMO Financial Group will announce its second quarter financial results and hold its investor community conference call on Wednesday, May 24, 2006.

�         Investor Community Conference Call

-          Time: 2:30pm 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 EDT, Wednesday, June 7, 2006, by calling 1 (888) 742-2491 or (416) 695-5292 and entering passcode 6789#.

-          The webcast will be available at www.bmo.com/investorrelations until Monday, August 21, 2006.

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