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It's Back to School as BMO Capital Markets Hosts Investor Conference Focused on the Education Sector

BMO Capital Markets, the investment and corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO), will host its Back to School 2006 Education Conference on Thursday, September 14, 2006 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.  This sixth annual conference provides institutional investors with an inside look at all elements of the for-profit education sector, including childcare providers, K-12 and postsecondary school operators and corporate training suppliers.

Moderated by Jeff Silber, Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst, BMO Capital Markets, the conference agenda provides a broad review of the education landscape through a series of corporate presentations, as well as panel discussions focused on Postsecondary Sales and Marketing, Private Equity and K-12 School Operations.

The agenda* can be found at: http://www.bmocm.com/conferences/backtoschool2006.

The conference will be webcast live and archived on the BMO Capital Markets website:

http://www.bmocm.com/conferences/backtoschool2006/webcast.

Media interested in attending should contact Patrick O'Herlihy at (312) 293-8905 or Kevin Windorf at (212) 885-4111.

The companies that are scheduled to present include:

  • ABC Learning Centres (ABS.ASX)
  • Apollo Group (APOL)
  • Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM)
  • Career Education Corporation (CECO)
  • DeVry (DV)
  • eCollege (ECLG)
  • ITT Educational Services (ESI)
  • Laureate Education (LAUR)
  • Lincoln Educational Services (LINC)
  • Nobel Learning Communities (NLCI)
  • School Specialty (SCHS)
  • SkillSoft (SKIL)
  • SumTotal Systems (SUMT)
  • The Princeton Review (REVU)
  • Universal Technical Institute (UTI)
  • Varsity Group (VSTY)
  • Whitney Information Network (RUSS.OB)

Executives from 11 other companies will participate in three panel discussions.

A member of BMO Financial Group, BMO Capital Markets is a leading full-service North American financial services provider offering corporate, institutional and government clients access to a complete range of investment and corporate banking products and services.  BMO Capital Markets has more than 2,000 employees and operates in 14 North American offices and 26 worldwide.

For more information, visit www.bmocm.com.

*Agenda subject to change.

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