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Media Advisory BMO Financial Group Leadership Team to Discuss 2007 Strategic Priorities

Key members of BMO Financial Group's executive management team will provide the Investor Community with a brief overview of BMO's 2007 strategic priorities, to be presented at First Canadian Place on Wednesday, December 6, 2006, at 8:40 a.m.

The presentation, which will include a question and answer session, will be available to news media in a listen-only mode:

� Via telephone at : 1 (888) 789-0089 or (416) 695-9753 (Toronto area)

� Presentation material referenced during the conference call will be available at www.bmo.com/investorrelations

Conference Call Rebroadcast

A rebroadcast of the presentations will be available until midnight, December 19, 2006, by calling 1 (888) 442-4190 or (416) 641-2196 and entering passcode 4131#.

The webcast will be available at www.bmo.com/investorrelations until February 4, 2007.

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