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TORONTO, August 4, 2009 – BMO
        Financial Group will announce its third quarter 2009 financial results
        and hold its investor community conference call on Tuesday, August 25,
      2009.
      Investor Community Conference Call
• Time: 2:00 p.m. EDT
• The conference call will be available in a listen-only mode:
            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, Monday, November 23, 2009, by calling 1 (800) 408-3053
          or (416) 695-5800 and entering passcode No. 3278112. 
      The webcast will be available at www.bmo.com/investorrelations until
        Monday, November 23, 2009.
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