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Listing: TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange)Symbol: BGB, BCA, BUE, BDJ BMO Financial Group Annouces Quarterly Cash Distributions for BMO Exchange Traded Funds

TORONTO – September 18, 2009 – BMO Financial Group announced today the third quarter 2009 cash distributions for BMO Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)*. Unitholders of record on September 29, 2009 will receive cash distributions payable on October 7, 2009. Details of the “per unit” distribution amounts are as follows:

BMO Exchange Traded Fund	Ticker	Cash Distribution
BMO Canadian Government Bond Index ETF	BGB	0.150408
BMO Dow Jones Canada Titans 60 Index ETF	BCA	0.110871
BMO US Equity Index ETF	BUE	0.111991
BMO Down Jones Diamonds Index ETF	BDJ	0.095895

*BMO ETFs are managed and administered by Jones Heward Investment Counsel Inc., a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Bank of Montreal

About BMO Financial Group

Established in 1817 as Bank of Montreal, BMO Financial Group is a highly diversified North American financial services organization. With total assets of $415 billion as at July 31, 2009, and more than 36,000 employees, BMO provides a broad range of retail banking, wealth management and investment banking products and solutions. BMO Financial Group serves its personal banking clients across Canada through its Canadian retail arm, BMO Bank of Montreal.

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