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TORONTO, February 26, 2010 - Bank of Montreal (TSX, NYSE: BMO) has commenced the mailing of its Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Circular for its upcoming Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Circular is available online at www.bmo.com/investorrelations and has been filed with the Canadian Securities Administrators. The document will be available on the Canadian Securities Administrators' web site at www.sedar.com and on the EDGAR section of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov.

The Bank will hold its 192^nd Annual Meeting of Shareholders in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Tuesday, March 23, 2010. The meeting will take place in the Midway and West ballrooms at The Fairmont Winnipeg, 2 Lombard Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba at 9:30 a.m. Central Time.