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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 24, 2012) - BMO Financial Group (TSX:BMO)(NYSE:BMO) today announced that it has mailed its 2012 Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Management Proxy Circular to common shareholders of Bank of Montreal. BMO's Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Westin Nova Scotian, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at 9:30 a.m. (ADT).

BMO's management proxy circular outlines the compensation of the Bank's directors and senior executives and includes a discussion of how compensation policies support BMO's vision to be the bank that defines great customer experience while balancing its commitment to financial performance, careful risk management, customers, employees, the environment and the communities that it serves.

BMO has filed the 2012 Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Management Proxy Circular with securities regulators. The document is available on the Canadian Securities Administrators' web site at www.sedar.com, on the EDGAR section of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's web site at http://www.sec.gov/info/edgar.shtml and on the Bank's website at http://www.bmo.com/home/about/banking/investor-relations/annual-reports-proxy-circulars and http://www.bmo.com/accueil/a-propos-de-bmo/services-bancaires/relations-avec-les-investisseurs/rapports-annuels.