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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 20, 2012) - BMO Capital Markets, the investment and corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group (NYSE:BMO)(TSX:BMO), will host its 2012 North American Pipelines and Utilities Conference on Wednesday, June 27, at the Toronto Board of Trade.

The conference will be hosted by analysts Carl Kirst, Mike Worms and Ben Pham from BMO Capital Markets' Energy, Utilities & Power Equity Research team. Senior management from leading North American companies will provide an in-depth look at trends and developments in the pipelines and utilities sector.

Media can access the conference via live and archived webcast here. The current agenda can be viewed here.

Participating companies include:*

• Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN)
• AltaGas (ALA)
• American Electric Power (AEP)
• Atlantic Power (ATP)
• Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners (BEP.UN)
• Capital Power (CPX)
• Capstone Infrastructure (CSE)
• Enbridge Income Fund (ENF)
• Innergex Renewable Energy (INE)
• Inter Pipeline (IPL.UN)
• Keyera (KEY)
• Kinder Morgan Canada (subsidiary of KMI/KMP)
• National Fuel Gas Company (NFG)
• NiSource (NI)
• Northeast Utilities (NU)
• Northland Power (NPI)
• Pembina Pipeline (PPL)
• Questar (STR)
• Spectra Energy (SE)
• TransAlta (TA)
• TransCanada (TRP)
• Williams Companies (WMB)

*Participant list subject to change.

About BMO Capital Markets

BMO Capital Markets is a leading, full-service North American financial services provider, with 2,300 employees operating in 30 offices worldwide, including 17 in North America and offering corporate, institutional and government clients access to a complete range of investment and corporate banking products and services. BMO Capital Markets is a member of BMO Financial Group, one of the largest diversified financial services providers in North America with total assets of $525 billion and more than 46,000 employees as at April 30, 2012.