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Bank of Montreal Announces Election of Directors

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - April 10, 2013) - Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO)(NYSE:BMO) announced that the nominees listed in the management proxy circular dated February 28, 2013 were elected as directors of BMO. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at BMO's Annual Meeting earlier today in Saskatoon are set out below.

Each of the following 13 nominees proposed by management was elected as a director of Bank of Montreal:

Nominee	Votes For			Votes Withheld
Robert M. Astley	297,889,584	99.33	%	1,998,166	0.67	%
Janice M. Babiak	298,185,082	99.43	%	1,698,973	0.57	%
Sophie Brochu	297,604,157	99.24	%	2,283,787	0.76	%
George A. Cope	290,761,200	96.96	%	9,126,550	3.04	%
William A. Downe	298,119,063	99.41	%	1,769,048	0.59	%
Christine A. Edwards	298,102,438	99.40	%	1,785,673	0.60	%
Ronald H. Farmer	297,950,284	99.35	%	1,937,587	0.65	%
Eric La Flèche	298,005,565	99.37	%	1,882,287	0.63	%
Bruce H. Mitchell	298,120,652	99.41	%	1,768,685	0.59	%
Philip S. Orsino	297,075,760	99.06	%	2,813,566	0.94	%
Martha C. Piper	298,059,448	99.39	%	1,829,249	0.61	%
J. Robert S. Prichard	296,602,844	98.90	%	3,286,253	1.10	%
Don M. Wilson III	297,762,708	99.29	%	2,125,837	0.71	%

Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held earlier today will be published shortly on www.bmo.com, and filed with Canadian and U.S. securities regulators.

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 $542 billion as at January 31, 2013, and more than 46,000 employees, BMO Financial Group provides a broad range of personal and commercial banking, wealth management and investment banking products and solutions.

For further information:

For Media Enquiries
Ralph Marranca, Toronto
(416) 867-3996
ralph.marranca@bmo.com

Ronald Monet, Montreal
(514) 877-1873
ronald.monet@bmo.com

For Investor Relations Enquiries
Sharon Haward-Laird, Toronto
(416) 867-6656
sharon.hawardlaird@bmo.com

Andrew Chin, Toronto
(416) 867-7019
andrew.chin@bmo.com