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TODAY: Media Advisory/Interview Opportunity: Chicago Extreme School Makeover-BMO Edition

More than 800 BMO Capital Markets employees will revitalize North Lawndale's Frazier International Magnet Elementary School

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS--(Marketwired - April 27, 2013) - More than 800 senior BMO Capital Markets employees from 14 countries and 5 continents will gather in Chicago on Saturday, April 27 to attend the BMO Capital Markets' annual Directors & Managing Directors' meeting and to revitalize Frazier International Magnet Elementary School with a complete makeover of the school, including new lockers, fresh paint, and an upgraded playground.

Members of the media are invited to come out to the day's event, which will also include a BBQ for students and teachers along with the "grand reveal."

WHEN: Saturday, April 27 from 2:45-5:30 p.m. CT
• 2:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.: School makeover
• 3:30 p.m.: Family & student BBQ begins
• 4:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.: "Big Reveal" of revamped school and remarks by BMO Capital Markets CEO Tom Milroy and Frazier Magnet School Principal Faren D'Abell
WHERE: Frazier International Magnet Elementary School, 4027 West Grenshaw St., Chicago

About BMO Capital Markets

BMO Capital Markets is a leading, full-service North American financial services provider, with more than 2,200 employees operating in 29 offices worldwide, including 16 in North America. As the largest investment bank in Chicago by number of employees, BMO Capital Markets provides 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 (NYSE:BMO)(TSX:BMO), one of the largest diversified financial services providers in North America with $542 billion total assets and more than 46,000 employees as at January 31, 2013. In the United States, banking and operating services are provided to BMO Capital Markets clients through BMO Harris, a member of BMO Financial Group.

For further information:
Media who would like to attend the day's events
are asked to contact:
Martha McInnis, New York
(416)-867-3996
martha.mcinnis@bmo.com

Alexis Brown, Toronto
(416)867-3996
alexis.brown@bmo.com