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Bank of Montreal Announces Election of Directors

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - April 1, 2014) - Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO)(NYSE:BMO) announced that the nominees listed in the management proxy circular dated February 7, 2014 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 Toronto, 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	266,033,749	99.29	%	1,891,379	0.71	%
Janice M. Babiak	265,690,744	99.17	%	2,233,755	0.83	%
Sophie Brochu	260,326,338	97.16	%	7,597,536	2.84	%
George A. Cope	258,873,435	96.62	%	9,050,439	3.38	%
William A. Downe	266,265,294	99.38	%	1,657,214	0.62	%
Christine A. Edwards	266,747,430	99.56	%	1,174,893	0.44	%
Ronald H. Farmer	265,892,493	99.24	%	2,030,014	0.76	%
Eric La Flèche	266,197,496	99.36	%	1,724,412	0.64	%
Bruce H. Mitchell	266,302,313	99.40	%	1,615,484	0.60	%
Philip S. Orsino	266,199,435	99.36	%	1,718,456	0.64	%
Martha C. Piper	266,085,342	99.32	%	1,832,503	0.68	%
J. Robert S. Prichard	264,794,328	98.83	%	3,123,562	1.17	%
Don M. Wilson III	266,613,428	99.51	%	1,305,073	0.49	%

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 financial services organization based in North America. The bank offers a broad range of retail banking, wealth management and investment banking products and services to more than 12 million customers. BMO Financial Group had total assets of $593 billion and more than 45,500 employees at January 31, 2014.

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

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