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Bank of Montreal Announces Election of Directors

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - April 5, 2016) - Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO)(NYSE:BMO) announced that the nominees listed in the bank's management proxy circular dated February 8, 2016, have been 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 12 nominees proposed by management was elected as a director of Bank of Montreal:

Nominee	Votes For		Votes Withheld
Janice M. Babiak	290,420,120	99.38%	1,801,947	0.62%
Sophie Brochu	290,102,747	99.27%	2,119,321	0.73%
George A. Cope	287,383,263	98.34%	4,838,802	1.66%
William A. Downe	290,043,959	99.25%	2,178,642	0.75%
Christine A. Edwards	287,921,021	98.53%	4,301,138	1.47%
Martin S. Eichenbaum	290,128,953	99.28%	2,093,649	0.72%
Ronald H. Farmer	288,527,477	98.74%	3,695,123	1.26%
Eric R. La Flèche	290,093,635	99.27%	2,128,968	0.73%
Lorraine Mitchelmore	290,270,419	99.33%	1,952,182	0.67%
Philip S. Orsino	287,323,312	98.32%	4,899,290	1.68%
J. Robert S. Prichard	279,134,637	95.52%	13,087,963	4.48%
Don M. Wilson III	289,896,553	99.20%	2,326,047	0.80%

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, BMO Financial Group is a highly diversified financial services provider based in North America. With total assets of more than $699 billion as of January 31, 2016, and close to 47,000 employees, BMO provides a broad range of retail banking, wealth management and investment banking products and services to more than 12 million customers and conducts business through three operating groups: Personal and Commercial Banking, Wealth Management and BMO Capital Markets.

For further information:

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

Valerie Doucet, Montreal
(514) 877-8224
valerie.doucet@bmo.com

For Investor Relations Enquiries:
Lisa Hofstatter, Toronto
(416) 867-7019
lisa.hofstatter@bmo.com

Christine Viau, Toronto
(416) 867-6956
christine.viau@bmo.com
Internet: www.bmo.com