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      Bank of Montreal Confirms Election of Board of Directors

      TORONTO, May 3, 2019 /CNW/ - On April 2, 2019 Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO)(NYSE:BMO) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders in Toronto.  At that meeting all the director nominees listed in the bank's management proxy circular dated February 7, 2019 were elected.  The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors are set out below.

      Each of the following 15 nominees proposed by management was elected as a director of Bank of Montreal:  

      Nominee

      Votes For

      Votes Withheld

      Janice M. Babiak

      296,531,411

      98.53%

      4,414,205

      1.47%

      Sophie Brochu

      299,384,889

      99.48%

      1,560,726

      0.52%

      Craig W. Broderick

      299,806,072

      99.62%

      1,139,543

      0.38%

      George A. Cope

      294,404,047

      97.83%

      6,545,167

      2.17%

      Christine A. Edwards

      298,617,589

      99.23%

      2,331,440

      0.77%

      Martin S. Eichenbaum

      299,603,599

      99.55%

      1,345,431

      0.45%

      Ronald H. Farmer

      290,527,321

      96.54%

      10,421,447

      3.46%

      David Harquail

      299,787,758

      99.61%

      1,161,272

      0.39%

      Linda S. Huber

      299,885,964

      99.65%

      1,063,841

      0.35%

      Eric R. La Flèche

      299,788,057

      99.61%

      1,161,748

      0.39%

      Lorraine Mitchelmore

      299,804,412

      99.62%

      1,145,413

      0.38%

      Philip S. Orsino

      293,731,513

      97.60%

      7,218,291

      2.40%

      J. Robert S. Prichard

      294,669,626

      97.91%

      6,280,136

      2.09%

      Darryl White

      299,614,324

      99.56%

      1,335,442

      0.44%

      Don M. Wilson III

      297,673,513

      98.91%

      3,276,291

      1.09%

       

      Following the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, final voting results on all matters voted on at the meeting were published on www.bmo.com, and filed with Canadian and U.S. securities regulators.  

      About BMO Financial Group 
      Serving customers for 200 years and counting, BMO is a highly diversified financial services provider - the 8th largest bank, by assets, in North America. With total assets of $807 billion as of January 31, 2019, and a team of diverse and highly engaged employees, BMO provides a broad range of personal and commercial 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, BMO Wealth Management and BMO Capital Markets.

      SOURCE BMO Financial Group

      For further information: For News Media Enquiries: Paul Gammal, Toronto, paul.gammal@bmo.com, (416) 867-3996; For Investor Relations Enquiries: Jill Homenuk, Toronto, jill.homenuk@bmo.com, (416) 867-4770; Christine Viau, Toronto, christine.viau@bmo.com, (416) 867-6956