BMO Financial Group Proxy Circular Now Available

Toronto (ots/PRNewswire) -

BMO Financial Group (TSX: BMO) (NYSE: BMO) today announced that it
has filed its 2019 Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and
Management Proxy Circular with applicable securities regulators and
has mailed it to common shareholders of Bank of Montreal. The
document is available on the bank's website at https://www.bmo.com/ho
me/about/banking/investor-relations/annual-general-meeting, as well
as on SEDAR at http://www.sedar.com and on EDGAR at
http://www.sec.gov.

BMO's Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the BMO
Institute for Learning, in Toronto, on Tuesday, April 2, 2019, at
9:30 a.m. EDT. The Management Proxy Circular contains key information
for shareholders regarding the meeting and the items to be voted on,
which are the election of directors, the appointment of auditors, the
advisory vote on the bank's approach to executive compensation, as
well as two shareholders proposals. A detailed description of these
items is contained in the circular.

Fiscal 2018 was a good year for the bank, with Adjusted Net Income
of $6 billion, an increase of 9% from the previous year. The
dividends declared grew by 6.2%. At the end of fiscal 2018, Total
Shareholder Return exceeded both the three- and five-year peer-group
average, as well as the S&P/TSX composite index.

Underscoring BMO's commitment to values-based leadership and
ethical business practices, the bank has been recognized by the
Ethisphere Institute, as one of the 2019 World's Most Ethical
Companies. BMO has been named to the index for two years in a row.

Earlier this year, BMO was named to the Bloomberg Gender-Equality
Index (GEI). The index measures gender equality across internal
company statistics, employee policies, external community support and
engagement, and gender-conscious product offerings.

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.

For News Media Enquiries: Paul Gammal, Toronto,
paul.gammal@bmo.com, +1-(416)-867-3996; For Investor Relations
Enquiries: Jill Homenuk, Toronto, jill.homenuk@bmo.com,
+1-(416)-867-4770; Christine Viau, Toronto, christine.viau@bmo.com ,
+1-(416)-867-6956.

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