Bank of Montreal Announces Election of Directors

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Apr 04, 2017, 16:13 ET

TORONTO, April 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -

Bank of Montreal (TSX: BMO) (NYSE: BMO) announced that the nominees listed in the bank's management proxy circular dated February 13, 2017, have been elected as directors of BMO. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at BMO's Annual and Special 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
Janice M. Babiak	291,033,842	99.55%	1,317,948	0.45%
Sophie Brochu	290,575,847	99.39%	1,775,925	0.61%
George A. Cope	286,869,445	98.12%	5,481,876	1.88%
William A. Downe	290,591,790	99.40%	1,761,530	0.60%
Christine A. Edwards	290,889,665	99.50%	1,460,526	0.50%
Martin S. Eichenbaum	290,869,806	99.49%	1,481,977	0.51%
Ronald H. Farmer	285,542,296	97.67%	6,809,495	2.33%
Linda Huber	290,925,108	99.51%	1,427,845	0.49%
Eric R. La Flèche	290,936,455	99.52%	1,416,563	0.48%
Lorraine Mitchelmore	290,822,247	99.48%	1,529,170	0.52%
Philip S. Orsino	285,937,830	97.81%	6,413,960	2.19%
J. Robert S. Prichard	279,773,150	95.70%	12,578,640	4.30%
Don M. Wilson III	290,542,474	99.38%	1,808,561	0.62%

Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Annual and Special 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, and currently marking its 200th year of operations, BMO Financial Group is a highly diversified financial services provider based in North America. With total assets of $692 billion as of January 31, 2017, and more than 45,000 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, Wealth Management and BMO Capital Markets.

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SOURCE BMO Financial Group