Bank of Montreal : Announces Election of Directors

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
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    Janice M. Babiak      291,033,842     99.55%  1,317,948      0.45%
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    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%
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    Martin S. Eichenbaum  290,869,806     99.49%  1,481,977      0.51%
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    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%
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    Eric R. La Flèche     290,936,455     99.52%  1,416,563      0.48%
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    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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Internet: www.bmo.com

SOURCE BMO Financial Group