Common Share Trading Information during Fiscal 2005
| Primary stock exchanges | Ticker | Year-end price October 31, 2005 |
High | Low | Total volume of shares traded |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | BMO | $ | 57.81 | $ | 62.44 | $ | 53.05 | 324.7 million |
| New York | BMO | US$ | 49.02 | US$ | 51.62 | US$ | 42.88 | 8.4 million |
| Issue/Class | Ticker | Shares outstanding at October 31, 2005 |
2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common (a) | BMO | 500,219,068 | $ | 1.85 | $ | 1.59 | $ | 1.34 | $ | 1.20 | $ | 1.12 |
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| Series 1 (b) | – | – | – | – | $ | 0.57 | ||||||
| Series 2 (c) | – | – | – | – | US$ | 1.28 | ||||||
| Series 3 (d) | BMO F | – | – | $ | 1.18 | $ | 1.39 | $ | 1.39 | $ | 1.39 | |
| Series 4 (e) | BMO G | 8,000,000 | $ | 1.20 | $ | 1.20 | $ | 1.20 | $ | 1.20 | $ | 1.20 |
| Series 5 (e) | BMO H | 8,000,000 | $ | 1.33 | $ | 1.33 | $ | 1.33 | $ | 1.33 | $ | 1.33 |
| Series 6 (e) | BMO I | 10,000,000 | $ | 1.19 | $ | 1.19 | $ | 1.19 | $ | 1.19 | $ | 1.19 |
| Series 10 (f) | BMO V | 12,000,000 | US$ | 1.49 | US$ | 1.49 | US$ | 1.49 | US$ | 1.39 | – | |
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(a) Common share dividends have been restated to reflect the two-for-one stock distribution completed in March 2001. (b) The Class B Preferred Shares Series 1 were redeemed on February 26, 2001. (c) The Class B Preferred Shares Series 2 were redeemed on August 27, 2001. (d) The Class B Preferred Shares Series 3 were redeemed on September 30, 2004. (e) The Class B Preferred Shares were issued in February 1998 for Series 4 and 5, and in May 1998 for Series 6. (f) The Class B Preferred Shares Series 10 were issued in December 2001. |
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2006 Dividend Dates Subject to approval by the Board of Directors.
| Common and preferred shares record dates | Preferred shares payment dates | Common shares payment dates |
|---|---|---|
| February 3 | February 27 | February 27 |
| May 5 | May 25 | May 30 |
| August 4 | August 25 | August 30 |
| November 3 | November 27 | November 29 |
The Bank Act prohibits a bank from paying or declaring a dividend if it is or would thereby be in contravention of capital adequacy regulations. Currently this limitation does not restrict the payment of dividends on Bank of Montreal’s common or preferred shares. |
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