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Shareholder Information

Shareholder Administration

Computershare Trust Company of Canada, with transfer facilities in Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver, serves as Transfer Agent and Registrar for common and preferred shares. In addition, Computershare Investor Services PLC and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. serve as Transfer Agents and Registrars for common shares in London, England and Golden, Colorado, respectively.

For dividend information, change in share registration or address, lost certificates, estate transfers, or to advise of duplicate mailings, please call Bank of Montreal’s Transfer Agent and Registrar at 1-800-340-5021 (Canada and the United States), or at (514) 982-7800 (international), or write to Computershare Trust Company of Canada, 100 University Avenue, 9th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2Y1, e-mail service@computershare.com, or fax 1-888-453-0330 (Canada and the United States) or (416) 263-9394 (international).

For all other shareholder inquiries, please write to Shareholder Services in the Corporate Secretary’s Department, 19th Floor, 1 First Canadian Place, Toronto, Ontario, M5X 1A1, e-mail corp.secretary@bmo.com, call (416) 867-6785, or fax (416) 867-6793.

Market for Securities of Bank of Montreal

The common shares of Bank of Montreal are listed on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges. The preferred shares of Bank of Montreal are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Shareholder Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan

The Shareholder Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan provides a means for holders of record of common shares to reinvest cash dividends in common shares of Bank of Montreal without the payment of any commissions or service charges.

Shareholders of Bank of Montreal may also purchase additional common shares of Bank of Montreal in amounts up to $40,000 per fiscal year. Full details of the plan are available from Computershare Trust Company of Canada or Shareholder Services.

Direct Dividend Deposit

Shareholders may choose to have dividends deposited directly to an account in any financial institution in Canada or the United States that provides electronic funds transfer facilities.

General Information

For general inquiries about company news and initiatives, or to obtain additional copies of the annual report, please contact the Corporate Communications Department, 302 Bay Street, 10th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5X 1A1, or visit our web site at www.bmo.com.

Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Tuesday, March 3, 2009, at 9:30 a.m. (Newfoundland Standard Time) in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Institutional Investors and Research Analysts

Institutional investors or research analysts who would like to obtain financial information should write to the Senior Vice-President, Investor Relations, 18th Floor, 1 First Canadian Place, Toronto, Ontario, M5X 1A1, e-mail investor.relations@bmo.com, call (416) 867-6656, or fax (416) 867-3367. Alternatively, please visit our web site at www.bmo.com/investorrelations.

Corporate Information

This 2008 annual report is available for viewing or printing on our web site at www.bmo.com/annualreport2008. For a printed copy, please contact:

Corporate Communications Department
BMO Financial Group
302 Bay Street, 10th Floor
Toronto, Ontario, M5X 1A1
(On peut obtenir sur demande un exemplaire en français.)

Online Information

BMO Financial Group is committed to open and full financial disclosure and best practices in corporate governance. We invite you to visit our web site at www.bmo.com/investorrelations to find out more about our organization, our governance practices and our continuous disclosure materials, including Quarterly Financial Releases, our Annual Information Form and our Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Circular. Filings are accessible on the Canadian Securities Administrators’ web site at www.sedar.com, and on the EDGAR section of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s web site at www.sec.gov.

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