Media Advisory
BMO Financial Group’s Karen Maidment to Present at CIBC World Markets Institutional Investor Conference

TORONTO, September 25, 2007 – Karen Maidment, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, BMO Financial Group, will address the CIBC World Markets Institutional Investor Conference 2007 on September 27, 2007, between 8:35 and 9:05 a.m. (EDT).

The conference, which is taking place at Fairmont Tremblant, Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, will be audio webcast at www.bmo.com/investorrelations and will be available until March 27, 2008.

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For Media Relations enquiries:

Ralph Marranca, Toronto, ralph.marranca@bmo.com, (416) 867-3996
Ronald Monet, Montreal, ronald.monet@bmo.com, (514) 877-1873

For Investor Relations enquiries:

Steven Bonin, Toronto, steven.bonin@bmo.com, (416) 867-5452
Krista White, Toronto, krista.white@bmo.com, (416) 867-7019