The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at BMO's Annual 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
Robert M. Astley
266,033,749
99.29
%
1,891,379
0.71
%
Janice M. Babiak
265,690,744
99.17
%
2,233,755
0.83
%
Sophie Brochu
260,326,338
97.16
%
7,597,536
2.84
%
George A. Cope
258,873,435
96.62
%
9,050,439
3.38
%
William A. Downe
266,265,294
99.38
%
1,657,214
0.62
%
Christine A. Edwards
266,747,430
99.56
%
1,174,893
0.44
%
Ronald H. Farmer
265,892,493
99.24
%
2,030,014
0.76
%
Eric La Flèche
266,197,496
99.36
%
1,724,412
0.64
%
Bruce H. Mitchell
266,302,313
99.40
%
1,615,484
0.60
%
Philip S. Orsino
266,199,435
99.36
%
1,718,456
0.64
%
Martha C. Piper
266,085,342
99.32
%
1,832,503
0.68
%
J. Robert S. Prichard
264,794,328
98.83
%
3,123,562
1.17
%
Don M. Wilson III
266,613,428
99.51
%
1,305,073
0.49
%
　　Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Annual 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 as Bank of Montreal, BMO Financial Group is a highly diversified financial services organization based in North America. The bank offers a broad range of retail banking, wealth management and investment banking products and services to more than 12 million customers. BMO Financial Group had total assets of $593 billion and more than 45,500 employees at January 31, 2014.

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