TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Mar 31, 2015) - Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO)(NYSE:BMO) announced that the nominees listed in the bank's management proxy circular dated February 6, 2015, have been elected as directors of BMO. 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

Janice M. Babiak
252,282,606
99.50%
1,257,830
0.50%

Sophie Brochu
251,683,665
99.27%
1,857,105
0.73%

George A. Cope
251,390,840
99.15%
2,148,825
0.85%

William A. Downe
251,936,826
99.38%
1,583,945
0.62%

Christine A. Edwards
252,389,215
99.55%
1,151,310
0.45%

Martin S. Eichenbaum
252,047,829
99.42%
1,472,695
0.58%

Ronald H. Farmer
251,968,359
99.39%
1,552,364
0.61%

Eric R. La Flèche
252,060,691
99.42%
1,460,080
0.58%

Lorraine Mitchelmore
252,169,709
99.47%
1,351,062
0.53%

Philip S. Orsino
251,118,610
99.05%
2,400,764
0.95%

Martha C. Piper
251,922,530
99.37%
1,588,836
0.63%

J. Robert S. Prichard
251,303,674
99.13%
2,216,374
0.87%

Don M. Wilson III
252,194,111
99.48%
1,321,582
0.52%


　　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 $672 billion and more than 47,000 employees at January 31, 2015.

　　CONTACT INFORMATION

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