Bank of Montreal Confirms Election of Board of Directors

Bank of Montreal Confirms Election of Board of Directors

PR Newswire

TORONTO, Ontario, March 31, 2020

TORONTO, Ontario, March 31, 2020 /CNW/ - Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) (NYSE:BMO) today held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders by electronic means.

At the meeting, all the director nominees listed in the bank's management proxy circular dated February 6, 2020 were elected. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors are set out below.

Each of the following 12 directors proposed by management was elected as a director of Bank of Montreal:

Nominee	Votes For		Votes Withheld
Janice M. Babiak	287,076,651	98.22%	5,190,650	1.78%
Sophie Brochu	291,356,153	99.69%	910,952	0.31%
Craig W. Broderick	291,327,971	99.68%	939,330	0.32%
George A. Cope	284,984,221	97.51%	7,283,024	2.49%
Christine A. Edwards	286,552,072	98.04%	5,715,173	1.96%
Dr. Martin S. Eichenbaum	291,236,048	99.65%	1,031,253	0.35%
Ronald H. Farmer	278,487,715	95.29%	13,779,530	4.71%
David Harquail	291,407,562	99.71%	859,683	0.29%
Linda S. Huber	291,314,958	99.67%	952,343	0.33%
Eric R. La Flèche	288,063,884	98.56%	4,203,417	1.44%
Lorraine Mitchelmore	289,180,204	98.94%	3,087,097	1.06%
Darryl White	291,345,137	99.68%	922,164	0.32%

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

Serving customers for 200 years and counting, BMO is a highly diversified financial services provider - the 8th largest bank, by assets, in North America. With total assets of $880 billion as of January 31, 2020, and a team of diverse and highly engaged employees, BMO provides a broad range of personal and commercial banking, wealth management and investment banking products and services to more than 12 million customers and conducts business through three operating groups: Personal and Commercial Banking, BMO Wealth Management and BMO Capital Markets.

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