TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Mar 6, 2015) - BMO Financial Group (TSX: BMO)(NYSE: BMO) today announced that it has mailed its 2015 Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Management Proxy Circular to common shareholders of Bank of Montreal.

　　BMO's Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the BMO Institute For Learning, in Toronto, on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. EDT.

　　BMO has filed the 2015 Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Management Proxy Circular with securities regulators. The document is available on the Canadian Securities Administrators' web site atwww.sedar.com, on the EDGAR section of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's web site athttp://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html and on the Bank's website at http://www.bmo.com/home/about/banking/investor-relations/annual-reports-proxy-circulars.

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

　　CONTACT INFORMATION

　　Contacts:

　　For News Media Enquiries:

　　Ralph Marranca, Toronto

　　(416) 867-3996

　　[email protected]

　　Ronald Monet, Montreal

　　(514) 877-1873

　　[email protected]

　　For Investor Relations Enquiries:

　　Sharon Haward-Laird, Toronto

　　(416) 867-6656

　　[email protected]

　　Lisa Hofstatter, Toronto

　　(416) 867-7019

　　[email protected]

　　Internet: www.bmo.com