TORONTO, April 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
Bank of Montreal announced that the nominees listed in the bank's management proxy circular dated February 13, 2017, have been elected as directors of BMO. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at BMO's Annual and Special 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 291,033,842 99.55% 1,317,948 0.45%
Sophie Brochu 290,575,847 99.39% 1,775,925 0.61%
George A. Cope 286,869,445 98.12% 5,481,876 1.88%
William A. Downe 290,591,790 99.40% 1,761,530 0.60%
Christine A. Edwards 290,889,665 99.50% 1,460,526 0.50%
Martin S. Eichenbaum 290,869,806 99.49% 1,481,977 0.51%
Ronald H. Farmer 285,542,296 97.67% 6,809,495 2.33%
Linda Huber 290,925,108 99.51% 1,427,845 0.49%
Eric R. La Flèche 290,936,455 99.52% 1,416,563 0.48%
Lorraine Mitchelmore 290,822,247 99.48% 1,529,170 0.52%
Philip S. Orsino 285,937,830 97.81% 6,413,960 2.19%
J. Robert S. Prichard 279,773,150 95.70% 12,578,640 4.30%
Don M. Wilson III 290,542,474 99.38% 1,808,561 0.62%
Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders held earlier today will be published shortly on http://www.bmo.com, and filed with Canadian and U.S. securities regulators.
About BMO Financial Group Established in 1817, and currently marking its 200th year of operations, BMO Financial Group is a highly diversified financial services provider based in North America. With total assets of $692 billion as of January 31, 2017, and more than 45,000 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, Wealth Management and BMO Capital Markets.
For Media Enquiries: Paul Gammal, Toronto, paul.gammal@bmo.com, +1-((416)-867-3996 Frederic Tremblay, Montreal, frederic1.tremblay@bmo.com, +1-((514)-877-1873
For Investor Relations Enquiries: Jill Homenuk, Toronto, jill.homenuk@bmo.com +1-((416)-867-4770 Christine Viau, Toronto, christine.viau@bmo.com, +1-(416) 867-6956
Internet: http://www.bmo.com
