Bank of Montreal : General Meeting - BANK OF MONTREAL

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Published on 04/20/2026 at 02:32 am EDT

In accordance with section 11.3 of National Instrument 51-102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations, the following sets out the matters voted on at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Bank of Montreal (the "Bank") held on April 15, 2026 and, as such votes were conducted by ballot, the number and percentage of votes cast FOR, AGAINST/WITHHELD from each vote. Each of the matters set out below is described in greater detail in the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Management Proxy Circular which is available at https://www.bmo.com/investorrelations.

A ballot was conducted to vote on each resolution to appoint each of the following 14 nominees as a Director of the Bank to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Bank or until their resignation or their successor is elected or appointed, and the outcome was as follows:

Nominee

Votes For

% Votes For

Votes Withheld

% Votes Withheld

Janice M. Babiak

354,755,101

95.98%

14,859,714

4.02%

Craig W. Broderick

367,498,923

99.43%

2,115,892

0.57%

Tammy L. Brown

368,739,106

99.76%

875,709

0.24%

Hazel Claxton

368,428,591

99.68%

1,186,224

0.32%

Diane L. Cooper

368,205,660

99.62%

1,407,884

0.38%

George A. Cope

357,023,631

96.59%

12,591,185

3.41%

Stephen Dent

365,401,455

98.86%

4,213,360

1.14%

Martin S. Eichenbaum

365,964,241

99.01%

3,650,574

0.99%

David Harquail

368,545,013

99.71%

1,069,802

0.29%

Eric R. La Flèche

358,092,154

96.88%

11,522,661

3.12%

Brian McManus

368,811,632

99.78%

803,183

0.22%

Lorraine Mitchelmore

364,043,370

98.49%

5,571,445

1.51%

Madhu Ranganathan

368,358,842

99.66%

1,255,973

0.34%

Darryl White

367,707,076

99.48%

1,907,740

0.52%

A ballot was conducted to vote on the resolution to appoint the firm of KPMG LLP as the auditors of the Bank for the 2026 fiscal year and the outcome was as follows:

Votes For

% Votes For

Votes Withheld

% Votes Withheld

347,812,508

91.63%

31,783,815

8.37%

A ballot was conducted to vote on the advisory resolution on the Bank's approach to Executive

Compensation and the outcome was as follows:

Votes For

% Votes For

Votes Against

% Votes Against

356,077,044

96.34%

13,536,959

3.66%

Votes For

% Votes For

Votes Against

% Votes Against

Abstentions*

3,071,879

0.83%

365,282,641

99.17%

1,259,269

Votes For

% Votes For

Votes Against

% Votes Against

Abstentions*

7,170,040

1.95%

361,413,639

98.05%

1,025,059

Votes For

% Votes For

Votes Against

% Votes Against

Abstentions*

19,575,021

5.31%

348,822,269

94.69%

1,215,803

Votes For

% Votes For

Votes Against

% Votes Against

Abstentions*

32,581,413

8.85%

335,622,304

91.15%

1,409,896

Votes For

% Votes For

Votes Against

% Votes Against

Abstentions*

24,409,155

6.67%

341,753,537

93.33%

3,451,100

Votes For

% Votes For

Votes Against

% Votes Against

Abstentions*

81,714,613

22.17%

286,800,664

77.83%

1,098,977

Votes For

% Votes For

Votes Against

% Votes Against

Abstentions*

27,256,945

7.40%

341,061,676

92.60%

1,294,793

Votes For

% Votes For

Votes Against

% Votes Against

Abstentions*

50,334,994

13.80%

314,304,240

86.20%

4,971,170

*An abstention is counted as present for quorum purposes but is not counted as a vote cast in determining whether the requisite majority of votes cast has approved the proposal.

Dated this 15th day of April, 2026.

By: /s/ Pascale Elharrar Pascale Elharrar Corporate Secretary

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