BMO Financial Group announces quarterly cash distributions for BMO Exchange
Traded Funds

    
    Listing: TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange)

    Symbol: BGB, BCA, BUE, BDJ
    

TORONTO , Sept. 18 /CNW/ - BMO Financial Group announced today the third quarter 2009 cash distributions for BMO Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)*. Unitholders of record on September 29, 2009 will receive cash distributions payable on October 7, 2009 . Details of the "per unit" distribution amounts are as follows:

    
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                                                                    Cash
    BMO Exchange Traded Fund                         Ticker     Distribution
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    BMO Canadian Government Bond Index ETF            BGB         0.150408
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    BMO Dow Jones Canada Titans 60 Index ETF          BCA         0.110871
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    BMO US Equity Index ETF                           BUE         0.111991
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    BMO Dow Jones Diamonds Index ETF                  BDJ         0.095895
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    * BMO ETFs are managed and administered by Jones Heward Investment
        Counsel Inc., a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Bank of Montreal
    

About BMO Financial Group

Established in 1817 as Bank of Montreal , BMO Financial Group is a highly diversified North American financial services organization. With total assets of $415 billion as at July 31, 2009 , and more than 36,000 employees, BMO provides a broad range of retail banking, wealth management and investment banking products and solutions. BMO Financial Group serves its personal banking clients across Canada through its Canadian retail arm, BMO Bank of Montreal .

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