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Exhibit 99.1

REPORT UNDER

NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 51-102

REPORT OF VOTING RESULTS

To:  Canadian Securities Administrators

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 16, 2024 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 www.bmo.com/investorrelations.

The Board of Directors and management of the Bank recommended that shareholders vote FOR the election of each of the 13 director nominees listed in the Management Proxy Circular, FOR the appointment of KPMG LLP as Auditors of the Bank, FOR the advisory vote on the Bank’s approach to executive compensation, and AGAINST Shareholder Proposals No. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

1. Election of Directors

A ballot was conducted to vote on each resolution to appoint each of the following 13 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 Withheld
         
Janice M. Babiak    342,157,861    97.36%   9,271,842    2.64%
         
Craig W. Broderick    347,929,389    99.00%   3,500,313    1.00%
         
Hazel Claxton    350,277,619    99.67%   1,152,183    0.33%
         
George A. Cope    334,780,073    95.26%   16,649,729    4.74%
         
Stephen Dent    350,489,694    99.73%   939,655    0.27%
         
Christine A. Edwards    340,920,673    97.01%   10,508,676    2.99%
         
Martin S. Eichenbaum    349,808,876    99.54%   1,620,472    0.46%
         
David Harquail    350,281,227    99.67%   1,148,121    0.33%
         
Linda S. Huber    350,224,200    99.66%   1,205,559    0.34%
         
Eric R. La Flèche    346,253,767    98.53%   5,176,036    1.47%
         
Lorraine Mitchelmore    347,954,785    99.01%   3,474,973    0.99%
         
Madhu Ranganathan    318,658,988    90.68%   32,770,815    9.32%
         
Darryl White    349,208,736    99.37%   2,221,067    0.63%

2. Appointment of Shareholders’ Auditors

A ballot was conducted to vote on the resolution to appoint the firm of KPMG LLP as the auditors of the Bank for the 2024 fiscal year and the outcome was as follows:

 

   
Votes For       Votes Withheld              
       
334,255,699   91.42%    31,382,401    8.58%        

 

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3. Advisory Vote on the Bank’s approach to Executive Compensation

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 Against              
       
332,445,540   94.26%    20,256,995    5.74%        

4. In-Person Annual Shareholders’ Meetings

A ballot was conducted to vote on a shareholder proposal requesting that the Bank’s annual shareholders’ meetings be held in person, and that virtual meetings be held in addition to, but not in replacement of, face-to-face meetings:

 

     
Votes For       Votes Against    Votes Abstain*    
         
178,163,305   50.66%    173,489,986    49.34%    1,048,965  

5. Public Disclosure of Non-Confidential Information, Country-By-Country Reporting, Compensation Ratios and Tax Havens

A ballot was conducted to vote on a shareholder proposal requesting that the Bank annually disclose to the general public the non-confidential information related to its Country-by-Country Reporting, for the purposes of detailed and meaningful calculations of compensation ratios, namely broken down by jurisdiction, and to contribute to combatting tax havens:

 

     
Votes For       Votes Against    Votes Abstain*    
         
38,374,748   10.92%    312,894,255    89.08%    1,434,063  

6. Advisory Vote on Environmental Policies

A ballot was conducted to vote on a shareholder proposal requesting the Bank hold an annual advisory vote on its environmental and climate objectives and action plan:

 

     
Votes For       Votes Against    Votes Abstain*    
         
52,971,968   15.26%    294,045,736    84.74%    5,686,257  

7. Report on Impact of Oil and Gas Divestment

A ballot was conducted to vote on a shareholder proposal requesting the Bank issue a report disclosing the Bank’s exposure to oil and gas divestment and to qualify and quantify the impacts of divestment from the Canadian oil and gas sector on shareholder value and other relevant economic analysis should BMO continue on the path toward currently established Net Zero objectives:

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Votes For       Votes Against    Votes Abstain*    
         
2,357,990   0.67%    347,904,256    99.33%    2,441,616  

8. CEO Compensation to Median Employee Pay Ratio

A ballot was conducted to vote on a shareholder proposal requesting the Bank undertake a review of executive compensation levels in relation to the entire workforce and, at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information, publicly disclose the CEO-compensation-to-median-employee-pay-ratio on an annual basis:

 

     
Votes For       Votes Against    Votes Abstain*    
         
38,172,563   10.86%    313,469,226    89.14%    1,062,046  

*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 16th day of April, 2024.

 

Bank of Montreal
By:   /s/ Paul V. Noble
Paul V. Noble
Corporate Secretary