Bank of Montreal 2002 Annual Report Download - page 101

Shareholder Administration
Computershare Trust Company
of Canada, with transfer facil-
ities in the cities of Halifax,
Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg,
Calgary and Vancouver, serves
as transfer agent and registrar
for common and preferred
shares. In addition, Computer-
share Investor Services PLC
and Computershare Trust
Company of New York serve
as transfer agents and regis-
trars for common shares in
London, England and New
York, respectively.
For dividend information,
change in share registration or
address, lost certificates, estate
transfers, or to advise of dupli-
cate mailings, please call Bank
of Montreal’s Transfer Agent
and Registrar at 1-800-332-0095
(Canada and the United States),
or at [phone] (interna-
tional), or write to Compu-
tershare Trust Company of
Canada, 100 University Avenue,
9th Floor, Toronto, Ontario
M5J 2 Y 1, e-mail to caregistry-
[e-mail], or
fax [phone] (Canada
and the United States) or (416)
263-9394 (international).
For all other shareholder
inquiries, please write to Share-
holder Services at the Corpo-
rate Secretary’s Department,
21st Floor, 1 First Canadian
Place, Toronto, Ontario M5X
1A1, e-mail to corp.secretary@
bmo.com, call [phone],
or fax [phone].
Market for Securities
of Bank of Montreal
The common shares of Bank
of Montreal are listed on the
Toronto and New York stock ex-
changes. The preferred shares
of Bank of Montreal are listed
on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Shareholder Dividend
Reinvestment and
Share Purchase Plan
The Shareholder Dividend
Reinvestment and Share Pur-
chase Plan provides a means for
holders of record of common
and preferred shares to rein-
vest cash dividends in common
shares of Bank of Montreal
without the payment of any
commissions or service charges.
Shareholders of Bank of
Montreal may also purchase
additional common shares of
Bank of Montreal by making
optional cash payments of up
to $40,000 per fiscal year. Full
details of the plan are available
from Computershare Trust
Company of Canada or Share-
holder Services.
Direct Dividend Deposit
Shareholders may choose to
have dividends deposited
directly to an account in any
financial institution in Canada
that provides electronic funds
transfer facilities.
Institutional Investors
and Research Analysts
Institutional investors or re-
search analysts who would like
to obtain financial information
should write to the Senior Vice-
President, Investor Relations,
18th Floor, 1 First Canadian
Place, Toronto, Ontario M5X
1A1, e-mail to investor.rela-
[e-mail], call (416)
867-6656, or fax [phone].
Alternatively, please visit our
web site at www.bmo.com/
investorrelations.
General Information
For general inquiries about
company news and initiatives,
or to obtain additional copies
of the Annual Report, please
contact the Corporate Commu -
nications Department, 302 Bay
Street, 10th Floor, Toronto,
Ontario M5X1A1, or visit our
web site at www.bmo.com. (On
peut obtenir sur demande un
exemplaire en français.)
Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of Share-
holders will be held on Tuesday,
February 25, 2003 at 9:30 a.m.
(Eastern Standard Time) at
the Fairmont Château Laurier,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Fees Paid to Shareholders’
Auditors
For fees paid to Shareholders’
Auditors, see page 5 of the Proxy
Circular for the Annual Meet-
ing of Shareholders, which will
be held on February 25, 2003.
SHARE HOLDER INFORMATION
Common Share Trading Information during Fiscal 2002
Year-end price Total volume of
Primary stock exchanges Ticker October 31, 2002 High Low shares traded
Toronto BMO $ 38.10 $ 40.65 $ 31.00 362.6 million
New York BMO US$ 24.59 US$ 26.05 US$ 19.50 11.1 million
Dividends per Share Declared during Fiscal Year
Shares outstanding
Issue/Class Ticker at October 31, 2002 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998
Common (a) BMO 492,504,878 $ 1.20 $ 1.12 $ 1.00 $ 0.94 $ 0.88
Preferred Class A
Series 4 (b) –– $ – $ – $ 1.87 $ 2.25
Series 5 (c) –– $ – $ – $ 522.26 $ 19,062.50
Preferred Class B
Series 1 (d) –– $ 0.57 $ 2.25 $ 2.25 $ 2.25
Series 2 (e) –– US$ 1.28 US$ 1.69 US$ 1.69 US$ 1.69
Series 3 BMO F 16,000,000 $ 1.39 $ 1.39 $ 1.39 $ 1.39 $ 1.39
Series 4 (f) BMO G 8,000,000 $ 1.20 $ 1.20 $ 1.20 $ 1.20 $ 0.90
Series 5 (f) BMO H 8,000,000 $ 1.33 $ 1.33 $ 1.33 $ 1.33 $ 0.99
Series 6 (f) BMO I 10,000,000 $ 1.19 $ 1.19 $ 1.19 $ 1.19 $ 0.63
Series 10 (g) BMO V 12,000,000 US$ 1.39 ––––
(a) Common share dividends have been restated to reflect the two-for-one stock distribution completed in March 2001.
(b) The Class A Preferred Shares Series 4 were redeemed on September 24, 1999.
(c) The Class A Preferred Shares Series 5 were redeemed on December 5, 1998.
(d) The Class B Preferred Shares Series 1 were redeemed on February 26, 2001.
(e) The Class B Preferred Shares Series 2 were redeemed on August 27, 2001.
(f) The Class B Preferred Shares were issued in February 1998 for Series 4 and 5, and in May 1998 for Series 6.
(g) The Class B Preferred Shares Series 10 were issued in December 2001.
2003 Dividend Dates
Subject to approval by the Board of Directors.
Common and preferred shares record dates Preferred shares payment dates Common shares payment dates
February 12 February 25 February 27
May 7 May 26 May 29
August 6 August 25 August 28
November 12 November 25 November 27
The Bank Act prohibits a bank from paying or declaring a dividend if it is or would thereby be in contravention of capital adequacy regulations.
Currently this limitation does not restrict the payment of dividends on Bank of Montreal’s common or preferred shares.
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