Media Advisory/Interview Opportunity: Chicago Extreme School Makeover-BMO Edition

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- (Marketwired) -- 04/25/13 -- More than 800 senior BMO Capital Markets employees from 14 countries and 5 continents will gather in Chicago on Saturday, April 27 to attend the BMO Capital Markets' annual Directors & Managing Directors' meeting and to revitalize Frazier International Magnet Elementary School with a complete makeover of the school, including new lockers, fresh paint, and an upgraded playground.

Members of the media are invited to come out to the day's event, which will also include a BBQ for students and teachers along with the "grand reveal."

WHEN:  Saturday, April 27 from 2:45-5:30 p.m. CT                            
       - 2:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.: School makeover                             
       - 3:30 p.m.: Family & student BBQ begins                             
       - 4:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.: "Big Reveal" of revamped school and remarks 
       by BMO Capital Markets CEO Tom Milroy and Frazier Magnet School      
       Principal Faren D'Abell                                              
                                                                            
WHERE: Frazier International Magnet Elementary School, 4027 West Grenshaw   
       St., Chicago                                                         

About BMO Capital Markets

BMO Capital Markets is a leading, full-service North American financial services provider, with more than 2,200 employees operating in 29 offices worldwide, including 16 in North America. As the largest investment bank in Chicago by number of employees, BMO Capital Markets provides corporate, institutional and government clients access to a complete range of investment and corporate banking products and services. BMO Capital Markets is a member of BMO Financial Group (NYSE:BMO)(TSX:BMO), one of the largest diversified financial services providers in North America with $542 billion total assets and more than 46,000 employees as at January 31, 2013. In the United States, banking and operating services are provided to BMO Capital Markets clients through BMO Harris, a member of BMO Financial Group.