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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-____</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Bank of Montreal </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13-4941092</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of <BR></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Incorporation or Organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer<BR></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>100 King Street West </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Toronto, Ontario </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Canada
M5X 1A1 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BANK OF MONTREAL AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCK OPTION PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full Title of the Plan) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Colleen
Hennessy </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Bank of Montreal </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>111 West Monroe Street, P.O. Box 755 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chicago, Illinois 60603 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(312) 461-7745 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name,
Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies of Communications to: </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>William C. Hermann </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chapman and Cutler LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>111 West Monroe Street </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chicago, Illinois 60603 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(312) 845-3000 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark
whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT> filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated
filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. (Check one): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title of Securities</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be Registered</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be<BR>Registered(1)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Proposed<BR>Maximum<BR>Offering Price<BR>Per Share(2)</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Offering&nbsp;Price</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registration&nbsp;Fee(2)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Shares, without par value</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">17,000,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$58.4729</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$994,039,300</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$100,099.76</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to General Instruction&nbsp;E of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8,</FONT> this Registration Statement covers the registration of an additional 17,000,000 Common Shares under the Bank of Montreal
Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The Registrant previously registered 5,000,000 common shares of the Registrant under the Plan on May&nbsp;9, 1995 (Registration Statement
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;33-92112).</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to Securities Act Rule&nbsp;457(h), the maximum offering price, per share and in the aggregate, and the registration fee were calculated based upon the average of the high and low prices of the common shares of
the Registrant on October&nbsp;30, 2015, as quoted on The New York Stock Exchange. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8</FONT> is filed by Bank of Montreal (the &#147;Bank&#148; or the
&#147;Registrant&#148;) pursuant to General Instruction E to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> for the purpose of registering an additional 17,000,000 common shares of the Bank which may be issued pursuant to the Bank of Montreal
Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan and consists of only those items required by General Instruction E. In accordance therewith, the Bank hereby incorporates herein by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> filed by the Bank with respect to the earlier version of the Plan on May&nbsp;9, 1995 (Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;33-92112),</FONT> together with all exhibits filed therewith or
incorporated therein by reference to the extent not otherwise amended or superseded by the contents hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> will be sent or given to
participants as specified by Securities Act Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U>. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The rules of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) allow the Bank to include information by &#147;incorporation by reference&#148; into this Registration Statement. The Bank incorporates herein by reference the following documents, which have been
filed by the Bank with the Commission (excluding any portions of such documents that have been &#147;furnished&#148; but not &#147;filed&#148; for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which is referred to herein as the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">40-F</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Year ended October 31, 2014, as filed December&nbsp;2, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">the Registrant contained in <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-A</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">(File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;1-13354)</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Other than the portions of those documents not deemed to be filed. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents filed by the
Registrant under sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, other than the portions of those documents not deemed to be filed, and to be part of this Registration
Statement from the date of filing of such reports. In addition, any report furnished by the Registrant on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;6-K</FONT> shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement if and to
the extent provided in such report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;6-K.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All information appearing in this
Registration Statement and the prospectus is qualified in its entirety by the detailed information, including financial statements, appearing in the documents incorporated herein or therein by reference. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference or deemed to be part of this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this
Registration Statement or in any other subsequently filed or furnished document that also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference or deemed to be part of this Registration Statement modifies or replaces such statement. Any statement
contained in a document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference or deemed to be part of this Registration Statement after the most recent effective date may modify or replace existing statements contained in this Registration Statement. Any
such statement so modified or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified or replaced, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><U>Description of Securities</U>. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">None. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the Bank Act of Canada (the
&#147;Bank Act&#148;), a bank may not, by contract, resolution or by-law, limit the liability of its directors for breaches of the Act, including their fiduciary duties imposed under the Act. However, a bank may indemnify a director or officer, a
former director or officer or a person who acts or acted, at the bank&#146;s request, as a director or officer of or in a similar capacity for another entity, and his or her heirs and personal representatives, against all costs, charges and
expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by him or her because of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which he or she is involved because of that
association and may advance funds to him or her for the costs, charges or expenses of such a proceeding, provided however, that a bank may not indemnify such a person unless: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) that person acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of, as the case may be, the bank or the other entity for
which he or she acted at the bank&#146;s request as a director or officer or in a similar capacity; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) in the case of a criminal or
administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, that person had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her conduct was lawful. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the Bank Act, these individuals are entitled to be indemnified by the bank in respect of all costs, charges and expenses reasonably
incurred by them in connection with the defense of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which he or she is involved because of an association referred to above with the bank or other entity if the person was not
judged by the courts or other competent authority to have committed any fault or omitted to do anything that they ought to have done and fulfilled the conditions set out in (1)&nbsp;and (2)&nbsp;above. A bank may, with the approval of a court, also
indemnify these individuals in respect of, or advance amounts to him or her for the costs, charges and expenses of, a proceeding referred to above, in respect of an action by or on behalf of the bank or other entity to procure a judgment in its
favor, to which the person is made a party because of an association referred to above with the bank or other entity, if he or she fulfills the conditions set out in (1)&nbsp;and (2)&nbsp;above. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Bank&#146;s by-laws provide that the Bank shall indemnify a director or officer, a former director or officer, or a person who acts or
acted at the Bank&#146;s request as a director or officer of or in a similar capacity for another entity, and such person&#146;s heirs and personal representatives, to the maximum extent permitted by the Bank Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Bank has purchased, at its expense, a Directors&#146; and Officers&#146; Liability Insurance Policy that provides protection for
individual directors and officers of Bank of Montreal and its subsidiaries solely while acting in their capacity as such. The Insurance Policy provides for a limit of $300&nbsp;million (CAD) per claim and in the aggregate. The policy is in effect
until September&nbsp;30, 2016 and has no deductible. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising from the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Bank pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Bank has been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is therefore unenforceable. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><U>Exemption from Registration Claimed</U>. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated By-laws of Bank of Montreal (incorporated by reference to the Current Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;6-K</FONT> filed by Bank of Montreal with the SEC on March&nbsp;28, 2011).</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada, on October&nbsp;30, 2015. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of William A. Downe, Thomas E.
Flynn, Simon Fish, Cathryn E. Cranston and Barbara M. Muir and his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) thereunder, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the securities of Bank of Montreal (the &#147;Bank&#148;), including specifically, but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his or her name, in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or officer of the Bank, on this Registration Statement or a registration statement that is to be effective
upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act relating to such securities, the Bank of Montreal Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) and/or such successor registration statements or other form or forms as may
be appropriate to be filed with the SEC as any of them deem appropriate in respect of the securities of the Bank or the Plan, on any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to such registration statement, and on any and all
instruments and documents filed as part of or in connection with such registration statement and any and all amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated in the City of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">William A. Downe</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Thomas E. Flynn</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Thomas E. Flynn</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Financial Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ J. Robert S. Prichard</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J. Robert S. Prichard</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chairman of the Board</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">October 30, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Jan Babiak</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jan Babiak</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">October 30, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Sophie Brochu</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Sophie Brochu</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ George A. Cope</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">George A. Cope</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Christine A. Edwards</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Christine A. Edwards</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Martin S. Eichenbaum</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Martin S. Eichenbaum</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Ronald H. Farmer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ronald H. Farmer</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Eric R. La Fl&egrave;che</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Eric R. La Fl&egrave;che</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">October 30, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Lorraine Mitchelmore</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Lorraine Mitchelmore</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">October 30, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Philip S. Orsino</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Philip S. Orsino</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">October 30, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Don M. Wilson III</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Don M. Wilson III</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">October 30, 2015</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of Section&nbsp;6(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, the Authorized
Representative has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, solely in her capacity as the duly authorized representative of Bank of Montreal in the United States, in the City of Chicago, State of
Illinois, October&nbsp;30, 2015. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Colleen Hennessy</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Colleen Hennessy</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Authorized Representative in the United States</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;3.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-laws</FONT> of Bank of Montreal (incorporated by reference to the Current Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;6-K</FONT> filed by Bank of Montreal with the
SEC on March&nbsp;28, 2011).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Bank of Montreal Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan, effective October&nbsp;28, 2014.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of KPMG LLP.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Osler, Hoskin &amp; Harcourt LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD></TR>
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FORM S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 2, 2015
Registration
No. 333-____
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Bank of Montreal
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Canada
13-4941092
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
100 King Street West
1 First Canadian Place
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
M5X 1A1
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
BANK OF MONTREAL AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Colleen
Hennessy
Bank of Montreal
111 West Monroe Street, P.O. Box 755
Chicago, Illinois 60603
(312) 461-7745
(Name,
Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)
Copies of Communications to:
William C. Hermann
Chapman and Cutler LLP
111 West Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
(312) 845-3000
Indicate by check mark
whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated
filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount
to be
Registered(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share(2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee(2)
Common Shares, without par value
17,000,000
$58.4729
$994,039,300
$100,099.76
(1)
Pursuant to General Instruction E of
Form S-8,
this Registration Statement covers the registration of an additional 17,000,000 Common Shares under the Bank of Montreal
Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). The Registrant previously registered 5,000,000 common shares of the Registrant under the Plan on May 9, 1995 (Registration Statement
No. 33-92112).
(2)
Pursuant to Securities Act Rule 457(h), the maximum offering price, per share and in the aggregate, and the registration fee were calculated based upon the average of the high and low prices of the common shares of
the Registrant on October 30, 2015, as quoted on The New York Stock Exchange.
NOTE
This Registration Statement on
Form S-8
is filed by Bank of Montreal (the "Bank" or the
"Registrant") pursuant to General Instruction E to Form
S-8
for the purpose of registering an additional 17,000,000 common shares of the Bank which may be issued pursuant to the Bank of Montreal
Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan and consists of only those items required by General Instruction E. In accordance therewith, the Bank hereby incorporates herein by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on Form
S-8
filed by the Bank with respect to the earlier version of the Plan on May 9, 1995 (Registration
No. 33-92112),
together with all exhibits filed therewith or
incorporated therein by reference to the extent not otherwise amended or superseded by the contents hereof.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form
S-8
will be sent or given to
participants as specified by Securities Act Rule 428(b)(1).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The rules of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") allow the Bank to include information by "incorporation by reference" into this Registration Statement. The Bank incorporates herein by reference the following documents, which have been
filed by the Bank with the Commission (excluding any portions of such documents that have been "furnished" but not "filed" for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which is referred to herein as the
"Exchange Act"):
Registrant Filings with the SEC
Period and/or Filing Date
Annual Report on Form
40-F
Year ended October 31, 2014, as filed December 2, 2014
Reports of Foreign Issuer on Form
6-K:*
December 3, 2014
December 18, 2014
January 23, 2015
January 27, 2015
February 24, 2015 (four filings)
February 25, 2015
March 6, 2015
March 20, 2015
April 23, 2015
1
Registrant Filings with the SEC
Period and/or Filing Date (continued)
Reports of Foreign Issuer on Form
6-K:*
May 27, 2015 (six filings)
June 5, 2015
July 20, 2015
July 29, 2015
August 25, 2015 (five filings)
September 10, 2015
October 8, 2015
October 16, 2015
Description of the Common Shares of
September 26, 1994
the Registrant contained in
Form 8-A
(File
No. 1-13354)
*
Other than the portions of those documents not deemed to be filed.
All documents filed by the
Registrant under sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, other than the portions of those documents not deemed to be filed, and to be part of this Registration
Statement from the date of filing of such reports. In addition, any report furnished by the Registrant on
Form 6-K
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement if and to
the extent provided in such report on
Form 6-K.
All information appearing in this
Registration Statement and the prospectus is qualified in its entirety by the detailed information, including financial statements, appearing in the documents incorporated herein or therein by reference. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference or deemed to be part of this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this
Registration Statement or in any other subsequently filed or furnished document that also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference or deemed to be part of this Registration Statement modifies or replaces such statement. Any statement
contained in a document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference or deemed to be part of this Registration Statement after the most recent effective date may modify or replace existing statements contained in this Registration Statement. Any
such statement so modified or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified or replaced, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
None.
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Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Under the Bank Act of Canada (the
"Bank Act"), a bank may not, by contract, resolution or by-law, limit the liability of its directors for breaches of the Act, including their fiduciary duties imposed under the Act. However, a bank may indemnify a director or officer, a
former director or officer or a person who acts or acted, at the bank's request, as a director or officer of or in a similar capacity for another entity, and his or her heirs and personal representatives, against all costs, charges and
expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by him or her because of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which he or she is involved because of that
association and may advance funds to him or her for the costs, charges or expenses of such a proceeding, provided however, that a bank may not indemnify such a person unless:
(1) that person acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of, as the case may be, the bank or the other entity for
which he or she acted at the bank's request as a director or officer or in a similar capacity; and
(2) in the case of a criminal or
administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, that person had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her conduct was lawful.
Under the Bank Act, these individuals are entitled to be indemnified by the bank in respect of all costs, charges and expenses reasonably
incurred by them in connection with the defense of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which he or she is involved because of an association referred to above with the bank or other entity if the person was not
judged by the courts or other competent authority to have committed any fault or omitted to do anything that they ought to have done and fulfilled the conditions set out in (1) and (2) above. A bank may, with the approval of a court, also
indemnify these individuals in respect of, or advance amounts to him or her for the costs, charges and expenses of, a proceeding referred to above, in respect of an action by or on behalf of the bank or other entity to procure a judgment in its
favor, to which the person is made a party because of an association referred to above with the bank or other entity, if he or she fulfills the conditions set out in (1) and (2) above.
The Bank's by-laws provide that the Bank shall indemnify a director or officer, a former director or officer, or a person who acts or
acted at the Bank's request as a director or officer of or in a similar capacity for another entity, and such person's heirs and personal representatives, to the maximum extent permitted by the Bank Act.
The Bank has purchased, at its expense, a Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance Policy that provides protection for
individual directors and officers of Bank of Montreal and its subsidiaries solely while acting in their capacity as such. The Insurance Policy provides for a limit of $300 million (CAD) per claim and in the aggregate. The policy is in effect
until September 30, 2016 and has no deductible.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising from the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Bank pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Bank has been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is therefore unenforceable.
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Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
3.1
Amended and Restated By-laws of Bank of Montreal (incorporated by reference to the Current Report on
Form 6-K
filed by Bank of Montreal with the SEC on March 28, 2011).
4.1
Bank of Montreal Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan, effective October 28, 2014.
5.1
Opinion of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2
Consent of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all the requirements for filing on Form
S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form
S-8
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada, on October 30, 2015.
BANK OF MONTREAL
By:
/s/ Thomas E. Flynn
Thomas E. Flynn
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
S-1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of William A. Downe, Thomas E.
Flynn, Simon Fish, Cathryn E. Cranston and Barbara M. Muir and his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") thereunder, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the securities of Bank of Montreal (the "Bank"), including specifically, but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his or her name, in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or officer of the Bank, on this Registration Statement or a registration statement that is to be effective
upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act relating to such securities, the Bank of Montreal Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") and/or such successor registration statements or other form or forms as may
be appropriate to be filed with the SEC as any of them deem appropriate in respect of the securities of the Bank or the Plan, on any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to such registration statement, and on any and all
instruments and documents filed as part of or in connection with such registration statement and any and all amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated in the City of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Signature Name
Title
Date
/s/ William A. Downe
William A. Downe
Chief Executive Officer, Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
October 30, 2015
/s/ Thomas E. Flynn
Thomas E. Flynn
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
October 30, 2015
/s/ J. Robert S. Prichard
J. Robert S. Prichard
Chairman of the Board
October 30, 2015
/s/ Jan Babiak
Jan Babiak
Director
October 30, 2015
/s/ Sophie Brochu
Sophie Brochu
Director
October 30, 2015
/s/ George A. Cope
George A. Cope
Director
October 30, 2015
/s/ Christine A. Edwards
Christine A. Edwards
Director
October 30, 2015
/s/ Martin S. Eichenbaum
Martin S. Eichenbaum
Director
October 30, 2015
/s/ Ronald H. Farmer
Ronald H. Farmer
Director
October 30, 2015
/s/ Eric R. La Flèche
Eric R. La Flèche
Director
October 30, 2015
/s/ Lorraine Mitchelmore
Lorraine Mitchelmore
Director
October 30, 2015
/s/ Philip S. Orsino
Philip S. Orsino
Director
October 30, 2015
/s/ Don M. Wilson III
Don M. Wilson III
Director
October 30, 2015
S-2
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, the Authorized
Representative has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, solely in her capacity as the duly authorized representative of Bank of Montreal in the United States, in the City of Chicago, State of
Illinois, October 30, 2015.
BANK OF MONTREAL
By:
/s/ Colleen Hennessy
Colleen Hennessy
Authorized Representative in the United States
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EXHIBIT INDEX
3.1
Amended and Restated
By-laws
of Bank of Montreal (incorporated by reference to the Current Report on
Form 6-K
filed by Bank of Montreal with the
SEC on March 28, 2011).
4.1
Bank of Montreal Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan, effective October 28, 2014.
5.1
Opinion of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2
Consent of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto).