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BMO Capital Markets Significantly Expands U.S. Municipal Bond Capability with
Acquisition of Griffin, Kubik, Stephens & Thompson, Inc.
BMO becomes one of the largest muni-bond dealers in the
Midwest
CHICAGO and
TORONTO, April 21, 2008
BMO Capital
Markets, the investment and corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group (TSX,
NYSE: BMO), announced a definitive agreement today to acquire Chicago-based
Griffin, Kubik, Stephens & Thompson Inc. (GKST). The acquisition will make BMO
Capital Markets the sixth-largest bank qualified municipal bond dealer in the
United States and the largest in Illinois, greatly accelerating BMOs national
presence in the municipal bond market.
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