Bank Of Montreal /Can/ 6-K, filed Apr 17, 2024
Bank Of Montreal /Can/ (BMO)
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Bank Of Montreal /Can/ filed this 6-K on April 17, 2024.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
| For the month of: April, 2024 | Commission File Number: 001-13354 |
BANK OF MONTREAL
(Name of Registrant)
| 100 King Street West | ||
| 1 First Canadian Place | 129 rue Saint-Jacques | |
| Toronto, Ontario | Montreal, Quebec | |
| Canada, M5X 1A1 | Canada, H2Y 1L6 | |
| (Executive Offices) | (Head Office) | |
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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
The information contained in this Form 6-K and any exhibits hereto shall be deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) solely for purposes of incorporation by reference into and as part of the following registration statements of the registrant on file with and declared effective by the SEC:
| 1. | Registration Statement – Form F-3 – File No. 333-214934 |
| 2. | Registration Statement – Form F-3 – File No. 333-264388 |
| 3. | Registration Statement – Form S-8 – File No. 333-191591 |
| 4. | Registration Statement – Form S-8 – File No. 333-180968 |
| 5. | Registration Statement – Form S-8 – File No. 333-177579 |
| 6. | Registration Statement – Form S-8 – File No. 333-177568 |
| 7. | Registration Statement – Form S-8 – File No. 333-176479 |
| 8. | Registration Statement – Form S-8 – File No. 333-175413 |
| 9. | Registration Statement – Form S-8 – File No. 333-175412 |
| 10. | Registration Statement – Form S-8 – File No. 333-113096 |
| 11. | Registration Statement – Form S-8 – File No. 333-14260 |
| 12. | Registration Statement – Form S-8 – File No. 33-92112 |
| 13. | Registration Statement – Form S-8 – File No. 333-207739 |
| 14. | Registration Statement – Form S-8 – File No. 333-237522 |
| 15. | Registration Statement – Form S-8 – File No. 333-276007 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| BANK OF MONTREAL | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Tayfun Tuzun | |||||
| Name: | Tayfun Tuzun | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||
| By: | /s/ Paul V. Noble | |||||
| Name: | Paul V. Noble | |||||
| Title: | Corporate Secretary | |||||
Date: April 16, 2024
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit | Description of Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Press Release – Report under Canadian National Instrument 51-102 Report on Voting Results of Annual Meeting | |
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 | ||