REG - Bank of Montreal - BMO Q1 2024 CEO Certifications

Bank of MontrealAnnouncement

28/02/2024 07:00

For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below:
http://newsfile.refinitiv.com/getnewsfile/v1/story?guid=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20240228:nRSb6929Ea&default-theme=true

RNS Number : 6929E  Bank of Montreal  27 February 2024

Certifications

Pursuant to Rule 13a‑14(a) or 15d‑14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes‑Oxley Act of
2002

I, Darryl White, Chief Executive Officer of Bank of Montreal, certify that:

1.         I have reviewed the quarterly report for the period ended
January 31, 2024 (the "report") of Bank of Montreal (the "issuer");

2.         Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
this report;

3.         Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.         The issuer's other certifying officer and I are responsible
for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a‑15(e) and 15d‑15(e)) and internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a‑15(f) and 15d‑15(f)) for the issuer and have:

(a)        Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision,
to ensure that material information relating to the issuer, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;

(b)        Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our
supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)        Evaluated the effectiveness of the issuer's disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)        Disclosed in this report any change in the issuer's internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during the issuer's most recent
fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.         The issuer's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,
based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the issuer's auditors and the audit committee of the issuer's
board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)        All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the issuer's ability to record, process,
summarize and report financial information; and

(b)        Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
or other employees who have a significant role in the issuer's internal
control over financial reporting.

Date:  February 27, 2024

 

   /s/ Darryl White
   Darryl White
   Chief Executive Officer

 

 

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact
rns@lseg.com (mailto:rns@lseg.com)
 or visit
www.rns.com (http://www.rns.com/)
.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our
Privacy Policy (https://www.lseg.com/privacy-and-cookie-policy)
.   END  MSCDGGDDDBDDGSR