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Harris Nesbitt to Host First Annual Agriculture and Protein Investor Conference 2006
NEW YORK, May 16, 2006 – Harris Nesbitt, the U.S. investment and corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO), w ill present its first annual Agriculture and Protein conference. The conference will be held on Thursday, May 18, 2006, from 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City.
The day-long event will be moderated by Ken Zaslow, Harris Nesbitt's equity research analyst covering the Food and Agriculture sectors, and will feature presentations from senior executives from leading companies in these sectors. Their presentations provide investors with greater insight into the agriculture industry.
Carl Casale, Executive Vice-President, Monsanto Company, will be the luncheon speaker and will address key agricultural trends.
The conference will be audio webcast live and archived on the Harris Nesbitt website: http://events.onlinebroadcasting.com/bmoconferences/051806/index.php
Media interested in attending should call Chris Nardella at (312) 461-6625 to confirm their attendance.
An up-to-the-minute agenda*, with presentation times for the conference, is available on the web site at: http://www.harrisnesbitt.com/conferences/agricultureandprotein/
Scheduled presenting companies include:
- Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)
- Bunge Limited (BG)
- Corn Products International, Inc. (CPO)
- Gold Kist, Inc. (GKIS)
- House of Raeford**
- Monsanto Company (MON)
- Peco Foods**
- Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (PPC)
- Premium Standard Farms, Inc. (PORK)
- Sanderson Farms, Inc. (SAFM)
- Tyson Foods, Inc. (TSN)
- Wayne Farms**
* Agenda subject to change.
** Presentations will not be webcast.
About Harris Nesbitt
Harris Nesbitt is an investment and corporate bank offering clients access to a full range of products and services including investment and corporate banking, treasury services, market risk management, institutional investing and research. Harris Nesbitt is part of Harris, an integrated financial services organization providing more than 1 million personal, business, corporate and institutional clients with banking, lending, investing and financial management solutions. Harris Nesbitt is a member of BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO). For more information, please visit www.harrisnesbitt.com.
Contacts:
Chris Nardella, Chicago, (312) 461-6625
Kevin Windorf, New York (212) 885-4111
Mirette Ghanem, Toronto, (416) 867-3996
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