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BMO HarrisbBank Hires Alex Geier to Lead their Healthcare Sponsor Finance Team

CHICAGO, July 14, 2011 – BMO Harris Bank announced today that it has hired Alex Geier as Managing Director. Alex will lead a team focused on providing senior financing to private equity investors in the Healthcare space.

"Alex has a terrific reputation within the healthcare leveraged lending sector," said Dan Marszalek, Managing Director and Head of Corporate Finance, BMO Harris Bank. "Our Healthcare lending team is already very active in the industry, particul arly from a private equity perspective, and with his 25 years of leveraged lending experience, Alex substantially increases both our industry expertise and our ability to execute financings across multiple sectors."

Working closely with his Healthcare investment banking colleagues in BMO Capital Markets, Alex plans on substantially growing the Healthcare business by focusing on middle market and upper middle market private equity investors throughout the United States.

About Alex Geier
Alex Geier was previously at UBS Investment Bank where he spent 12 years focused on Healthcare leveraged finance. In his most recent role, he was Managing Director, Leveraged Finance, responsible for the origination and execution of all Healthcare sector leveraged loan, bridge loan, high yield bond and mezzanine debt financings. Alex also spent over a decade at BancAmerica Corporation, including roles in high yield research and corporate finance, and worked at BT Alex. Brown in high yield research, covering the Healthcare sector."

Alex has his B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Duke University, and his M.B.A. from Northwestern University.

About BMO Harris Bank
Based in Chicago, the bank has approximately 700 branches and approximately 1,350 ATMs in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Arizona and Florida. BMO Harris Bank is part of BMO Financial Group, a North American financial institution with 1,600 branches, a retail deposit base of approximately $180 billion, and combined U.S. businesses that rank as the 12th largest commercial bank, by assets, in the United States.

BMO Harris Bank is a trade name used by BMO Harris Bank N.A. Banking deposit and loan products and services are provided by BMO Harris Bank N.A. Member FDIC. Brokerage products are offered through Harris Investor Services, Inc. (HIS), a registered broker/dealer, member FINRA/SI PC, and SEC-registered investment advisor. Insurance products are offered through Harris Bancorp Insurance Services, Inc. (HBIS). Investment banking services are provided by BMO Capital Markets Corp. (BMOCMC) and BMO Capital Markets GKST, Inc. (GKST), a Municipal Bond Dealer and member FINRA and SIPC. Financial planning and investment advisory services are provided by Sullivan, Bruyette, Speros & Blayney, Inc. (Harris SBSB), an SEC registered investment advisor. Family Office Services are provided by Harris myCFO, Inc. Investment advisory services are offered by Harris myCFO Investment Advisory Services LLC (Harris myCFO), an SEC-registered investment advisor and wholly-owned subsidiary of Harris myCFO, Inc. Stoker Ostler Wealth Advisors (Stoker Ostler) is an SEC-registered investment advisor. Investment advisory services to institutional clients are provided by Harris Investment Management (HIM) or its wholly-owned subsidiary HIM Monegy (Monegy), SEC-registered investment advisors. Products offered by HIS, HBIS, BMOCM, Harris SBSB, Harris myCFO, Stoker Ostler, HIM, and Monegy, which are affiliated companies and wholly owned subsidiaries of BMO Financial Corp.,: Are not insured by the FDIC or any Federal Government Agency, not a deposit of or guaranteed by any Bank or Bank Affiliate, may lose value. The purchase of insurance or an annuity is not a condition to any bank loan or service. Not all products and services are offered in every state and/or location.

Patrick O'Herlihy (312) 461- 6970