Clerk of the House of Representatives
Legislative Resource Center
135 Cannon Building
Washington, DC 20515
http://lobbyingdisclosure.house.gov 		Secretary of the Senate
Office of Public Records
232 Hart Building
Washington, DC 20510
http://www.senate.gov/lobby

LOBBYING REGISTRATION

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 4)

Check One: New Registrant New Client for Existing Registrant Amendment

1. Effective Date of Registration
4/29/2015
2. House Identification
 31110
 Senate Identification
 31680

REGISTRANT Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual

3. Registrant Organization
Podesta Group, Inc.
Address
1001 G Street, NW
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​Suite 1000 West
City
Washington
 State
DC
 Zip
20001
 Country
USA

4. Principal place of business (if different than line 3)

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5. Contact name and telephone number International Number
Contact
​Ms. Kimberley Fritts
 Telephone
​2023931010
 E-mail
​lobbying@podesta.com
6. General description of registrant’s business or activities
​Public policy, government relations and public affairs firm.

CLIENT A Lobbying Firm is required to file a separate registration for each client. Organizations employing in-house lobbyists should check the box labeled “Self” and proceed to line 10. Self

7. Client name
​BMO Financial Corporation
Address
​111 W. Monroe Street
City
​Chicago
 State
​IL
 Zip
​60603
 Country
​USA
8. Principal place of business (if different than line 7)
City
​Toronto
 State
​ON
 Zip
​M5X 1A1
 Country
​CAN
9. General description of client’s business or activities
​Commercial bank.

LOBBYISTS

10. Name of each individual who has acted or is expected to act as a lobbyist for the client identified on line 7. If any person listed in this section has served as a “covered executive branch official” or “covered legislative branch official” within twenty years of first acting as a lobbyist for the client, state the executive and/or legislative position(s) in which the person served.

Name Covered Official Position (if applicable)
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​Anthony ​Podesta ​ ​
​Andrew ​Lewin ​ ​Legislative Assistant/Legislative Director, Rep. Dennis Moore // Legislative Assistant/Legislative Director, Rep. Max Sandlin
​Israel ​Klein ​ ​Deputy Staff Director/Communications, Joint Economic Committee // Press Secretary/Legislative Asst./Sr. Communications Adviser, Rep. Ed Markey // Communications Director, Sen. Charles Schumer
​Randall ​Gerard ​ ​Staff Assistant, Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee
​Michael ​Quaranta ​ ​Chief of Staff, Rep. Michael Castle

LOBBYING ISSUES

11. General lobbying issue areas (Select all applicable codes).

​BAN
​FIN
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12. Specific lobbying issues (current and anticipated)

Banking regulation. Dodd-Frank financial reform implementation.

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

13. Is there an entity other than the client that contributes more than $5,000 to the lobbying activities of the registrant in a quarterly period and either participates in and/or in whole or in major part supervises or controls the registrant’s lobbying activities?

No --> Go to line 14. Yes --> Complete the rest of this section for each entity matching the criteria above, then proceed to line 14.
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FOREIGN ENTITIES

14. Is there any foreign entity

a) holds at least 20% equitable ownership in the client or any organization identified on line 13; or

b) directly or indirectly, in whole or in major part, plans, supervises, controls, directs, finances or subsidizes activities of the client or any organization identified on line 13; or

c) is an affiliate of the client or any organization identified on line 13 and has a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activity?

No --> Sign and date the registration. Yes --> Complete the rest of this section for each entity matching the criteria above, then sign the registration.
Address Ownership
Name Street Principal place of business Amount of contribution
City State/Province Country
(city and state or country) for lobbying activities
​100 King Street West
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​Toronto
​Bank of Montreal
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​ON
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​CAN
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Signature
Digitally Signed By: Michael E. Burns
 Date
6/25/2015 5:00:16 PM