Exhibit 99.4
KPMG LLP Chartered Professional Accountants Bay Adelaide Centre 333 Bay Street, Suite 4600 Toronto ON M5H 2S5 | Telephone (416)777-8500 Fax (416)777-8818 Internet: www.kpmg.ca |
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors of Bank of Montreal
We consent to the inclusion in this annual report on Form40-F of:
i) | our independent auditors’ report of registered public accounting firm dated December 4, 2018 on the consolidated balance sheets of Bank of Montreal (the “Bank”) as at October 31, 2018 and October 31, 2017, the consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended October 31, 2018, and notes, comprising a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information; and |
ii) | our report of independent registered public accounting firm dated December 4, 2018 on the effectiveness of the Bank’s internal control over financial reporting as of October 31, 2018; |
each ofwhich is containedinthis annual report on Form40-F of the Bank for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2018. Our independent auditors report on the consolidated financial statements refers to a change to the Bank’s method of accounting for financial instruments in 2018 due to the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standard 9Financial Instruments.
We also consent to the incorporation by reference of such reports in the following Registration Statements of the Bank:
1. | Registration Statement – FormF-3 – FileNo. 333-217200 |
2. | Registration Statement – FormF-3 – FileNo. 333-214934 |
3. | Registration Statement – FormS-8 – FileNo. 333-191591 |
4. | Registration Statement – FormS-8 – FileNo. 333-180968 |
5. | Registration Statement – FormS-8 – FileNo. 333-177579 |
6. | Registration Statement – FormS-8 – FileNo. 333-177568 |
7. | Registration Statement – FormS-8 – FileNo. 333-176479 |
8. | Registration Statement – FormS-8 – FileNo. 333-175413 |
9. | Registration Statement – FormS-8 – FileNo. 333-175412 |
10. | Registration Statement – FormS-8 – FileNo. 333-113096 |
11. | Registration Statement – FormS-8 – FileNo. 333-14260 |
12. | Registration Statement – FormS-8 – FileNo. 33-92112 |
13. | Registration Statement – FormS-8 – FileNo. 333-207739 |
Chartered Professional Accountants, Licensed Public Accountants
December 4, 2018
Toronto, Canada
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