Report of Foreign Issuer (6-k)

BANK OF MONTREAL

/s/ Caroline Dufaux

Caroline Dufaux

Authorized Signing Officer

FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


For the month of: October, 2019		Commission File Number: 001-13354

BANK OF MONTREAL

(Name of Registrant)


100 King Street West 1 First Canadian Place Toronto, Ontario Canada, M5X 1A1		129 rue Saint-Jacques Montreal, Quebec Canada, H2Y 1L6

(Executive Offices)		(Head Office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F ☐ Form 40-F ☑

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ☐

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

The information contained in this Form 6-K and any exhibits hereto shall be deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) solely for purposes of incorporation by reference into and as part of the following registration statement of the registrant on file with and declared effective by the SEC:

Registration Statement – Form F-3 – File No. 333-217200

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: October 21, 2019

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit		Description of Exhibit

5.1		Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, U.S. counsel to the Bank.

5.2		Opinion of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Canadian counsel to the Bank.

23.1		Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 above).

23.2		Consent of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2 above).