Registration Statement No. 333-285508
Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
| CAPPED LEVERAGED INDEX RETURN NOTES® (CAPPED LIRNs®) |
| Capped Leveraged Index Return Notes® Linked to a Basket of Fifteen Financial Sector Equity Securities | |
| Issuer | Bank of Montreal (“BMO”). References on this page to “we,” “us” or “our” mean BMO. |
| Principal Amount | $10.00 per unit |
| Term | Approximately 2 years |
| Market Measure | An approximately equally weighted basket (the “Basket”) comprised of AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. (NYSE symbol: “AB“), Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE symbol: “AMG“), Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE symbol: “APO“), Ares Management Corporation (NYSE symbol: “ARES“), Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. (NYSE symbol: “BAM“), Blackrock, Inc. (NYSE symbol: “BLK“), Blackstone Inc. (NYSE symbol: “BX“), the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE symbol: “GS“), Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ symbol: “IBKR“), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE symbol: “JPM“), KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE symbol: “KKR“), Morgan Stanley (NYSE symbol: “MS“), Blue Owl Capital Inc. (NYSE symbol: “OWL“), Patria Investments Limited (NASDAQ symbol: “PAX“), and TPG Inc. (NASDAQ symbol: “TPG“) (each, a “Basket Stock” and each such company, an “Underlying Company”) |
| Payout Profile at Maturity |
1.5-to-1 upside exposure to increases in the Market Measure, subject to the Capped Value 1-to-1 downside exposure to decreases in the Market Measure, with up to 100% of your principal at risk |
| Threshold Value | 100% of the Starting Value |
| Capped Value | [$14.50 to $15.50] per unit, a return of [45.00% to 55.00%] over the principal amount, to be determined on the pricing date |
| Participation Rate | 150% |
| Preliminary Offering Documents |
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927971/000121465926004677/j414262424b2.htm |
| Exchange Listing | No |
You should read the relevant Preliminary Offering Documents before you invest. Click on the Preliminary Offering Documents hyperlink above or call your Financial Advisor for a hard copy.
Risk Factors
Please see the Preliminary Offering Documents for a description of certain risks related to this investment, including, but not limited to, the following:
| · | Depending on the performance of the Market Measure as measured shortly before the maturity date, your investment may result in a loss; there is no guaranteed return of principal. |
| · | The notes do not pay interest, and any return on the notes may be less than the yield you could earn by owning a conventional fixed or floating rate debt security of comparable maturity. |
| · | Any positive return on your investment is limited to the return represented by the Capped Value and may be less than a comparable investment directly in the Basket Stocks. |
| · | Payments on the notes are subject to our credit risk, and actual or perceived changes in our creditworthiness are expected to affect the value of the notes. |
| · | The initial estimated value of the notes on the pricing date, based on our proprietary pricing models, will be less than the public offering price because costs associated with offering, structuring and hedging the notes are included in the public offering price, but are not included in the initial estimated value. |
| · | To determine the terms of the notes, we use an internal funding rate that represents a discount from the credit spreads for our conventional fixed-rate debt. As a result, the terms of the notes are less favorable to you than if we had used a higher funding rate. |
| · | The initial estimated value of the notes is not an indication of the price, if any, at which we, BofAS or any of our respective affiliates or any other person may be willing to buy the notes from you in the secondary market (if any). |
| · | A trading market is not expected to develop for the notes. |
| · | Our business, hedging and trading activities, and those of MLPF&S, BofAS and our respective affiliates (including trades in the Basket Stocks), and any hedging and trading activities we, MLPF&S, BofAS or our respective affiliates engage in for our clients’ accounts, may adversely affect the market value of and return on the notes and may create conflicts of interest with you. |
| · | There may be potential conflicts of interest involving the calculation agents, one of which is our affiliate and one of which is BofAS. |
| · | The Underlying Companies will have no obligations relating to the notes, and none of us, MLPF&S or BofAS will perform any due diligence procedures with respect to any Underlying Company in connection with this offering. |
| · | Increases in the prices of one or more of the Basket Stocks may be offset by decreases in the prices of one or more of the other Basket Stocks. |
| · | You will have no rights of a holder of the Basket Stocks, and you will not be entitled to receive shares of the Basket Stocks or dividends or other distributions by the Underlying Companies. |
| · | While we, MLPF&S, BofAS or our respective affiliates may from time to time own securities of the Underlying Companies, we, MLPF&S, BofAS and our respective affiliates do not control any Underlying Company, and have not verified any disclosures made by any Underlying Company. |
| · | The Redemption Amount will not be adjusted for all corporate events that could affect a Basket Stock. See “Description of the LIRNs—Anti-Dilution Adjustments” in product supplement STOCK LIRN-1. |
| · | Your return on the notes may be affected by factors affecting the international securities markets with respect to the Class A limited voting shares of Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. and the Class A common shares of Patria Investments Limited. |
| · | The U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in the notes are unclear. |
| · | An investment in the notes is subject to risks associated with investing in equity securities in the financial sector. |
Final terms will be set on the pricing date within the given range for the specified Market-Linked Investment. Please see the Preliminary Offering Documents for complete product disclosure, including related risks and tax disclosure.
The graph above and the table below reflect the hypothetical return on the notes, based on the terms contained in the table to the left (using the mid-point for any range(s)). The graph and the table have been prepared for purposes of illustration only and do not take into account any tax consequences from investing in the notes.
| Hypothetical Percentage Change from the Starting Value to the Ending Value |
Hypothetical Redemption Amount per Unit |
Hypothetical Total Rate of Return on the Notes |
| -100.00% | $0.00 | -100.00% |
| -50.00% | $5.00 | -50.00% |
| -40.00% | $6.00 | -40.00% |
| -30.00% | $7.00 | -30.00% |
| -20.00% | $8.00 | -20.00% |
| -10.00% | $9.00 | -10.00% |
| -5.00% | $9.50 | -5.00% |
| 0.00%(1) | $10.00 | 0.00% |
| 5.00% | $10.75 | 7.50% |
| 10.00% | $11.50 | 15.00% |
| 20.00% | $13.00 | 30.00% |
| 30.00% | $14.50 | 45.00% |
| 33.34% | $15.00(2) | 50.00% |
| 40.00% | $15.00 | 50.00% |
| 50.00% | $15.00 | 50.00% |
| 60.00% | $15.00 | 50.00% |
| (1) | This hypothetical percentage change corresponds to the Threshold Value. |
| (2) | The Redemption Amount per unit cannot exceed the hypothetical Capped Value. |
BMO has filed a registration statement (including a product supplement, a prospectus supplement and a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this document relates. Before you invest, you should read those documents, and the other documents that BMO has filed with the SEC, for more complete information about BMO and this offering. You may get these documents without cost by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, BMO, any agent, or any dealer participating in this offering will arrange to send you these documents if you so request by calling toll-free 1-800-294-1322.