蒙特利尔银行美股招股说明书(2026-03-27版)

Capped Leveraged Index Return Notes®Linked to theRussell 2000®Index Maturity of approximately two years2-to-1 upside exposure to increases in the Index, subject to a capped return of [22.00% to 26.00%]If the Index declines, but not by more than 10.00%, a return of principal1-to-1 downside exposure to decreases in the Index beyond a 10.00% decline, with up to 90% of your principal at riskAll payments occur at maturity and are subject to the credit risk of Bank of MontrealNo periodic interest paymentsIn addition to the underwriting discount set forth below, the notes include a hedging-related charge of $0.05 per unit. See“Structuring the Notes”Limited secondary market liquidity, with no exchange listingThe notes are the unsecured obligations of Bank of Montreal. The notes are not insured by the Federal Deposit InsuranceCorporation, the Deposit Insurance Fund, the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency. The notes are being issued by Bank of Montreal (“BMO”). There are important differences between the notes and a conventional debtsecurity, including different investment risks and certain additional costs. See “Risk Factors” and “Additional Risk Factors” beginning onpage TS-6 of this term sheet and beginning on page PS-6 of product supplement EQUITY LIRN-1. The estimated initial value of the notes determined by us as of the pricing date, which we refer to as the initial estimated value, is expected tobe within the range of $9.09 and $9.39 per unit and will be less than the public offering price listed below. However, as discussed in moredetail in this term sheet, the actual value of the notes at any time will reflect many factors and cannot be predicted with accuracy.See“Summary” on the following page, “Risk Factors” beginning on page TS-6 of this term sheet and “Structuring the Notes” below for additionalinformation. The notes are not bail-inable notes and are not subject to conversion into our common shares or the common shares of any of our affiliatesunder subsection 39.2(2.3) of the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Act. None of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), any state securities commission, or any other regulatory body has approved ordisapproved of these notes or determined if this Note Prospectus (as defined below) is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is acriminal offense. Public offering price(1)Underwriting discount(1)Proceeds, before expenses, to BMO (1)For any purchase of 300,000 units or more in a single transaction by an individual investor or in combined transactions with theinvestor’s household in this offering, the public offering price and the underwriting discount will be $9.95 per unit and $0.15 perunit, respectively. See “Supplement to the Plan of Distribution” below. The notes: BofA SecuritiesApril , 2026 Summary The Capped Leveraged Index Return Notes®Linked to the Russell 2000®Index, due April , 2028 (the “notes”) are our senior unsecured debt securities. The notes arenot insured by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or secured by collateral. The notes rank equally with all of ourother unsecured senior debt from time to time outstanding.Any payments due on the notes, including any repayment of principal, are subject to our credit risk. The notes provide you a leveraged return, subject to a cap, if the Ending Value of the Market Measure, which is the Russell 2000®Index (the “Index”), is greater thanthe Starting Value. If the Ending Value is equal to or less than the Starting Value but greater than or equal to the Threshold Value, you will receive the principal amountof your notes. If the Ending Value is less than the Threshold Value, you will lose a portion, which could be significant, of the principal amount of your notes. Anypayments on the notes will be calculated based on the $10 principal amount per unit and will depend on the performance of the Index, subject to our credit risk. See“Terms of the Notes” below. Our initial estimated value of the notes equals the sum of the values of the following hypothetical components: a fixed-income debt component with the same tenor as the notes, valued using our internal funding rate for structured notes; andone or more derivative transactions relating to the economic terms of the notes. The internal funding rate used in the determination of the initial estimated value generally represents a discount from the credit spreads for our conventional fixed-ratedebt. The value of these derivative transactions is derived from our internal pricing models. These models are based on factors such as the traded market prices ofcomparable derivative instruments and on other inputs, which include volatility, dividend rates, interest rates and other factors. As a result, the initial estimated value ofthe notes is based on market conditions at the time it is calculated. The economic terms of the notes (includin