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Registration Statement No. 333-264388

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Pricing Term Sheet

Dated December 9, 2024

Bank of Montreal

US$500,000,000

Senior Medium-Term Notes, Series H

consisting of

US$500,000,000 4.588% Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2026

 

 

 

Issuer:    Bank of Montreal (the “Bank”)
Title of Securities:    4.588% Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”)
Aggregate Principal Amount Offered:    US$500,000,000
Maturity Date:    December 11, 2026
Price to Public:    100.000%, plus accrued interest, if any, from December 11, 2024
Underwriting Commission:    0.100% per Note
Net Proceeds to the Bank after Underwriting Commission and Before Expenses:    US$499,500,000
Interest Rate:   

From, and including, December 11, 2024 to, but excluding, December 11, 2025 (the “Fixed Rate Period”), the Notes will bear interest at a fixed rate of 4.588% per year.

 

From, and including, December 11, 2025 to, but excluding, December 11, 2026 (the “Floating Rate Period”), the Notes will bear interest at a rate equal to the Base Rate plus the Margin.

Base Rate:    Compounded SOFR (determined with respect to each quarterly interest period using the SOFR Index) (as defined in the pricing supplement to which this offering of Notes relates) in accordance with the specific formula described under “Specific Terms of the Notes—Secured Overnight Financing Rate and the SOFR Index” in the pricing supplement.
Margin:    42.9 basis points
Interest Payment Dates:   

During the Fixed Rate Period, June 11, 2025 and December 11, 2025 (each, a “Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date”).

 

During the Floating Rate Period, March 11, 2026, June 11, 2026, September 11, 2026 and the maturity date (each, a “Floating Rate Interest Payment Date”).

 

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Regular Record Dates:   

During the Fixed Rate Period, May 27, 2025 and November 26, 2025 preceding each Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date, whether or not a business day.

 

During the Floating Rate Period, close of business on the day immediately preceding each Floating Rate Interest Payment Date, whether or not a business day (or, if the Notes are held in definitive form, the 15th calendar day preceding that Floating Rate Interest Payment Date, whether or not a business day).

Benchmark Treasury:    UST 4.250% due November 30, 2026
Benchmark Treasury Yield:    4.118%
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:    T + 47 basis points
Re-offer Yield:    4.588%
Interest Period:    With respect to the Floating Rate Period, the period commencing on any Floating Rate Interest Payment Date (or, with respect to the initial interest period only, commencing on December 11, 2025) to, but excluding, the next succeeding Floating Rate Interest Payment Date, and in the case of the last such period, from, and including, the Floating Rate Interest Payment Date immediately preceding the maturity date (or the redemption date) to, but excluding such maturity date (or such redemption date).
Interest Payment Determination Dates:    The date two U.S. Government Securities Business Days before each Floating Rate Interest Payment Date (or, in the case of the final interest period of the Notes, the stated maturity date of the Notes or, if the Bank elects to redeem in whole or in part the Notes, the redemption date for such Notes).
U.S. Government Securities Business Day:    Any day except for a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in U.S. government securities.
Day Count:    Actual/360
Day Count Convention:   

If any Fixed Rate Interest Payment Date or any redemption date, falls on a day that is not a business day for the Notes, the Bank will postpone the making of such interest or principal payments to the next succeeding business day (and no interest will be paid in respect of the delay).

 

If any Floating Rate Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a business day for the Notes, the Bank will postpone the making of such interest or principal payment to the next succeeding business day (and interest thereon will continue to accrue to, but excluding such succeeding business day), unless the next succeeding business day is in the next succeeding calendar month, in which case such Floating Rate Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding business day and interest shall accrue to, but excluding such preceding business day. If the maturity date or a redemption date for the Notes would fall on a day that is not a business day, the payment of interest and principal will be made on the next succeeding business day, but no additional interest shall accrue and be paid unless the Bank fails to make payment on such next succeeding business day.

 

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Calculation Agent:    BMO Capital Markets Corp.
Trade Date:    December 9, 2024
Settlement Date:    December 11, 2024; T+2
Optional Redemption:   

In addition to the tax redemption described below, the Bank may redeem the Notes in two situations:

 

First, on December 11, 2025 (one year prior to the maturity date), the Bank (or its successor) may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.

 

Second, on or after November 11, 2026 (30 days prior to the maturity date), the Bank (or its successor) may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.

Taxation Redemption:    The Notes may be redeemed upon the occurrence of certain events pertaining to Canadian taxation.
Canadian Bail-in Powers Acknowledgement:    Yes. The Notes are subject to bail-in conversion under the Canadian bail-in regime.
CUSIP:    06368M FW9
Denominations:    US$2,000 and multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof.
Book-Running Manager:    BMO Capital Markets Corp.

 

The Notes are bail-inable debt securities (as defined in the prospectus) and subject to conversion in whole or in part – by means of a transaction or series of transactions and in one or more steps – into common shares of the Bank or any of its affiliates under subsection 39.2(2.3) of the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Act (Canada) (the “CDIC Act”) and to variation or extinguishment in consequence, and subject to the application of the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein in respect of the operation of the CDIC Act with respect to the Notes.

Under Rule 15c6-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in one business day, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade their Notes more than one business day prior to the settlement date will be required, by virtue of the fact that the Notes initially will settle in two business days (T+2), to specify an alternate settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement.

 

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The Bank has filed a registration statement (File No. 333-264388) (including a pricing supplement, a prospectus supplement and a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read those documents and the documents incorporated therein by reference that the Bank has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Bank and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Bank and the underwriter participating in the offering will arrange to send you the pricing supplement, the prospectus supplement and the prospectus if you request them by calling BMO Capital Markets Corp. toll-free at 1-888-200-0266.

 

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