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Published on 12/12/2013 in the Prospect News Structured Products Daily.

New Issue: Bank of Montreal prices $185 million notes linked to Raymond James stock picks

By Angela McDaniels

Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 12 - Bank of Montreal priced $185 million of 0% senior medium-term notes, series B, due Dec. 19, 2014 linked to Raymond James Analysts' Best Picks for 2014, according to a 424B2 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The picks are Advance Auto Parts, Inc., Antero Resources Corp., Apple Inc., Cameron International Corp., Comcast Corp., Copa Holdings, SA, Ctrip.com International, Ltd., Intuit Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Newell Rubbermaid Inc., Praxair, Inc., Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. and Salesforce.com, Inc. Each stock has an equal weighting in the basket.

The stocks were selected in December by the equity research department at Raymond James & Associates, Inc. The Raymond James analysts' goal in selecting the Best Picks for 2014 was to identify stocks that will be able to sustain operational growth and price appreciation over a 12-month period.

The notes priced at 102.75.

The payout at maturity will be par of $1,000 plus the sum of the weighted reference share returns minus a redemption adjustment amount of $2.50 per note. As a result, the basket must appreciate by at least 3% for investors to receive an amount that exceeds the issue price of the notes.

Each reference share's return will equal its adjusted final price divided by its adjusted initial price.

The adjusted initial price of each stock is the average of the stock's intra-day prices, as determined by the issuer, on Dec. 10, Dec. 11 and Dec. 12 plus $0.01.

The adjusted final price for each stock will equal the average of the closing prices on the valuation dates minus $0.01 plus the dividend amount, which is equal to 100% of the gross cash distributions declared on one share of that stock. The valuation dates are expected to be Dec. 12, 2014, Dec. 15, 2014 and Dec. 16, 2014.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. is the agent. Raymond James is acting as distributor and will receive 2.75%.

Issuer:Bank of Montreal
Issue:Senior medium-term notes, series B
Underlying stocks:Advance Auto Parts, Inc., Antero Resources Corp., Apple Inc., Cameron International Corp., Comcast Corp., Copa Holdings, SA, Ctrip.com International, Ltd., Intuit Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Newell Rubbermaid Inc., Praxair, Inc., Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. and Salesforce.com, Inc., equally weighted
Amount:$185 million
Maturity:Dec. 19, 2014
Coupon:0%
Price:102.75
Payout at maturity:Par plus sum of weighted reference share returns minus redemption adjustment amount of $2.50 per note
Adjusted initial prices:$108.1784 for Advance Auto Parts, $56.6899 for Antero, $564.1115 for Apple, $55.5930 for Cameron, $49.1008 for Comcast, $154.1198 for Copa, $47.8729 for Ctrip, $74.7076 for Intuit, $56.4254 for JPMorgan, $31.1960 for Newell Rubbermaid, $125.3045 for Praxair, $44.1251 for Quintiles and $52.4253 for Salesforce.com
Pricing date:Dec. 10
Settlement date:Dec. 17
Agent:BMO Capital Markets Corp.
Distributor:Raymond James
Fees:None for BMO and 2.75% for Raymond James
Cusip:06366RSC0

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