# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000927971
**File Stem:** 0001214659-23-002517
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
**Character Count:** 19659
**Document Hash:** 80469388ae3e812f2e4c10502b106eb0
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**0001214659-23-002517.hdr.sgml**: 20230215

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001214659-23-002517

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: FWP

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 6

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230215

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230214

**SUBJECT COMPANY**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000927971
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** COMMERCIAL BANKS, NEC [6029]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** A6
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1031

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** FWP
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-264388
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23632760

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1 FIRST CANADIAN PLACE
- **CITY:** TORONTO
- **STATE:** A6
- **ZIP:** M5X 1A1
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 4168677191

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1 FIRST CANADIAN PLACE
- **CITY:** TORONTO
- **STATE:** A6
- **ZIP:** M5X 1A1
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**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000927971
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** COMMERCIAL BANKS, NEC [6029]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** A6
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1031

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** FWP

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1 FIRST CANADIAN PLACE
- **CITY:** TORONTO
- **STATE:** A6
- **ZIP:** M5X 1A1
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 4168677191

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1 FIRST CANADIAN PLACE
- **CITY:** TORONTO
- **STATE:** A6
- **ZIP:** M5X 1A1

**Registration No. 333-264388**

**Filed Pursuant to Rule 433**

**Dated February 14, 2023**

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NEW ISSUE: Bank of Montreal's Autocallable Barrier Notes with Contingent Coupons Linked to a Basket of Four Equities These notes do not guarantee the return of your principal at maturity NOTE INFORMATION Issuer: Bank of Montreal Minimum Investment: $1,000 (and $1,000 increments thereafter) DATES Offering Period Closes: February 23, 2023 (at 2 pm NY Time.) Pricing Date: On or about February 23, 2023 Settlement Date: On or about February 28, 2023 Valuation Date: On or about November 24, 2025 Maturity Date: On or about November 28, 2025 Term: Approximately 2.75 Years Issue: PSARC - 131 REFERENCE ASSET The Reference Asset is an equally weighted basket consisting of the following equity securities (the "Basket" and the underlying equity securities, the "Basket Components"): PRELIMINARY TERMS Contingent Interest Rate: 10.00% of the principal per annum (0.833% per month), if payable, unless earlier redeemed. Initial Level: 100.00 Final Level: The Basket Closing Level on the Valuation Date. Call Level: 100% of the Initial Level Trigger Level: 60% of the Initial Level Coupon Barrier Level: 70% of the Initial Level CUSIP 06369NFQ9 Please see the following page for additional information about the terms included on this cover page, and how your investment ma y be impacted. This term sheet, which gives a brief summary of the preliminary terms of the notes, relates to, and should be read in conjunction with, the pr eli minary pricing supplement dated February 14, 2023, the Product Supplement dated July 22, 2022, the Prospectus Supplement dated May 26, 2022, and to the Prosp ect us dated May 26, 2022. We urge investors to carefully review all documents, including the pricing supplement and the product supplement, prior to makin g a n investment decision. 1 SEC File No. 333 - 264388 \| February 14, 2023 PRELIMINARY TERMS CONTINUED Contingent Coupons: If the Basket Closing Level is greater than or equal to its Coupon Barrier Level as of the applicable Coupon Observation Date, a Contingent Coupon will be paid at the Contingent Interest Rate. Interest will be paid monthly on each Contingent Coupon Payment Date, subject to the automatic redemption feature. Please see page 2 of this term sheet for the table of Contingent Coupon Payment Dates and Coupon Observation Dates. Automatic Redemption: If, on any Call Observation Date, the Basket Closing Level is greater than its Call Level, the notes will be automatically redeemed. Call Observation Dates: Beginning on August 23, 2023, each Coupon Observation Date. Call Settlement Dates: If the notes are automatically redeemed, the Contingent Coupon Payment Date immediately following the relevant Call Observation Date. Trigger Event: The Basket Closing Level is less than its Trigger Level on the Valuation Date . Payment Upon Automatic Redemption : If the notes are automatically redeemed, then, on the applicable Call Settlement Date, for each $1,000 principal amount, investors will receive $1,000 plus the Contingent Coupon otherwise due. Payment at Maturity (if held to the Maturity Date): If the notes are not automatically redeemed, the payment at maturity for the notes is based on the performance of the Basket. You will receive $1,000 for each $1,000 in principal amount of the note, unless a Trigger Event has occurred. If a Trigger Event has occurred, you will receive at maturity, for each $1,000 in principal amount of your notes, a number of shares of each Basket Component equal to its Physical Delivery Amount (or, at our election its Cash Delivery Amount). Fractional shares will be paid in cash. The value of all shares received will be less than the principal amount of your notes, and may be zero. INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE The objective of the notes is to provide clients the potential to earn periodic income, subject to an automatic redemption, while offering limited downside protection against a slight to moderate decline in the Basket over the term of the notes. As such, the notes may be suitable for investors with a moderately bullish view of the Basket over the term of the notes. The performance of the notes may not be consistent with the investment objective. Basket Component Bloomberg Ticker Weighting Percentage The common stock of Apple Inc. AAPL 25% The Class A common stock of Alphabet Inc. GOOGL 25% The common stock of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD 25% The Class A common stock of Block, Inc. SQ 25%

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Percentage Change: The quotient, expressed as a percentage, of the following formula: (Final Level - Initial Level) Initial Le vel Basket Closing Level: On any day, the Basket Closing Level will be calculated as (a) 100 multiplied by (b) the sum of (i) 1 plus (ii) the sum of the products of each Component Change multiplied by its Weighting Percentage. Component Change: On any day, with respect to each Basket Component, the quotient, expressed as a percentage, of the following formula: (Closing Basket Component Level - Initial Basket Component Level) Initial Basket Component Level Initial Basket Component Level: With respect to each Basket Component, its closing price on the Pricing Date. Closing Basket Component Level: On any trading day during the term of the notes, with respect to each Basket Component, its closing price on such day. Physical Delivery Amount: With respect to each Basket Component, the number of shares of the Basket Component equal to (1) the product of the Weighting Percentage and $1,000 divided by (2) the Initial Basket Component Level. Any fractional shares will be paid in cash. Cash Delivery Amount: With respect to each Basket Component, the amount in cash equal to the product of (1) the Physical Delivery Amount and (2) the Closing Basket Component Level on the Valuation Date. Principal at Risk: Investors in these notes could lose all or a substantial portion of their investment at maturity if there has been a decline in the level of the Basket and the Final Level of the Basket is less than its Trigger Level. We urge you to carefully review the documents described in "Additional Information" below, including the risk factors set forth and incorporated by reference therein, prior to making an investment decision. Secondary Market: The notes will not be listed on any securities exchange. Although not obligated to do so, BMO Capital Markets Corp. (or one of its affiliates), plans to maintain a secondary market in the notes after the Settlement Date. Proceeds from a sale of notes prior to maturity may be less than the principal amount initially invested. 2 Coupon Observation Dates and Contingent Coupon Payment Dates: Observation Date Contingent Coupon Payment Date March 23, 2023 March 28, 2023 April 24, 2023 April 27, 2023 May 23, 2023 May 26, 2023 June 23, 2023 June 28, 2023 July 24, 2023 July 27, 2023 August 23, 2023 August 28, 2023 September 25, 2023 September 28, 2023 October 23, 2023 October 26, 2023 November 24, 2023 November 29, 2023 December 26, 2023 December 29, 2023 January 23, 2024 January 26, 2024 February 23, 2024 February 28, 2024 March 25, 2024 March 28, 2024 April 23, 2024 April 26, 2024 May 23, 2024 May 29, 2024 June 24, 2024 June 27, 2024 July 23, 2024 July 26, 2024 August 23, 2024 August 28, 2024 September 23, 2024 September 26, 2024 October 23, 2024 October 28, 2024 November 25, 2024 November 29, 2024 December 23, 2024 December 27, 2024 January 23, 2025 January 28, 2025 February 24, 2025 February 27, 2025 March 24, 2025 March 27, 2025 April 23, 2025 April 28, 2025 May 23, 2025 May 29, 2025 June 23, 2025 June 26, 2025 July 23, 2025 July 28, 2025 August 25, 2025 August 28, 2025 September 23, 2025 September 26, 2025 October 23, 2025 October 28, 2025 November 24, 2025 November 28, 2025

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3 Selected Risk Considerations: The risks summarized below are some of the most important factors to be considered prior to any purchase of the notes. Investors are urged to read all the risk factors related to the notes in the preliminary pricing supplement and the product supplement to which this term sheet relates before making an investment decision. • You could lose up to the entire principal amount of your notes, and your potential return on the notes is limited to any Contingent Coupon payments, if any. If the notes are not automatically redeemed and if a Trigger Event has occurred, and if the Final Level of the Basket is less than its Initial Level, you will lose 1% of the principal amount for each 1% that the Final Level of the Baske t is less than its Initial Level. • You may not receive any Contingent Coupons with respect to your notes. • Your notes are subject to automatic early redemption. If the notes are so redeemed, you will not receive any additional Contingent Coupons, and you may not be able to invest the proceeds in a security with a similar return. • Your return on the notes is limited to the Contingent Coupons, if any, regardless of any appreciation of any Basket Components. • Any decline in the Closing Basket Component Level of any Basket Component from the Valuation Date to the Maturity Date will reduce the value of its Physical Delivery Amount. • Changes in the level of one or more Basket Components may be offset by changes in the level of one or more other Basket Components. • A higher Contingent Interest Rate or lower Trigger Levels or Coupon Barrier Levels may reflect greater expected volatility of the Basket Components, and greater expected volatility generally indicates an increased risk of loss at maturity. • Your return on the notes may be lower than the return on a conventional debt security of comparable maturity. • The notes are unsecured debt obligations of the Issuer and your investment is subject to the credit risk of the Issuer. • Our and our affiliates' activities may conflict with your interests and may also adversely affect the value of the notes. • Our initial estimated value of the notes will be lower than the price to public, does not represent any future value of the notes, and may also differ from the estimated value of any other party. • The terms of the notes are not determined by reference to the credit spreads for our conventional fixed - rate debt. • The inclusion of the hedging profits, if any, in the initial price to public of the notes, as well as our hedging costs, is likely to adversely affect the price at which you can sell your notes. • You will not have any shareholder rights and will have no right to receive any shares of the Basket Components at maturity. • We have no affiliation with the sponsor of any Basket Component, and will not be responsible for their actions. • Changes that affect each Basket Component will affect the market value of the notes, whether the notes will be automatically called, and the amount you will receive at maturity. Adjustments to a Basket Component could adversely affect the notes. The sponsor of a Basket Component may make adjustments, discontinue or suspend calculations or publication of that Basket Component, or discontinue of suspend maintenance of that Basket Component at any time. • The notes will not be listed on any securities exchange. BMOCM may offer to purchase the notes in the secondary market, but is not required to do so. Even if there is a secondary market, it may not provide enough liquidity to allow you to trade or sell the notes easily. • We and our affiliates may engage in hedging and trading activities related to the notes that could adversely affect our payment to you at maturity. • An investment in the notes is subject to risks relating to companies engaged in the technology sector.

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4 Hypothetical Calculations for the Payment at Maturity: Examples of the Hypothetical Payment at Maturity for a $1,000 Investment in the notes The following examples illustrate the hypothetical payments on a note at maturity, assuming that the notes are not automatically called. The hypothetical payments are based on a $1,000 investment in the notes, a hypothetical Initial Level o f 100.00, a hypothetical Trigger Level of 60.00 (60% of the hypothetical Initial Level), a hypothetical Call Level of 100 (100% of its hypothetical Initial Level), the Contingent Interest Rate of 0.833 % per month , a range of hypothetical Final Levels of the Basket and the effect on the payment at maturity if (i) a Trigger Event occurs or (ii) if a Trigger Event does not occur. The hypothetical examples shown below are intended to help you understand the terms of the notes. If the notes are not automatically called, the actual cash amount that you will receive at maturity will depend upon whether the Basket Closing Level is below its Trigger Level on the Valuation Date . If the notes are automatically called prior to maturity, the hypothetical examples below will not be relevant, and you will receive on the applicable Call Settlement Date, for each $1,000 principal amount, the principal amount plus the applicable Contingent Coupon . These examples do not give effect to any U.S. federal tax payments or brokerage commissions that you may be required to pay in connection with your purchase of the notes. Example 1: The Final Level of the Basket at maturity is $40, which is less than the Trigger Level and therefore a Trigger Event has occurred. In this case, for each $1,000 in principal amount of the notes , you will receive a number of shares of each Basket Component equal to its Physical Delivery Amount (or, at our election its Cash Delivery Amount), which will have a total cash value of $400 on the Valuation Date, resulting in a loss of 60% of your principal amount. If we elect to deliver the Physical Delivery Amounts, the actual value received and your total return on the notes on the Maturity Date will depend on the value of each Basket Component on the Maturity Date. Your loss of principal may be partially offset by Contingent Coupons, if any, received with respect to the notes. Example 2: The Final Level of the Basket at maturity is $90 and therefore a Trigger Event has not occurred. In this case, you will receive a payment equal to the principal amount of your notes. You will not receive any positive return on your investment other than any Contingent Coupons. Example 3: The Final Level of the Basket at maturity is $115, which is 15% greater than the Initial Level. In this case, you will receive a payment equal to the principal amount of your notes. You will not receive any positive return on your investment other than any Contingent Coupons.

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Additional Information The notes will not constitute deposits insured by the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or under the Canada Deposit Ins urance Corporation or by any other U.S. or Canadian governmental agency or instrumentality. The notes will not be subject to conversion into our common shares or the common shares of any of our affiliates under subsec tio n 39.2(2.3) of the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Act. Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), nor any state securities commission, has reviewed or approve d t hese notes, nor or otherwise passed upon the accuracy of this document, to which it relates or the accompanying product supplement , p rospectus supplement, or prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. The Issuer has filed a registration statement with the SEC for the offerings to which this communication relates. Before you in vest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and the other documents discussed below that the Issuer has filed w ith the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer and these offerings. You may obtain these documents free of charge by visiting th e S EC's web site at http://www.sec.gov . Alternatively, the Issuer will arrange to send to you the prospectus (as supplemented by the prospectus supplement, product supplement, and preliminary pricing supplement to which this term sheet relates) if you request it by cal lin g its agent toll - free on 1 - 877 - 369 - 5412 or emailing investor.solutions@bmo.com . The information in this term sheet is qualified in its entirety by the more detailed explanations set forth elsewhere in the Iss uer's preliminary pricing supplement dated February 14, 2023 and the accompanying product supplement, prospectus supplement, and prospectus. Unless the context provides otherwise, capitalized terms used in this term sheet but not defined shall have the meaning assigned to the m in the preliminary pricing supplement, product supplement, prospectus supplement, or prospectus, as applicable, to which this term s hee t relates. Information about retrieving these documents can be found elsewhere in this term sheet. • Preliminary Pricing Supplement dated February 14, 2023: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927971/000121465923002492/b214234fwp.htm • Product Supplement dated July 22, 2022: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927971/000121465922009102/r712220424b2.htm • Prospectus Supplement and Prospectus dated May 26, 2022: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000927971/000119312522160519/d269549d424b5.htm Our Central Index Key, or CIK, on the SEC website is 927971. As used in this terms sheet, the "Issuer," "we," "us" or "our" r efe rs to Bank of Montreal, but not its consolidated subsidiaries. This term sheet contains no description or discussion of the United States tax consequences of the acquisition, holding or di spo sition of the notes. We urge you to carefully read the section entitled "U.S. Federal Tax Information" in the preliminary pricing supplement, the section entitled "Supplemental Tax Considerations — Supplemental U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations" in the product supplement, the se ction "United States Federal Income Taxation" in the accompanying prospectus and the section entitled "Certain Income Tax Consequences " in the accompanying prospectus supplement, in each case, to which this term sheet relates. You should consult your tax advisor abo ut your own tax situation. 5