蒙特利尔银行美股招股说明书(2026-02-12版)

Subject to Completion, dated February 11, 2026Pricing Supplement dated February , 2026 (To Product Supplement No. RLN-1 dated March 25, 2025, ProspectusSupplement dated March 25, 2025 and Prospectus dated March 25, 2025) Terms of the Notes February 23, 2029. The Notes are subject to redemption by Bank of Montreal prior to the Stated Maturity Date as set forth belowunder “Optional Redemption.” The Notes are not subject to repayment at the option of any holder of the Notes prior to the StatedMaturity Date. Interest Payment Dates: Semi-annually on the 23rdday of each February and August, commencing August 23, 2026, and ending on the Stated Maturity Date orOptional Redemption Date, if applicable. Interest Period: With respect to an Interest Payment Date, the period from, and including, the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or, in thecase of the first Interest Period, the Issue Date) to, but excluding, that Interest Payment Date. 4.00% per annum. See “General Terms of the Notes—Fixed Rate Notes” in the accompanying product supplement for a discussion ofthe manner in which interest on the Notes will be calculated, accrued and paid.The Notes are redeemable by Bank of Montreal, in whole, but not in part, on the Optional Redemption Dates, at 100% of their Interest Rate: The Notes are bail-inable notes (as defined in the accompanying prospectus supplement) and are subject to conversion in whole or inpart—by means of a transaction or series of transactions and in one or more steps—into common shares of Bank of Montreal or any ofits affiliates under subsection 39.2(2.3) of the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Act (the “CDIC Act”) and to variation orextinguishment in consequence, and subject to the application of the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada The Notes involve risks not associated with an investment in conventional debt securities. See “Selected Risk Considerations” beginning on page PS-4 hereinand “Risk Factors” beginning on page PS-5 of the accompanying product supplement, page S-2 of the prospectus supplement and page 9 of the prospectus.The Notes are the unsecured obligations of Bank of Montreal, and, accordingly, all payments on the Notes are subject to the credit risk of Bank of Montreal. If Bank of Montreal defaults on its obligations, you could lose some or all of your investment. The Notes are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the DepositInsurance Fund, the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency. Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission or other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these Notes or passedupon the accuracy or adequacy of this pricing supplement or the accompanying product supplement, prospectus supplement and prospectus. Any representation to the (1)The original issue price for an eligible institutional investor and an investor purchasing the Notes in a fee-based advisory account will vary based on then-current market conditions and the negotiated price determined at the time of each sale; provided, however, the original issue price for such investors will notbe less than $990.00 per Note and will not be more than $1,000 per Note. The original issue price for such investors reflects a foregone selling concessionwith respect to such sales as described below. selected dealers a selling concession of up to $10.00 per Note depending on market conditions that are relevant to the value of the Notes at the time an orderto purchase the Notes is submitted to BMOCM. Dealers who purchase the Notes for sales to eligible institutional investors and fee-based advisory accountsmay forgo some or all selling concessions. See “Supplemental Plan of Distribution” below. BMO CAPITAL MARKETS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ISSUER AND THE NOTES You should read this pricing supplement together with product supplement no. RLN-1 dated March 25, 2025, the prospectussupplement dated March 25, 2025 and the prospectus dated March 25, 2025 for additional information about the Notes. To the extentthat disclosure in this pricing supplement is inconsistent with the disclosure in the product supplement, prospectus supplement or Our Central Index Key, or CIK, on the SEC website is 927971. When we refer to “we,” “us” or “our” in this pricing supplement, werefer only to Bank of Montreal. You may access the product supplement, prospectus supplement and prospectus on the SEC website www.sec.gov as follows (or ifsuch address has changed, by reviewing our filings for the relevant date on the SEC website): Product Supplement No. RLN-1 dated March 25, 2025:https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927971/000121465925004720/u321250424b2.htmProspectus Supplement and Prospectus dated March 25, 2025: PS-2 AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE EXERCISE OF CANADIAN BAIL-IN POWERS By its acquisition of the Notes, each holder or beneficial owner of that Note is deemed to (i)