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The notes are designed for investors who seek a one-for-one positive return if the level of the EURO STOXX 50® Index (the “Underlying Asset”) increases from the Initial Level to the Final Level, subject to a Maximum Redemption Amount of $1,650 per $1,000 in principal amount. If the Final Level of the Underlying Asset is equal to or less than the Initial Level, you will receive $1,000 per $1,000 in principal amount.
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The notes will not bear interest. The notes will not be listed on any securities exchange.
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Any payment at maturity is subject to the credit risk of Bank of Montreal.
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The offering is expected to price on or about September 26, 2017, and the notes are expected to settle through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company on or about September 29, 2017.
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The notes are scheduled to mature on or about September 30, 2024.
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The notes will be issued in minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000.
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The CUSIP number of the notes is 06367TD98.
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Our subsidiary, BMO Capital Markets Corp. (“BMOCM”), is the agent for this offering. See “Supplemental Plan of Distribution (Conflicts of Interest)” below.
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Price to Public(1)
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Agent’s Commission(1)
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Proceeds to Bank of Montreal
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Per Note
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100%
US$1,000
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3.60%
US$36
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96.40%
US$964
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Total
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US$●
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US$●
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US$●
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Underlying Asset:
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The EURO STOXX 50® Index (Bloomberg symbol: SX5E). See the section below entitled “The Underlying Asset” for additional information about the Underlying Asset.
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Payment at Maturity:
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If the Percentage Change is positive, then the amount that the investors will receive at maturity for each $1,000 in principal amount of the notes will equal:
Principal Amount + (Principal Amount × Percentage Change),
subject to the Maximum Redemption Amount.
If the Percentage Change is less than or equal to zero, then the amount that the investors will receive at maturity for each $1,000 in principal amount of the notes will equal the principal amount.
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Initial Level:
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The closing level of the Underlying Asset on the pricing date. The Initial Level for the notes will be set forth in the final pricing supplement for the notes.
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Final Level:
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The closing level of the Underlying Asset on the Valuation Date.
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Percentage Change:
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Final Level – Initial Level, expressed as a percentage
Initial Level
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Maximum Redemption
Amount:
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$1,650 per $1,000 in principal amount.
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Pricing Date:
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On or about September 26, 2017
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Settlement Date:
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On or about September 29, 2017
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Valuation Date:
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On or about September 25, 2024
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Maturity Date:
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On or about September 30, 2024
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Automatic Redemption:
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Not applicable
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CUSIP Number:
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06367TD98
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Calculation Agent:
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BMOCM
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Selling Agent:
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BMOCM
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Product supplement dated August 3, 2017:
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927971/000121465917004765/p83170424b5.htm |
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Prospectus supplement dated April 27, 2017:
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Prospectus dated April 27, 2017:
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927971/000119312517142728/d254784d424b2.htm |
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You may not earn a return on your investment. — The payment you will receive at maturity will depend on whether the level of the Underlying Asset increases from the Initial Level to the Final Level. If the level of the Underlying Asset decreases from the Initial Level to the Final Level (or if the level of the Underlying Asset is unchanged), you will not receive any positive return on the Notes and you will only receive the principal amount.
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Your return on the notes is limited to the Maximum Redemption Amount and may be less than a comparable investment directly in the stocks referenced by the Underlying Asset. — Your return on the Notes is limited to the Maximum Redemption Amount, regardless of the extent to which the Final Level of the Underlying Asset exceeds the Initial Level. In contrast, a direct investment in the stocks referenced by the Underlying Asset would allow you to receive the benefit of any appreciation in their value. Thus, any return on the Notes will not reflect the return you would realize if you actually owned any stocks represented by the Underlying Asset.
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Your investment is subject to the credit risk of Bank of Montreal. — Our credit ratings and credit spreads may adversely affect the market value of the notes. Investors are dependent on our ability to pay the amount due at maturity, and therefore investors are subject to our credit risk and to changes in the market’s view of our creditworthiness. Any decline in our credit ratings or increase in the credit spreads charged by the market for taking our credit risk is likely to adversely affect the value of the notes.
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Potential conflicts. — We and our affiliates play a variety of roles in connection with the issuance of the notes, including acting as calculation agent. In performing these duties, the economic interests of the calculation agent and other affiliates of ours are potentially adverse to your interests as an investor in the notes. We or one or more of our affiliates may also engage in trading of securities included in the Underlying Asset on a regular basis as part of our general broker-dealer and other businesses, for proprietary accounts, for other accounts under management or to facilitate transactions for our customers. Any of these activities could adversely affect the level of the Underlying Asset and, therefore, the market value of the notes. We or one or more of our affiliates may also issue or underwrite other securities or financial or derivative instruments with returns linked or related to changes in the performance of the Underlying Asset. By introducing competing products into the marketplace in this manner, we or one or more of our affiliates could adversely affect the market value of the notes.
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Our initial estimated value of the notes will be lower than the price to public. — Our initial estimated value of the notes is only an estimate, and is based on a number of factors. The price to public of the notes will exceed our initial estimated value, because costs associated with offering, structuring and hedging the notes are included in the price to public, but are not included in the estimated value. These costs include the underwriting discount and selling concessions, the profits that we and our affiliates expect to realize for assuming the risks in hedging our obligations under the notes and the estimated cost of hedging these obligations. The initial estimated value of the notes may be as low as the amount indicated on the cover page of this pricing supplement.
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Our initial estimated value does not represent any future value of the notes, and may also differ from the estimated value of any other party. — Our initial estimated value of the notes as of the date of this preliminary pricing supplement is, and our estimated value as determined on the Pricing Date will be, derived using our internal pricing models. This value is based on market conditions and other relevant factors, which include volatility of the Underlying Asset, dividend rates and interest rates. Different pricing models and assumptions could provide values for the notes that are greater than or less than our initial estimated value. In addition, market conditions and other relevant factors after the Pricing Date are expected to change, possibly rapidly, and our assumptions may prove to be incorrect. After the Pricing Date, the value of the notes could change dramatically due to changes in market conditions, our creditworthiness, and the other factors set forth in this pricing supplement and the product supplement. These changes are likely to impact the price, if any, at which we or BMOCM would be willing to purchase the notes from you in any secondary market transactions. Our initial estimated value does not represent a minimum price at which we or our affiliates would be willing to buy your notes in any secondary market at any time.
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The terms of the notes are not determined by reference to the credit spreads for our conventional fixed-rate debt. — To determine the terms of the notes, we will use an internal funding rate that represents a discount from the credit spreads for our conventional fixed-rate debt. As a result, the terms of the notes are less favorable to you than if we had used a higher funding rate.
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Certain costs are likely to adversely affect the value of the notes. — Absent any changes in market conditions, any secondary market prices of the notes will likely be lower than the price to public. This is because any secondary market prices will likely take into account our then-current market credit spreads, and because any secondary market prices are likely to exclude all or a portion of the underwriting discount and selling concessions and the hedging profits and estimated hedging costs that are included in the price to public of the notes and that may be reflected on your account statements. In addition, any such price is also likely to reflect a discount to account for costs associated with establishing or unwinding any related hedge transaction, such as dealer discounts, mark-ups and other transaction costs. As a result, the price, if any, at which BMOCM or any other party may be willing to purchase the notes from you in secondary market transactions, if at all, will likely be lower than the price to public. Any sale that you make prior to the Maturity Date could result in a substantial loss to you.
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You will not have any shareholder rights and will have no right to receive any shares of any company included in the Underlying Asset at maturity. — Investing in the notes will not make you a holder of any shares of any company included in the Underlying Asset. Neither you nor any other holder or owner of the notes will have any voting rights, any right to receive dividends or other distributions, or any other rights with respect to those securities.
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Changes that affect the Underlying Asset will affect the market value of the notes and the amount you will receive at maturity. — The policies of the index sponsor of the Underlying Asset, STOXX Limited (the “Index Sponsor”), concerning the calculation of the Underlying Asset, additions, deletions or substitutions of the components of the Underlying Asset and the manner in which changes affecting those components, such as stock dividends, reorganizations or mergers, may be reflected in the Underlying Asset and, therefore, could affect the level of the Underlying Asset, the amount payable on the notes at maturity, and the market value of the notes prior to maturity. The amount payable on the notes and their market value could also be affected if the Index Sponsor changes these policies, for example, by changing the manner in which it calculates the Underlying Asset, or if the index sponsor discontinues or suspends the calculation or publication of the Underlying Asset.
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We have no affiliation with Index Sponsor and will not be responsible for any actions taken by the Index Sponsor. — The Index Sponsor is not our affiliate and will not be involved in the offering of the notes in any way. Consequently, we have no control over the actions of the Index Sponsor, including any actions of the type that would require the calculation agent to adjust the payment to you at maturity. The Index Sponsor has no obligation of any sort with respect to the notes. Thus, the Index Sponsor has no obligation to take your interests into consideration for any reason, including in taking any actions that might affect the value of the notes. None of our proceeds from the issuance of the notes will be delivered to the Index Sponsor.
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Lack of liquidity. — 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. Because other dealers are not likely to make a secondary market for the notes, the price at which you may be able to trade your notes is likely to depend on the price, if any, at which BMOCM is willing to buy the notes.
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Hedging and trading activities. — We or any of our affiliates may carry out hedging activities related to the notes, including purchasing or selling securities included in the Underlying Asset, or futures or options relating to the Underlying Asset, or other derivative instruments with returns linked or related to changes in the performance of the Underlying Asset. We or our affiliates may also engage in trading relating to the Underlying Asset from time to time. Any of these hedging or trading activities on or prior to the Pricing Date and during the term of the notes could adversely affect our payment to you at maturity.
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Many economic and market factors will influence the value of the notes. — In addition to the level of the Underlying Asset and interest rates on any trading day, the value of the notes will be affected by a number of economic and market factors that may either offset or magnify each other, and which are described in more detail in the product supplement.
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You must rely on your own evaluation of the merits of an investment linked to the Underlying Asset. — In the ordinary course of their businesses, our affiliates from time to time may express views on expected movements in the level of the Underlying Asset or the prices of the securities included in the Underlying Asset. One or more of our affiliates have published, and in the future may publish, research reports that express views on the Underlying Asset or these securities. However, these views are subject to change from time to time. Moreover, other professionals who deal in the markets relating to the Underlying Asset at any time may have significantly different views from those of our affiliates. You are encouraged to derive information concerning the Underlying Asset from multiple sources, and you should not rely on the views expressed by our affiliates.
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U.S. taxpayers will be required to pay taxes on the notes each year. — The notes will likely be treated as debt instruments subject to special rules governing contingent payment debt instruments for U.S. federal income tax purposes. If you are a United States holder (as defined in the accompanying prospectus), you generally will be required to pay taxes on ordinary income over the term of the notes based on the comparable yield for the notes, even though you will not receive any payments from us until maturity. This comparable yield is determined solely to calculate the amounts you will be taxed on prior to maturity and is neither a prediction nor a guarantee of what the actual yield will be. Any gain you may recognize on the sale or maturity of the notes will be ordinary income. Any loss you may recognize upon the sale of the notes will generally be ordinary loss to the extent of the interest you included as income in the current or previous taxable years in respect of the notes and thereafter will be capital loss.
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An investment in the notes is subject to risks associated with foreign securities markets. — The EURO STOXX 50® Index tracks the value of certain European equity securities. You should be aware that investments in securities linked to the value of foreign equity securities involve particular risks. The foreign securities markets comprising the EURO STOXX 50® Index may have less liquidity and may be more volatile than U.S. or other securities markets and market developments may affect foreign markets differently from U.S. or other securities markets. Direct or indirect government intervention to stabilize these foreign securities markets, as well as cross-shareholdings in foreign companies, may affect trading prices and volumes in these markets. Also, there is generally less publicly available information about foreign companies than about those U.S. companies that are subject to the reporting requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and foreign companies are subject to accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and requirements that differ from those applicable to U.S. reporting companies.
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Hypothetical Final Level
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Hypothetical Percentage
Change |
Hypothetical Return on
the Notes |
Payment at Maturity
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1,900.00
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90.00%
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65.00%
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$1,650.00
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1,800.00
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80.00%
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65.00%
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$1,650.00
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1,650.00
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65.00%
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65.00%
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$1,650.00
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1,500.00
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50.00%
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50.00%
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$1,500.00
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1,400.00
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40.00%
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40.00%
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$1,400.00
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1,300.00
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30.00%
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30.00%
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$1,300.00
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1,200.00
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20.00%
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20.00%
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$1,200.00
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1,000.00
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0.00%
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0.00%
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$1,000.00
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900.00
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-10.00%
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0.00%
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$1,000.00
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800.00
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-20.00%
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0.00%
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$1,000.00
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700.00
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-30.00%
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0.00%
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$1,000.00
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600.00
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-40.00%
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0.00%
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$1,000.00
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500.00
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-50.00%
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0.00%
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$1,000.00
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400.00
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-60.00%
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0.00%
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$1,000.00
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300.00
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-70.00%
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0.00%
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$1,000.00
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a fixed-income debt component with the same tenor as the notes, valued using our internal funding rate for structured notes; and
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one or more derivative transactions relating to the economic terms of the notes.
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sponsor, endorse, sell or promote the notes.
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recommend that any person invest in the notes or any other securities.
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have any responsibility or liability for or make any decisions about the timing, amount or pricing of the notes.
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have any responsibility or liability for the administration, management or marketing of the notes.
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consider the needs of the notes or the owners of the notes in determining, composing or calculating the Index or have any obligation to do so.
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STOXX and its Licensors do not make any warranty, express or implied, and disclaim any and all warranty about:
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the results to be obtained by the notes, the owner of the notes or any other person in connection with the use of the Index and the data included in the Index;
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the accuracy or completeness of the Index and its data;
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the merchantability and the fitness for a particular purpose or use of the Index or its data;
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STOXX and its Licensors will have no liability for any errors, omissions or interruptions in the Index or its data; and
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any lost profits or indirect, punitive, special or consequential damages or losses, even if STOXX knows that they might occur.
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High
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Low
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2008
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First Quarter
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4,339.23
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3,431.82
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Second Quarter
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3,882.28
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3,340.27
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Third Quarter
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3,445.66
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3,000.83
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Fourth Quarter
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3,113.82
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2,165.91
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2009
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First Quarter
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2,578.43
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1,809.98
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Second Quarter
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2,537.35
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2,097.57
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Third Quarter
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2,899.12
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2,281.47
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Fourth Quarter
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2,992.08
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2,712.30
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2010
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First Quarter
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3,017.85
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2,631.64
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Second Quarter
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3,012.65
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2,488.50
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Third Quarter
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2,827.27
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2,507.83
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Fourth Quarter
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2,890.64
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2,650.99
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2011
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First Quarter
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3,068.00
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2,721.24
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Second Quarter
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3,011.25
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2,715.88
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Third Quarter
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2,875.67
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1,995.01
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Fourth Quarter
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2,476.92
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2,090.25
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2012
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First Quarter
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2,608.42
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2,286.45
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Second Quarter
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2,501.18
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2,068.66
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Third Quarter
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2,594.56
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2,151.54
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Fourth Quarter
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2,659.95
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2,427.32
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2013
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First Quarter
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2,749.27
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2,570.52
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Second Quarter
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2,835.87
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2,511.83
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Third Quarter
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2,936.20
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2,570.76
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Fourth Quarter
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3,111.37
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2,902.12
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2014
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First Quarter
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3,172.43
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2,962.49
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Second Quarter
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3,314.80
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3,091.52
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Third Quarter
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3,289.75
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3,006.83
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Fourth Quarter
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3,277.38
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2,874.65
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2015
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First Quarter
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3,731.35
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3,007.91
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Second Quarter
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3,828.78
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3,424.30
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Third Quarter
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3,686.58
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3,019.34
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Fourth Quarter
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3,506.45
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3,069.05
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2016
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First Quarter
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3,178.01
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2,680.35
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Second Quarter
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3,151.69
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2,697.44
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Third Quarter
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3,091.66
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2,761.37
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Fourth Quarter
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3,290.52
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2,954.53
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2017
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First Quarter
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3,500.93
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3,230.68
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Second Quarter
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3,658.79
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3,409.78
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Third Quarter (through August 29, 2017)
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3,539.48
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3,363.68
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