falseFYBANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/0000927971--10-31Includes interest income on securities measured at fair value through other comprehensive income and amortized cost, calculated using the effective interest rate method, of $889 million for the year ended October 31, 2021 ($1,532 million in 2020 and $1,853 million in 2019).Includes deposits with the Bank of Canada, the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks. Includes dividends paid on securities sold but not yet purchased.The following amounts of income related to our insurance operations were included in non-interest revenue, insurance revenue, in our Consolidated Statement of Income: Interest, dividend and fee income of $379 million, $416 million and $407 million for the years ended October 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively; securities gains, other than trading, from FVOCI securities of $1 million, $19 million and $11 million for the years ended October 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively; and securities gains (losses), other than trading, from securities designated at FVTPL of $(202) million, $281 million and $1,006 million for the years ended October 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.We held no bond futures as at October 31, 2021 (the fair value of bond futures designated in fair value hedge relationships rounded down to $nil as at October 31, 2020). Gold contracts are included with foreign exchange contracts.Exposure to loss represents securities held, undrawn liquidity facilities, any remaining unfunded committed amounts to the BMO funded vehicle, derivative assets and other assets. Securities held that are issued by our Canadian and U.S. customer securitization vehicles are comprised of asset-backed commercial paper and are classified as trading securities, FVTPL securities and FVOCI securities.Includes the U.S. customer securitization vehicle, Fairway Financial Company LLC, which was deconsolidated on a prospective basis during fiscal 2021. The fair values of hedging derivatives wholly or partially offset the changes in fair values of the related on-balance sheet financial instruments.Represents life to date amounts.Tax balance related to cash flow hedge accumulated other comprehensive income was $(89) million, and $(741) million as at October 31, 2020.Replacement cost and credit risk equivalent are presented after the impact of master netting agreements and calculated using the Standardized Approach for Counterparty Credit Risk (SA-CCR) in accordance with the Capital Adequacy Requirements (CAR) Guideline issued by OSFI. Table therefore excludes loan commitment derivatives.Represents the unrealized gains (losses) recorded as part of the derivative instruments in assets and liabilities, respectively, in our Consolidated Balance Sheet.Includes fully depreciated assets written off.Includes impairment charges.Effective November 1, 2019, we adopted IFRS 16 Leases, recognizing the cumulative effect of adoption in opening retained earnings with no changes to prior periods (refer to Note 1).Under the SA-CCR, excludes loan commitment derivatives.Series 25 and Series 26 were redeemed and final dividends were paid on August 25, 2021.Series 35 and Series 36 were redeemed and final dividends were paid on November 25, 2020.Common shares are net of 36,521 treasury shares as at October 31, 2021 (652,730 treasury shares as at October 31, 2020).During fiscal 2021 and 2020, we did not purchase any of our common shares under the normal course issuer bid.Foreign exchange translation on trading securities held by foreign subsidiaries is included in other comprehensive income, net foreign operations.Includes proceeds received on securities sold but not yet purchased.Changes in unrealized gains (losses) on FVTPL securities still held on October 31, 2021 are included in earnings for the year.Changes in unrealized gains (losses) on trading securities, derivative assets and derivative liabilities still held on October 31, 2020 are included in earnings for the year.The pension benefit current service cost was calculated using a separate discount rate of 3.01%, 3.10% and 4.10% for 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.The other employee future benefit plans current service cost was calculated using a separate discount rate of 3.01%, 3.20% and 4.20% for 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.In computing diluted earnings per share, we did not exclude any stock options outstanding for the year ended October 31, 2021 as the average share price for the year exceeded the exercise price. For the years ended October 31, 2020 and 2019, we excluded average stock options outstanding 3,146,040 and 1,177,152 with a weighted-average exercise price of $99.57 and $101.83, respectively, as the average share price for the year did not exceed the exercise price.Includes NHA mortgage-backed securities of $4,519 million, which are included in loans in our Consolidated Balance Sheet ($6,121 million as at October 31, 2020).Includes on-balance sheet securities borrowed or purchased under resale agreements and off-balance sheet collateral received.Includes off-balance sheet securities borrowing and lending.Balance includes severance obligations, restructuring charges and legal provisions.Trending to 4.1% in 2040 and remaining at that level thereafter.Trending to 4.0% in 2041 and remaining at that level thereafter.Amounts included in share-based payments are the fair values of awards granted in the year. Prior to adoption of IFRS 16, repayments of lease liabilities were included in Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities.Effective November 1, 2019, we adopted IFRS 16 Leases, recognizing the cumulative effect of adoption in opening retained earnings with no changes to prior periods (Note 1).Includes net book value of buildings transferred to right-of-use assets.The weighted-average exercise prices reflect the conversion of foreign currency denominated options at the exchange rate as at October 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. 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