Freddie Mac Prices New $2.5 Billion Two-Year Reference Notes Security

MCLEAN, Va., April 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB:FMCC) announced today that it priced its new 2.5% two-year USD Reference Notes^® security due on April 23, 2020. The issue, CUSIP number 3137EAEM7, was priced at 99.978 to yield 2.511%, 10 basis points more than the yield on the two-year U.S. Treasury Note, CUSIP 9128284C1. The issue will settle on Thursday, April 19, 2018.

The new two-year Reference Notes security will be offered via a syndicate of dealers headed by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and TD Securities LLC.

This announcement is not an offer to sell any Freddie Mac securities. Offers for any given security are made only through applicable offering circulars and related supplements, which incorporate Freddie Mac’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 15, 2018; all other reports Freddie Mac filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) since December 31, 2017, excluding any information "furnished" to the SEC on Form 8-K; and all documents that Freddie Mac files with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c) or 14 of the Exchange Act, excluding any information “furnished” to the SEC on Form 8-K.

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Source: Freddie Mac