Freddie Mac announces that it priced its new 4.125% $3 billion five-year USD Reference Notes(R) security due on 27 September 2013. The issue, CUSIP number 3137EABS7, was priced at 99.781 to yield 4.172%, or 113 basis points more than five-year US Treasury Notes. The issue will settle on Wednesday, 20 August 2008.
The new five-year Reference Notes security was offered via a syndicate of dealers headed by Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. and Merrill Lynch. An application was made to list the issue on the Euro MTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
Including that offering, Freddie Mac has issued $39 billion of Reference Notes securities during 2008 and has approximately $260 billion in Reference Notes and Reference Bonds(R) securities outstanding.
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 proxy statement, its Registration Statement on Form 10 dated 18 July 2008 and all documents that Freddie Mac files with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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