Freddie Mac announced that it priced its new 4.750% $4 billion five-year USD Reference Notes security due on January 18, 2011.
The issue, CUSIP number 3134A4VJ0, was priced at 99.955 to yield 4.761%, or 39.5 basis points more than five-year US Treasury Notes. The issue will settle on December 16, 2005.
The new five-year Reference Notes security was offered via a syndicate of dealers headed by Banc of America Securities, Goldman Sachs Group and UBS Investment Bank.
Including today’s new offering, Freddie Mac has issued $48.1 billion of Reference Notes securities during 2005 and has approximately $212.9 billion in Reference Notes and Reference Bonds(R) securities outstanding.