Freddie Mac Prices New $5 Billion Three-Year Reference Notes Security

MCLEAN, Va., June 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announced today that it priced its new 0.25% three-year USD Reference Notes^® security due on June 26, 2023. The issue, CUSIP number 3137EAES4, was priced at 99.708 to yield 0.348%, 14 basis points more than the yield on three-year U.S. Treasury Notes. The issue will settle on Friday, June 26, 2020.

The new three-year Reference Notes security is offered via a syndicate of dealers headed by Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and TD Securities LLC. Co-managers are Academy Securities Inc., CastleOak Securities LP, MFR Securities Inc., Mischler Financial Group Inc., Multi-Bank Securities Inc., and Samuel A. Ramirez & Co. Inc.

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, 2019, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 13, 2020; 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, 2019, 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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