Freddie Mac Prices $250 Million Reopening of 2.375

MCLEAN, Va., April 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB:FMCC) announced today that it auctioned a $250 million reopening of its 2.375% three-year USD Reference Notes® security that matures on February 16, 2021. The stop yield for the issue, CUSIP 3137EAEL9, was 2.459%, priced at 99.767.  The bid-to-cover ratio was 4.94 to 1.

After the reopening, which was conducted via an Internet-based Dutch auction, the outstanding size is $2.5 billion. The issue will settle on Wednesday, April 4, 2018. All auction details can be found on Freddie Mac’s Debt Securities Web page, http://www.freddiemac.com/debt/auctionrepurch/auctions.html .

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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