MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) announced today that it auctioned a $1 billion reopening of its 5.125% three-year USD Reference Notes(R) security that matures on August 23, 2010. The stop yield for the issue, CUSIP 3137EAAX7, was 4.979%, priced at 100.396585 or approximately 50.8 basis points more than three-year U.S. Treasury Notes. The bid-to-cover ratio was 2.915 to 1.
After the reopening, which was conducted via an Internet-based auction, the total outstanding size of the 5.125% three-year Reference Note will be $4 billion. The issue will settle on August 13, 2007. An application was made to list the issue on the Euro MTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
Including today’s offering, Freddie Mac has issued $36 billion of Reference Notes securities during 2007 and has approximately $245 billion in Reference Notes and Reference Bonds(R) securities outstanding.
This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of offers to buy any of these securities. Any such offering will be made only by an offering circular and pricing supplement. For additional information about Freddie Mac, please see our Web site at www.FreddieMac.com.
Freddie Mac is a stockholder-owned corporation established by Congress in 1970 to support homeownership and rental housing. Freddie Mac purchases single-family and multifamily residential mortgages and mortgage-related securities, which it finances primarily by issuing mortgage-related securities and debt instruments in the capital markets. Over the years, Freddie Mac has made home possible more than 50 million times, ensuring financing for one in six homebuyers and more than four million renters.
Source: Freddie Mac
CONTACT: Michael Cosgrove, +1-703-903-2123, or John Radwanski,
+1-571-382-5913
Web site: http://www.freddiemac.com/
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