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For Immediate Release November
22,
2004
FREDDIE MAC ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF TENDER OFFERS ON DEBT SECURITIES WITH EXPIRED CALL OPTIONSMcLean, VA – Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) today announced the results of the cash tender offers for the repurchase of a targeted group of its debt securities, which closed at 5 p.m. EST on Friday, November 19, 2004. The securities were originally issued as European-style callable debt securities and have since converted to bullet securities as the options have expired unexercised. Results of the tender offer are also available on Freddie Mac’s debt securities web page at www.FreddieMac.com/debt. “We are very pleased with the results of our tender offer,” said John Radwanski, vice president and assistant treasurer of Debt Financing. “This transaction signaled that we are committed to enhancing the liquidity and price transparency of all our debt products. We believe that similar transactions will become an effective asset-liability management tool, enabling us to fulfill our housing mission while returning long-term value to our stakeholders.” Freddie Mac repurchased a total of $ 1.7 billion of the following debt securities:
This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of offers to buy any of these securities. Neither Freddie Mac nor Goldman, Sachs & Co., Freddie Mac's designated Dealer Manager, made any recommendation that any holder of the securities tender or refrain from tendering all or any portion of the principal amount of such holder's securities. Freddie Mac's securities are obligations of Freddie Mac only. The securities, including any interest or return of discount on the securities, are not guaranteed by and are not debts nor obligations of the United States or any federal agency or instrumentality other than Freddie Mac. The tender offers were made only upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase [PDF 92K] dated November 15, 2004. Freddie Mac is a stockholder-owned company established by Congress in 1970 to support homeownership and rental housing. Freddie Mac fulfills its mission by purchasing 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 for one in six homebuyers in America. ###
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