MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) announced today that it plans to issue a new two-year USD Reference Notes(R) security, CUSIP number 3137EABW8, due on January 7, 2011, and a new five-year USD Reference Notes(R) security, CUSIP number 3137EABX6, due on January 7, 2014. The issues will be priced later this week and will settle on Thursday, January 8, 2009 at benchmark size.

The new two-year Reference Notes security and the new five-year Reference Notes security will be offered via a syndicate of dealers headed by Goldman Sachs Group, Barclays Capital, Inc., and Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. Applications will be made to list the issues on the Euro MTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

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 proxy statement, its Registration Statement on Form 10 dated July 18, 2008 and all documents that Freddie Mac files with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Freddie Mac's press releases sometimes contain forward-looking statements. A description of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations expressed in these and other forward-looking statements can be found in the company's Registration Statement on Form 10 dated July 18, 2008 and its reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K, filed with the SEC and available on the Investor Relations page of the company's Web site at www.FreddieMac.com/investors and the SEC's Web site at www.sec.gov.

Freddie Mac was established by Congress in 1970 to provide liquidity, stability and affordability to the nation's residential mortgage markets. Freddie Mac supports communities across the nation by providing mortgage capital to lenders. Over the years, Freddie Mac has made home possible for one in six homebuyers and more than five million renters. http://www.FreddieMac.com

SOURCE Freddie Mac