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Freddie Mac to Issue a New Three-Year Reference Notes® Security

McLean, VA – Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) announced today that it plans to issue a new three-year USD Reference Notes® security, CUSIP number 3137EABY4, due on March 23, 2012. The issue will be priced on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 and will settle on Thursday, February 19, 2009 at benchmark size.

The new three-year Reference Notes security will be offered via a syndicate of dealers headed by J.P. Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and UBS Investment Bank. An application will be made to list the issue 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.

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