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Freddie Mac to Issue a New Five-Year Reference Notes® Security and $1 Billion Reopening of 1.625% Two-Year Reference Notes Security

McLean, VA – Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) announced today that it plans to issue a new five-year USD Reference Notes® security, CUSIP number 3137EACB3, due on April 23, 2014. The issue will be priced on Wednesday, April 22, 2009, and will settle on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at benchmark size.

The new five-year Reference Notes security will be offered via a syndicate of dealers headed by Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., Goldman Sachs Group, and Morgan Stanley. An application will be made to list the issues on the Euro MTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

Additionally, the company also plans to launch a $1 billion reopening of its 1.625% two-year USD Reference Notes security that matures on April 26, 2011. The issue will price today, April 21, 2009, and will settle on Wednesday, April 22, 2009.

The $1 billion reopening of its 1.625% two-year Reference Notes security will be conducted via an internet-based auction. The issue, CUSIP 3137EABZ1, is listed on the Euro MTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. After the reopening, the outstanding size of the 1.625% two-year Reference Notes security will be $6 billion. All auction details and instructions can be found on Freddie Mac's Debt Securities Web page, 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, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on March 11, 2009, and all documents that Freddie Mac files with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, excluding any information "furnished" to the SEC on Form 8-K.

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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 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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