MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) announced today that it plans to issue two Reference Notes(R) securities in January. The company will issue $4 billion of a new two-year USD Reference Notes security, CUSIP number 3137EAAL3, due on January 16, 2009, and $3 billion of a new 10-year USD Reference Notes security, CUSIP number 3137EAAM1, due on February 16, 2017. Both issues will be priced on January 12, 2007, and will settle on January 16, 2007.

The new two-year Reference Notes security will be offered via a syndicate of dealers headed by Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. and RBS Greenwich Capital. The new 10-year Reference Notes security will be offered via a syndicate of dealers headed by Banc of America Securities, J.P. Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley. An application will be made to list the issues on the Euro MTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

Including today's offerings, Freddie Mac has approximately $235 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 http://www.FreddieMac.com.

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 and nearly four million renters in America. http://www.FreddieMac.com

Source: Freddie Mac