OFFERING CIRCULAR SUPPLEMENT DATED February 25, 2011
(to Offering Circular Dated February 25, 2011)
FreddieNotes
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Due From Twelve Months to Thirty Years from Issue Date
Periodically repayable on a restricted basis at the option of Survivor Representatives and
redeemable at the option of Freddie Mac as described in “Description of FreddieNotes”
We plan to offer and sell notes with various terms, which may include the following:
• maturity of twelve months or more from the date of issue;
• interest at a fixed rate;
• interest payment dates at monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual intervals;
• book-entry form (through The Depository Trust Company);
• redemption provisions, if applicable, whether mandatory or at our option; and
• minimum denominations of $1,000 or integral multiples of $1,000.
We will specify the final terms of each note, which may be different from the terms described in
this Offering Circular Supplement, in the applicable Pricing Supplement.
Investing in the notes involves certain risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 14 of
the accompanying Offering Circular and on page 39 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2010 and appearing on page S-3 of this Offering Circular
Supplement.
We may sell notes to the agents as principal for resale at varying or fixed offering prices or
through the agents as agent using their reasonable best efforts on our behalf. You must pay for the
notes by delivering the purchase price to an agent, unless you make other payment arrangements.
FreddieNotes are obligations of Freddie Mac only. FreddieNotes, including any interest or
return of discount on FreddieNotes, are not guaranteed by and are not debts or obligations of
the United States or any agency or instrumentality of the United States other than Freddie Mac.
Incapital LLC
BofA Merrill Lynch
Citi
Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P.
Morgan Stanley
UBS Securities, LLC
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
RBC Wealth Management
* “FreddieNotes»” is a registered trademark of Freddie Mac.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Offering Circular Supplement
About This Offering Circular Supplement and Pricing Supplements .
Risk Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Description of FreddieNotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Payment of Principal and Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Repayment Upon Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Book-Entry System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Supplemental Plan of Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Validity of Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Annex A: Repayment Election Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Offering Circular
The Table of Contents for the Offering Circular can be found on page 3 of the Offering Circular.
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ABOUT THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR
SUPPLEMENT AND PRICING
SUPPLEMENTS
page 14 of the Offering Circular and on
page 39 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2010.
You should read this Offering Circular Supplement together with Freddie Mac’s Global
Debt Facility Offering Circular, dated February 25, 2011 (the “Offering Circular”), which
accompanies this Offering Circular Supplement,
and all documents that are incorporated by
reference in the Offering Circular, which contain
important detailed information about FreddieNotes and Freddie Mac. See “Additional Information” in the Offering Circular. Capitalized
terms used in this Offering Circular Supplement
have the meanings we gave them in the Offering
Circular, unless we specify otherwise.
FreddieNotes will clear and settle through
the Depository Trust Company rather than the
Federal Reserve Banks.
Investors should note that, unlike most
Freddie Mac debt securities, FreddieNotes will
not clear and settle on the book-entry system of
the Federal Reserve Banks. Instead, FreddieNotes will clear and settle on the book-entry
system operated by The Depository Trust Company or its successor (the “Depository”). Consequently, the secondary market for
FreddieNotes may be less liquid than the secondary market for comparable Freddie Mac debt
securities which clear and settle on the bookentry system of the Federal Reserve Banks.
This Offering Circular Supplement sets forth
certain terms of the FreddieNotes that we may
offer and supplements the Offering Circular that
is attached to the back of this Offering Circular
Supplement. This Offering Circular Supplement
supersedes the Offering Circular and all prior
Offering Circular Supplements to the Offering
Circular to the extent it contains information that
is different from the information in the Offering
Circular and any prior Offering Circular
Supplements.
DESCRIPTION OF FREDDIENOTES
The obligations we are offering by this
Offering Circular Supplement and the related
Pricing Supplement (collectively, “FreddieNotes”) constitute a series of debt securities for
purposes of the Global Debt Facility Agreement.
FreddieNotes will rank equally in all respects
with all unsubordinated debt securities issued
under the Global Debt Facility Agreement. For a
summary of that agreement and the rights of
the Holders of debt securities thereunder,
including FreddieNotes, see “Description of the
Debt Securities” and “The Agreements” in the
Offering Circular.
Each time we offer FreddieNotes, we will
attach a Pricing Supplement to this Offering
Circular Supplement. The Pricing Supplement
will contain the specific description of the FreddieNotes we are offering and the terms of the
offering. The Pricing Supplement will supersede
this Offering Circular Supplement or the Offering
Circular to the extent it contains information that
is different from the information contained in this
Offering Circular Supplement or the Offering
Circular.
The following description of the terms and
conditions of FreddieNotes supplements, and to
the extent inconsistent with replaces, any
description of any general terms of FreddieNotes otherwise contained in the Offering Circular. The terms and conditions described in this
section will apply to each FreddieNote unless
the applicable Pricing Supplement states
otherwise.
RISK FACTORS
FreddieNotes may not be suitable
investments for you. You should not purchase FreddieNotes unless you understand
and are able to bear the redemption, yield,
market, liquidity and other possible risks
associated with FreddieNotes. You should
read and evaluate the discussion of risk factors (especially those risk factors that may
be particularly relevant to this security) that
appear below as well as those beginning on
General
FreddieNotes will be unsecured general
obligations of Freddie Mac having the same
priority as all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated debt and ranking senior to any subordinated debt. FreddieNotes will mature up to
30 years from the Issue Date, as we determine
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Payment of Principal and Interest
at the time of sale. We will issue FreddieNotes
only in the form of one or more global securities
registered in the name of the Depository except
as specified in “Book-Entry System” below. For
more information on certificated and global
securities, see “Book-Entry System” below.
We will make payments on FreddieNotes
held on the DTC Book-Entry System to the
Depository in immediately available funds. The
Depository will be responsible for crediting the
payment to the accounts of the appropriate
Depository Participants in accordance with its
normal procedures. Each Depository Participant
and each other financial intermediary in the
chain to the beneficial owner of a FreddieNote
will be responsible for remitting payments to the
beneficial owner. See “Book-Entry System”
below.
FreddieNotes may be issued as original
issue discount notes. An original issue discount
note is a note, including any zero-coupon note,
that is issued at more than a de minimis discount from the principal amount payable at
maturity. Upon redemption, repayment or acceleration of the maturity of an original issue discount note, normally an amount less than its
principal amount will be payable. For additional
information regarding payments upon acceleration of the maturity of an original issue discount
note and regarding the United States federal
income tax consequences of original issue discount notes, see “Payment of Principal and
Interest” below and “Certain United States Federal Tax Consequences — U.S. Owners — Debt
Obligations with Original Issue Discount” in the
Offering Circular.
Each FreddieNote, other than a zero-coupon note, will bear interest from, and including,
its Issue Date and from, and including, the most
recent Interest Payment Date to which interest
on such FreddieNote has been paid or for which
such interest has been duly provided. Interest
will be payable at the interest rate per year
stated in such FreddieNote and in the applicable
Pricing Supplement until the principal of such
FreddieNote is paid or made available for payment. Interest will be payable on each Interest
Payment Date and at maturity. Interest will be
payable to the Holder in whose name a FreddieNote is registered at the close of business on
the 15th calendar day next preceding each
Interest Payment Date, which date we refer to
as a regular record date; provided, however,
that interest payable at maturity or upon
redemption or repayment will be payable to the
person to whom principal is payable. The first
payment of interest on any FreddieNote originally issued between a regular record date and
an Interest Payment Date will be made on the
Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding regular record date to the registered
owner of such FreddieNote on such next succeeding regular record date. If the Interest Payment Date or the maturity for any FreddieNote
falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the
payment of principal and interest may be made
on the next succeeding Business Day, and no
interest on such payment shall accrue for the
period from such Interest Payment Date or
maturity, as the case may be, to the actual date
of the payment. Unless the applicable Pricing
Supplement states otherwise, interest on FreddieNotes will be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
FreddieNotes may be registered for transfer
or exchange at the principal office of the Corporate Trust Services Department of U.S. Bank
Trust National Association (the “Global
Agent”), St. Paul, MN. The Global Agent is
acting solely as registrar, transfer agent and
paying agent for FreddieNotes, and does not
assume any obligation or relationship of agency
or trust for or with any Holder of a FreddieNote,
except that any moneys held by the Global
Agent for payment on a FreddieNote shall be
held for the benefit of the Holder thereof as
provided in the Global Agency Agreement
between Freddie Mac and the Global Agent.
The transfer or exchange of global securities will
be effected as specified in “Book-Entry System”
below.
The Global Debt Facility Agreement does
not limit our ability to incur debt, nor does it
contain any provision that would protect Holders
of FreddieNotes in the event of any transaction
that may adversely affect our creditworthiness.
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FreddieNotes we purchase in this manner may,
at our discretion, be held, resold or cancelled.
The Interest Payment Dates for a FreddieNote, other than a zero-coupon note, will be as
follows:
Interest Payments
Repayment Upon Death
Interest Payment
Dates
If the Pricing Supplement relating to a
FreddieNote so states, the Survivor Representative, as defined below, of that FreddieNote will
have the right to require us to repay such
FreddieNote prior to its maturity date upon the
death of its beneficial owner under the procedures and restrictions described herein. Thereafter, Freddie Mac will repay any FreddieNote
(or portion thereof) properly requested to be
repaid by or on behalf of the person with authority to act on behalf of the deceased owner of
the beneficial interest in such FreddieNote under
the laws of the appropriate jurisdiction (including, without limitation, the personal representative, executor, surviving joint tenant or surviving
tenant by the entirety of such deceased beneficial owner) (the “Survivor Representative”) at
a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of
such beneficial interest plus accrued interest to
the date of such repayment, subject to certain
limitations as described below. We call this right
the “Survivor’s Option.”
Monthly . . . . . . . . . . . Typically on the fifteenth day of
each calendar month,
commencing in the first
succeeding calendar month
following the month in which the
FreddieNote is issued.
Quarterly . . . . . . . . . . Typically on the fifteenth day of
every third month, commencing in
the third succeeding calendar
month following the month in
which the FreddieNote is issued.
Semi-annual . . . . . . . Typically on the fifteenth day of
every sixth month, commencing in
the sixth succeeding calendar
month following the month in
which the FreddieNote is issued.
Annual . . . . . . . . . . . Typically on the fifteenth day of
every twelfth month, commencing
in the twelfth succeeding calendar
month following the month in
which the FreddieNote is issued.
The interest rates on FreddieNotes may
differ depending upon, among other things, prevailing market conditions at the time of issuance
as well as the aggregate principal amount of
FreddieNotes issued in any single transaction.
Although we may change the interest rates and
other terms of FreddieNotes from time to time,
no change will affect any FreddieNote already
issued or as to which we have accepted an offer
to purchase.
Upon exercise of the Survivor’s Option, we
will, at our option, either repay or purchase the
related FreddieNote properly delivered for repayment by or on behalf of the Survivor Representative at a price equal to the sum of:
• 100% of the principal amount of such
FreddieNote (or, for zero-coupon notes,
the accrued face amount), and
Redemption
• accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the
date of such repayment,
Unless the applicable Pricing Supplement
states otherwise, we may not redeem the
related FreddieNotes prior to maturity. FreddieNotes will not be subject to any sinking fund. If,
however, the applicable Pricing Supplement provides that we may redeem the related FreddieNotes prior to maturity at our discretion, that
Pricing Supplement will also specify the
redemption date(s) and price(s). If applicable,
FreddieNotes may be redeemed in whole or in
part from time to time upon not less than five
Business Days’ nor more than 60 calendar days’
notice.
subject to the following limitations.
The Survivor’s Option may not be exercised
until at least 12 months following the Issue Date
of the applicable FreddieNote. In addition, we
may limit the aggregate principal amount of
FreddieNotes as to which the Survivor’s Option
may be exercised as follows:
• In any calendar year, we may limit the
aggregate principal amount to the greater
of 1% of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of FreddieNotes as of December 31 of the most recently completed
We may at any time purchase FreddieNotes
at any price in the open market or otherwise.
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payment. Each FreddieNote delivered for repayment that is not accepted in any calendar year
due to the application of the Annual Put Limitation will be deemed to be delivered in the following calendar year in the order in which all such
notes were originally delivered, unless any such
FreddieNote is withdrawn by the representative
for the deceased beneficial owner prior to its
repayment. Other than as described in the
immediately preceding sentence, FreddieNotes
delivered upon exercise of the Survivor’s Option
may not be withdrawn. In the event that a
FreddieNote delivered for repayment pursuant to
valid exercise of the Survivor’s Option is not
accepted, the Global Agent will deliver a notice
by first-class mail to the Holder that states the
reason that the FreddieNote has not been
accepted for repayment. Following receipt of
such notice from the Global Agent, the Survivor
Representative may withdraw any such FreddieNote and the exercise of the Survivor’s Option.
year or $1,000,000. We call this limitation
the “Annual Put Limitation.”
• For any individual deceased beneficial
owner of FreddieNotes, we may limit the
aggregate principal amount to $200,000
for any calendar year. We call this limitation the “Individual Put Limitation.”
We will not make principal repayments pursuant to the exercise of the Survivor’s Option in
amounts that are less than $1,000. If the limitations described above would result in the partial
repayment of any FreddieNote, the principal
amount of the FreddieNote remaining outstanding after repayment must be at least $1,000.
Each FreddieNote delivered pursuant to a
valid exercise of the Survivor’s Option will be
accepted promptly in the order all such FreddieNotes are delivered, unless the acceptance of
that FreddieNote would contravene the Annual
Put Limitation or the Individual Put Limitation. If,
as of the end of any calendar year, the aggregate principal amount of FreddieNotes that have
been accepted pursuant to exercise of the
Survivor’s Option during that year has not
exceeded the Annual Put Limitation for that
year, any FreddieNotes not accepted during that
calendar year because of the Individual Put
Limitation will be accepted in the order all such
FreddieNotes were delivered, to the extent that
any such acceptance would not trigger the
Annual Put Limitation for such calendar year.
In the case of repayment pursuant to the
exercise of the Survivor’s Option of a FreddieNote represented by a global security, the
Depository or its nominee will be the Holder of
such FreddieNote and, therefore, will be the only
entity that can exercise the Survivor’s Option for
such FreddieNote.
Subject to the Annual Put Limitation and
the Individual Put Limitation, all questions as to
the eligibility or validity of any exercise of the
Survivor’s Option will be determined by Freddie
Mac, either directly or through the Global Agent.
We will make quarterly repayments on any
FreddieNotes accepted for repayment pursuant
to the exercise of the Survivor’s Option. Any
FreddieNote accepted for repayment pursuant
to exercise of the Survivor’s Option will be
repaid no later than the first January 15, April 15,
July 15 or October 15 to occur at least 20
calendar days after the date of acceptance. For
example, if the acceptance date for FreddieNotes delivered pursuant to the Survivor’s
Option were February 1, 2012, we would be
obligated to repay those FreddieNotes by
April 15, 2012. However, if the acceptance date
were April 1, 2012, we would be obligated to
repay those FreddieNotes by July 15, 2012. If
any date on which a FreddieNote is to be repaid
is not a Business Day, payment will be made on
the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest on such payment shall accrue for the period
from such repayment date to the actual date of
The death of a person owning a FreddieNote in joint tenancy or tenancy by the entirety
will be deemed the death of the beneficial owner
of the FreddieNote, and the entire principal
amount of the FreddieNote so held will be subject to the Survivor’s Option. The death of a
person owning a FreddieNote by tenancy in
common will be deemed the death of the beneficial owner of a FreddieNote only with respect
to the deceased holder’s interest in the FreddieNote so held by tenancy in common. However,
if a FreddieNote is held by husband and wife as
tenants in common, the death of either will be
deemed the death of the beneficial owner of the
FreddieNote, and the entire principal amount of
the FreddieNote so held will be subject to the
Survivor’s Option. The death of a person who,
during his or her lifetime, was entitled to
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We have attached as Annex A to this Offering Circular Supplement the forms to be used
by a Survivor Representative’s Financial Institution to exercise the Survivor’s Option on behalf
of a deceased beneficial owner of a FreddieNote. In addition, a representative may obtain
these forms from U.S. Bank Corporate Trust
Services, Attn: Specialized Finance,
EP-MN-WS2N, 60 Livingston Avenue, St. Paul,
MN 55107, or call (800) 934-6802 during normal
business hours.
substantially all of the beneficial interests of
ownership of a FreddieNote will be deemed the
death of the beneficial owner for purposes of
the Survivor’s Option, regardless of the Holder,
if such beneficial interest can be established to
the satisfaction of Freddie Mac, acting either
directly or through the Global Agent. Such beneficial interest will be deemed to exist in typical
cases of nominee ownership, ownership under
the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act, community
property or other joint ownership arrangements
between a husband and wife and trust arrangements where one person has substantially all of
the beneficial ownership interest in the FreddieNote during his or her lifetime.
Book-Entry System
Upon issuance, all FreddieNotes having the
same Issue Date, interest rate, stated maturity,
CUSIP number and other terms, if any, will be
represented by a single global security. Each
global security will be deposited with or on
behalf of the Depository and registered in the
name of the Depository’s nominee. Except as
described below, global securities may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only by the
Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by
a nominee of the Depository to the Depository
or another nominee of the Depository. So long
as the Depository or its nominee is the registered owner of any global security, the Depository or its nominee will be considered the sole
Holder of the FreddieNote for all purposes under
the Global Debt Facility Agreement.
Subject to the foregoing, in order to validly
exercise a Survivor’s Option, the Survivor Representative must tender to the appropriate financial institution (“Financial Institution”):
• a written request for repayment signed by
the Survivor Representative, with the signature guaranteed by a member firm of a
registered national securities exchange or
of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”) or a commercial
bank or trust company having an office or
correspondent in the United States;
• the FreddieNote (or portion thereof) to be
repaid;
The Depository has advised us as follows:
the Depository is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking
Law, a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of
the Federal Reserve System, a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York
Uniform Commercial Code, and a “clearing
agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of
Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934. The Depository holds securities that its
Depository Participants deposit with the Depository. The Depository also facilitates the settlement among Depository Participants of
securities transactions, such as transfers and
pledges, in deposited securities through electronic computerized book-entry changes in
Depository Participants’ accounts, eliminating
the need for physical movement of securities
certificates. “Direct participants” include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other
• appropriate evidence that (1) the Survivor
Representative has authority to act on
behalf of the deceased beneficial owner;
(2) the death of such beneficial owner
has occurred; and (3) the deceased was
the beneficial owner of the FreddieNote at
the time of death;
• if applicable, a properly executed assignment or endorsement; and
• if the beneficial interest in the FreddieNote is held by a nominee of the
deceased beneficial owner, a certificate
from such nominee attesting to the
deceased’s ownership of a beneficial
interest in the FreddieNote.
The Depository Participant will be responsible for disbursing any payments it receives pursuant to exercise of the Survivor’s Option to the
appropriate representative. See “Book-Entry
System” below.
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organizations. The Depository is owned by a
number of its Depository Participants and by the
New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American
Stock Exchange, Inc. and the NASD. Access to
the Depository’s system is also available to others such as securities brokers and dealers,
banks and trust companies that clear through or
maintain a custodial relationship with a Depository Participant, either directly or indirectly,
which we refer to as “indirect participants.”
indirect participants to beneficial owners will be
governed by arrangements among them, subject
to any statutory or regulatory requirements as
may be in effect from time to time.
Purchases of interests in the global securities under the Depository’s system must be
made by or through Depository Participants,
which will receive a credit for such interests on
the Depository’s records. The ownership interest
of each beneficial owner is in turn to be
recorded on the Depository Participants’
records. Beneficial owners will not receive written confirmation from the Depository of their
purchase, but beneficial owners are expected to
receive written confirmations providing details of
the transaction, as well as periodic statements
of their holdings, from the Depository Participant
through which the beneficial owner entered into
the transaction. Transfers of ownership interests
in the global securities are to be accomplished
by entries made on the books of Depository
Participants acting on behalf of beneficial owners. Beneficial owners will not receive certificates representing their ownership interests in
the global securities, except as described below.
Neither the Depository nor Cede & Co. will
consent or vote with respect to the global securities. Under its usual procedures, the Depository mails an omnibus proxy to the issuer as
soon as possible after the record date. The
omnibus proxy assigns Cede & Co.’s consenting
or voting rights to those Depository Participants
to whose accounts interests in the global securities are credited on the record date (identified in
a listing attached to the omnibus proxy).
Redemption notices will be sent to
Cede & Co. If less than all of the interests in a
global security are being redeemed, the Depository’s practice is to determine by lot the amount
of the interest of each Depository Participant in
such global security to be redeemed.
Principal and interest payments on the global securities will be made to the Depository.
The Depository will then credit Depository Participants’ accounts on the payment date in
accordance with their respective holdings shown
on the Depository’s records. Payments by
Depository Participants to beneficial owners will
be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, and will be the responsibility
of such participant and not of the Depository,
the Global Agent or us, subject to any statutory
or regulatory requirements as may be in effect
from time to time. Payment of principal and
interest to the Depository is our responsibility
acting directly or through the Global Agent. Disbursement of such payments to Depository Participants is the responsibility of the Depository.
Disbursement of such payments to the beneficial owners is the responsibility of Depository
Participants.
To facilitate subsequent transfers, all global
securities deposited by Depository Participants
with the Depository are registered in the name
of the Depository’s partnership nominee,
Cede & Co. The deposit of global securities with
the Depository and their registration in the name
of Cede & Co. effect no change in beneficial
ownership. The Depository has no knowledge of
the actual beneficial owners of the interests in
the global securities; the Depository’s records
reflect only the identity of the Depository Participants to whose accounts interests in the global
securities are credited, which may or may not
be the beneficial owners. The participants will
remain responsible for keeping account of their
holdings on behalf of their customers.
The information in this section concerning
the Depository and the DTC Book-Entry System
has been obtained from sources that we believe
to be reliable, but we take no responsibility for
its accuracy.
Conveyance of notices and other communications by the Depository to Depository Participants, by Depository Participants to indirect
participants, and by Depository Participants and
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SUPPLEMENTAL PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Following the solicitation of orders, the
agents, severally and not jointly, may purchase
FreddieNotes from us through the purchasing
agent as principal for their own accounts.
Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement, any FreddieNote sold to an
agent as principal will be purchased by the
purchasing agent from us at a discount to the
principal amount not to exceed the concession
applicable to an agency sale of a FreddieNote
of identical maturity. Unless otherwise set forth
in the applicable Pricing Supplement, such FreddieNotes will be resold to one or more investors
and other purchasers at a fixed public offering
price.
Under the terms of the current Medium and
Long Term Debt Securities Master Dealer
Agreement entered into between Freddie Mac
and each of the agents listed below, which
incorporates the Amendment to Medium and
Long Term Debt Securities Master Dealer
Agreement, dated as of April 2, 2001, among
Freddie Mac and each of Citigroup, Edward D.
Jones & Co., L.P., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan Stanley, RBC
Wealth Management, UBS Financial Services
and Wells Fargo Advisors as agents, the
Amendment to Medium and Long Term Debt
Securities Master Dealer Agreement, dated as
of February 13, 2003, between Freddie Mac and
Banc of America Securities LLC, the Amendment to Medium and Long Term Debt Securities
Master Dealer Agreement, dated as of July 28,
2006 between Freddie Mac and WM Financial
Services and the Amendment to Medium and
Long Term Debt Securities Master Dealer
Agreement, dated as of February 22, 2008,
between Freddie Mac and Incapital LLC (as
successor to LaSalle Financial Services, Inc.
(formerly known as ABN AMRO Incorporated),
(collectively, the “Master Dealer Agreement”),
FreddieNotes are offered from time to time by
us through the agents. The agents have agreed
to use their reasonable best efforts to solicit
purchases of FreddieNotes.
In addition, the purchasing agent may, and
with our consent the other agents may, offer
FreddieNotes they have purchased as principal
to other dealers that are part of the selling
group. The purchasing agent may sell FreddieNotes to other dealers at a discount not in
excess of the discount it receives when purchasing such FreddieNotes from us. And, if with our
consent the other agents sell FreddieNotes to
dealers, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the discount allowed
to any dealer will not, during the distribution of
FreddieNotes, exceed the discount received by
such agent from the purchasing agent. After the
initial public offering of FreddieNotes to be
resold by an agent to investors, the public offering price (in the case of FreddieNotes to be
resold at a fixed public offering price), concession and discount may be changed.
We will pay the agents, through
Incapital LLC, the purchasing agent, a commission to be divided among the agents as they
shall agree for FreddieNotes sold through the
agents on an agency basis. Unless otherwise
agreed, the commission will range from 0.20%
to 2.50% of the principal amount for each
FreddieNote sold, depending upon the maturity.
Commissions with respect to FreddieNotes with
maturities in excess of 30 years will be negotiated between us and the purchasing agent at
the time of sale. We will have the sole right to
accept offers to purchase FreddieNotes and
may reject any proposed purchase of FreddieNotes in whole or in part. Each agent will have
the right, in its discretion reasonably exercised,
to reject any proposed purchase of FreddieNotes, in whole or in part, received by it on an
agency basis. We reserve the right to withdraw,
cancel or modify the offer without notice.
Each agent may be deemed to be an
“underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933. We have agreed to indemnify
the agents against certain liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933.
No FreddieNote will have an established
trading market when issued. We do not intend
to apply for the listing of FreddieNotes on any
securities exchange, but we have been advised
by the agents that the agents intend to make a
market in FreddieNotes as permitted by applicable laws and regulations. The agents are not
obligated to do so, however, and the agents
may discontinue making a market at any time
without notice. No assurance can be given as to
the liquidity of any trading market for any FreddieNotes. All secondary trading in FreddieNotes
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will settle in immediately available funds. See
“Description of FreddieNotes — Book-Entry System” in this Offering Circular Supplement.
any effect that the transactions described above
may have on the price of FreddieNotes. In addition, we and the purchasing agent make no
representation that the purchasing agent will
engage in such transactions or that such transactions, once commenced, will be continued. If
the purchasing agent engages in such transactions, it will do so on its own behalf and not as
our agent.
In connection with an offering of FreddieNotes, the purchasing agent may engage in
certain transactions that stabilize, maintain or
otherwise affect the market price in connection
with any offering of FreddieNotes. Those transactions may include stabilizing bids or purchases for the purpose of pegging, fixing or
maintaining the market price of FreddieNotes
and the purchase of FreddieNotes to cover syndicate short positions. The purchasing agent
may create a short position in FreddieNotes in
connection with an offering of FreddieNotes by
selling FreddieNotes with a principal amount
greater than that set forth on the cover page of
the applicable Pricing Supplement, and may
reduce that short position by purchasing FreddieNotes in the open market. In general, purchases of a security for the purpose of
stabilization or to reduce a short position could
cause the price of the security to be higher than
it might be in the absence of such purchases.
We and the purchasing agent make no representation or prediction as to the direction or
magnitude of
Other selling group members include broker-dealers and other securities firms that have
executed dealer agreements with the purchasing
agent. In the dealer agreements, the selling
group members have agreed to market and sell
FreddieNotes in accordance with the terms of
those agreements and all applicable laws and
regulations. You may access the list of selling
group members on the Internet at www.freddiemac.com/freddienotes.
The agents and their affiliates may engage
in various general financing and banking transactions with us and our affiliates in the ordinary
course of business.
VALIDITY OF NOTES
The legality of FreddieNotes will be passed
upon for us by our General Counsel (or one of
our Deputy General Counsels).
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ANNEX A
REPAYMENT ELECTION FORM
FREDDIE MAC
FREDDIENOTES
CUSIP NO.
To: Freddie Mac
The undersigned financial institution (the “Financial Institution”) represents the following:
• The Financial Institution has received a written request for repayment from the executor or other
survivor representative (the “Survivor Representative”) of the deceased beneficial owner
listed below (the “Deceased Beneficial Owner”) of FreddieNotes (CUSIP
No.
) (the “Notes”).
• At the time of his or her death, the Deceased Beneficial Owner owned Notes in the principal
amount listed below, and the Financial Institution currently holds such Notes as a direct or
indirect participant in The Depository Trust Company (the “Depositary”).
The Financial Institution agrees to the following terms:
• The Financial Institution shall follow the instructions (the “Instructions”) accompanying this
Repayment Election Form (the “Form”).
• The Financial Institution shall make all records specified in the Instructions supporting the
above representations available to Freddie Mac for inspection and review within five Business
Days of Freddie Mac’s request.
• If the Financial Institution or Freddie Mac, in either’s reasonable discretion, deems any of the
records specified in the Instructions supporting the above representations unsatisfactory to
substantiate a claim for repayment, the Financial Institution shall not be obligated to submit this
Form, and Freddie Mac may deny repayment. If the Financial Institution cannot substantiate a
claim for repayment, it shall notify Freddie Mac immediately.
• Other than as described in the Offering Circular Supplement in the limited situation involving
tenders of FreddieNotes that are not accepted during one calendar year as a result of the
“Annual Put Limitation,” repayment elections may not be withdrawn.
• The Financial Institution agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Freddie Mac (and its Global
Agent indicated in paragraph 14 of the Instructions to this Form) against and from any and all
claims, liabilities, costs, losses, expenses, suits and damages resulting from the Financial
Institution’s above representations and request for repayment on behalf of the Survivor
Representative.
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REPAYMENT ELECTION FORM
CUSIP No.
(1)
Name of Deceased Beneficial Owner
(2)
Date of Death
(3)
Name of Survivor Representative Requesting Repayment
(4)
Name of Financial Institution Requesting Repayment
(5)
Signature of Representative of Financial Institution Requesting Repayment
(6)
Principal Amount of Requested Repayment
(7)
Date of Election
(8)
Date Requested for Repayment
(9)
(10) U.S. Bank’s Delivery Versus Payment
Financial Institution Representative:
Instructions*:
Name:
U.S. Bank Trust National Association
Phone Number:
DTC Participant Number 2897
Fax Number:
Mailing Address (no P.O. Boxes):
E-mail Address:
TO BE COMPLETED BY FREDDIE MAC:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
(F)
Election Number**:
Delivery and Payment Date:
Principal Amount:
Accrued Interest:
Date of Receipt of Form by Freddie Mac:
Date of Acknowledgment by Freddie Mac:
* Delivery of the Notes subject to repayment must be made on the repayment date and not prior to the
repayment date. Delivery should be made in accordance with U.S. Bank’s Delivery Versus Payment
Instructions as provided on line (10) above. If the repayment date is not an Interest Payment Date, the
repayment amount will include accrued interest.
** To be assigned by Freddie Mac upon receipt of this Form. An acknowledgement, in the form of a copy of this
document with the assigned Election Number, will be returned to the party and location designated on line (9)
above.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING REPAYMENT ELECTION FORM
AND EXERCISING REPAYMENT OPTION
Capitalized terms used and not defined herein have the meanings defined in the accompanying
Repayment Election Form.
1. Collect and retain for a period of at least three years (A) satisfactory evidence of the authority
of the Survivor Representative, (B) satisfactory evidence of death of the Deceased Beneficial
Owner, (C) satisfactory evidence that the Deceased Beneficial Owner beneficially owned, at
the time of his or her death, the Notes being submitted for repayment, and (D) any necessary
tax waivers. For purposes of determining whether Freddie Mac will deem Notes beneficially
owned by an individual at the time of death, the following rules shall apply:
• Notes beneficially owned by tenants by the entirety or joint tenants will be regarded as
beneficially owned by a single owner. The death of a tenant by the entirety or joint tenant
will be deemed the death of the beneficial owner, and the Notes beneficially owned will
become eligible for repayment. The death of a person beneficially owning a Note by
tenancy in common will be deemed the death of a holder of a Note only with respect to the
deceased holder’s interest in the Note so held by tenancy in common, unless a husband
and wife are the tenants in common, in which case the death of either will be deemed the
death of the holder of the Note, and the entire principal amount of the Note so held will be
eligible for repayment.
• Notes beneficially owned by a trust will be regarded as beneficially owned by each
beneficiary of the trust to the extent of that beneficiary’s interest in the trust (however, a
trust’s beneficiaries, collectively, cannot be beneficial owners of more Notes than are
owned by the trust). The death of a beneficiary of a trust will be deemed the death of the
beneficial owner of the Notes beneficially owned by the trust to the extent of that
beneficiary’s interest in the trust. The death of an individual who was a tenant by the
entirety or joint tenant in a tenancy, which is the beneficiary of a trust, will be deemed the
death of the beneficiary of the trust. The death of an individual who was a tenant in
common in a tenancy, which is the beneficiary of a trust, will be deemed the death of the
beneficiary of the trust only with respect to the deceased holder’s beneficial interest in the
Note, unless a husband and wife are the tenants in common, in which case the death of
either will be deemed the death of the beneficiary of the trust.
• The death of a person who, during his or her lifetime, was entitled to substantially all of the
beneficial interest in a Note will be deemed the death of the beneficial owner of that Note,
regardless of the registration of ownership, if such beneficial interest can be satisfactorily
established. Such beneficial interest will exist in many cases of street name or nominee
ownership, ownership by a trustee, ownership under the Uniform Gift to Minors Act and
community property or other joint ownership arrangements between spouses. Beneficial
interest will be evidenced by such factors as the power to sell or otherwise dispose of a
Note, the right to receive the proceeds of sale or disposition and the right to receive
interest and principal payments on a Note.
2. Provide CUSIP Number for the Notes to be repaid at top of both pages of the Repayment
Election Form.
3. Indicate the name of the Deceased Beneficial Owner on line (1).
4. Indicate the date of death of the Deceased Beneficial Owner on line (2).
5. Indicate the name of the Survivor Representative requesting repayment on line (3).
6. Indicate the name of the Financial Institution requesting repayment on line (4).
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7. Affix the authorized signature of the Financial Institution’s representative on line (5).
THE SIGNATURE MUST BE MEDALLION SIGNATURE GUARANTEED.
8. Indicate the principal amount of Notes to be repaid on line (6).
9. Indicate the date this Form was completed on line (7).
10. Indicate the date of requested repayment on line (8). The date of requested repayment may
not be earlier than the first January 15, April 15, July 15 or October 15 to occur at least
20 calendar days after the date of Freddie Mac’s acceptance of the Notes for repayment,
unless such date is not a business day, in which case the date of requested payment may be
no earlier than the next succeeding business day. For example, if the acceptance date for
Notes tendered were April 1, 2011, the earliest repayment date you could elect would be
July 15, 2011.
11. Indicate the name, mailing address (no P.O. boxes, please), e-mail address, telephone
number and facsimile-transmission number of the party to whom the acknowledgment of this
election may be sent on line (9).
12. Leave lines (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) blank.
13. Mail or otherwise deliver an original copy of the completed Form to Freddie Mac’s Global
Agent as follows:
U.S. Bank Corporate Trust Services
Attn: Specialized Finance
EP-MN-WS2N
60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55107
FACSIMILE TRANSMISSIONS OF THE REPAYMENT ELECTION FORM
WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
14. If the acknowledgement of Freddie Mac’s receipt of this Form, including the assigned Election
Number, is not received within 15 business days of the date such information is sent to the
Global Agent, contact Freddie Mac Investor Relations at (571) 382-3700 or toll free at
888-882-6275.
For assistance with the Form or any questions relating thereto, please contact Freddie Mac
Investor Relations at (571) 382-3700 or toll free at 888-882-6275.
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®
FreddieNotes
Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation
FreddieNotes
®
Offering Circular Supplement
dated February 25, 2011
to
Offering Circular dated
February 25, 2011