Freddie Mac announced recently that it plans to issue a new seven-year USD Reference Notes® security, CUSIP number 3137EADM8, due on October 2, 2019. The issue will be priced on Friday, September 28, 2012, and will settle on Tuesday, October 2, 2012, at benchmark size.

The new seven-year Reference Notes security will be offered via a syndicate of dealers. 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 9, 2012; all other reports Freddie Mac filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (‘Exchange Act”) since December 31, 2011, excluding any information “furnished” to the SEC on Form 8-K; and all documents that Freddie Mac files with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c) or 14 of the Exchange Act, 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, 2011, 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 ^[1] and the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov ^[2].

For more information, visit www.FreddieMac.com ^[3].