Freddie Mac to Issue a New Three-Year Reference Notes(R) Security

MCLEAN, Va., May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE)
announced today that it plans to issue a new three-year USD Reference Notes(R)
security, CUSIP number 3137EACC1, due on June 15, 2012. The issue will be
priced on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, and will settle on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at
benchmark size.

The new three-year Reference Notes security will be offered via a syndicate of
dealers headed by Barclays Capital, Inc., Banc of America Securities and J.P.
Morgan Chase. 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, 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. www.FreddieMac.com

SOURCE Freddie Mac

Media, Michael Cosgrove, +1-703-903-2123, or Investors, Sean Forde,
+1-571-382-4090, both of Freddie Mac