Freddie Mac Issues 3-yr Notes

Freddie Mac (FRE - Analyst Report) announced its plans to issue a new series of 3-year Reference Notes that will be due September 21, 2012. The issue will be priced today and will settle tomorrow at a benchmark size. The company refrained from disclosing the size of the issue.

J.P. Morgan Chase (JPM - Analyst Report), Barclays Capital, Inc. (BCS - Analyst Report) and Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DB - Snapshot Report) have been appointed as dealers and managers to the sale. The company also plans to apply to list the security on the Euro MTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

Freddie Mac has been among the hardest hit financial firms by the housing slump, credit crisis and ongoing recession. We do foresee the current expansion of the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) to bring down losses from foreclosures in the upcoming quarters.

However, we expect the government conservatorship to continue for a long time and thus see no value in the company for common shareholders. As such, we maintain our Sell recommendation on the stock.

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